<ol><li>Use narrow columns format while reading texts, it reduces the eye movement. Increasing your reading and processing speed</li><li>Use dull background to reduce the strain on eyes</li></ol>

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<ul><li>Using your peripherical vision to read more words at once. Relax your pupils while reading to widen your vision. </li><li>Grouping words automatically shuts off sub - vocalizing</li><li>Your eyes moves slower while grouping words but we take more information in less time</li><li>energy and time efficient technique</li></ul>

Chunking

<ul><li>Reading strategy have more importance than reading techniques for difficult texts - The actual time consuming process is the processing of difficult text and not the reading speed</li><li>Speed reading and other reading techniques require more concentration hence making it less sustainable for longer texts</li></ul>

Reading Technique vs Reading Strategy

Sub - Vocalizing<ul><li>muttering, mouthing or internal monologue. </li><li>Reducing sub - vocalization leads to faster reading but poor processing of information. Sub - vocalization reduces the cognitive load and helps process complex information quickly.</li></ul>

Reading Techniques

<ol><li>Know when to use the reading techniques of grouping and sub-vocalizing - Text with predictable or less valuable information or text which require less cognitive load</li><li>Take Pause between reading sprints to process the information and look at the big picture. Also try to predict where the text is likely to take you.</li></ol>

Reading Strategy

<ol><li>The processing of information - our brain requires time to process complex or novel information which slows our reading speed</li><li>Exhaustion - If we try to speed read long and difficult text we won't be able to sustain the speed for long period of them. We will require to take breaks. So sustainable reading while taking pauses is the correct way</li></ol>

Obstacles while reading difficult texts

I often wish to be able to read lots of non-fiction books, research papers and other texts but It is very time consuming. This is an effort to reduce the time required and increase productivity while studying

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Many speed reading techniques are only suited for low to moderate-difficulty texts. Anyone who has used these techniques will know how difficult it is to sustain them persistently for study sessions that might be several hours long. It can be exhausting!

These are my tips (as someone who has read about 100+ pages of journal articles and textbooks every week for the last 10 years).

NOTE: This is not a FULL system. You still need to use other studying techniques for good encoding and retrieval, facilitated with a good note-taking system. Other techniques like scaffolding and smart skimming can also be useful.

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