2.  Pay attention when you read, and read as if it
really matters.

3.  Pay attention when you read, and read as if it
really matters.
Take 30-60 seconds to preview the text by:

4.  Pay attention when you read, and read as if it
really matters.
Take 30-60 seconds to preview the text by:
 Looking over the title of the text

5.  Pay attention when you read, and read as if it
really matters.
Take 30-60 seconds to preview the text by:
 Looking over the title of the text
 Looking at all the headings, sub-headings or
dark print

6.  Pay attention when you read, and read as if it
really matters.
Take 30-60 seconds to preview the text by:
 Looking over the title of the text
 Looking at all the headings, sub-headings or
dark print
 Looking at any pictures, illustrations, charts or
graphs

7.  Pay attention when you read, and read as if it
really matters.
Take 30-60 seconds to preview the text by:
 Looking over the title of the text
 Looking at all the headings, sub-headings or
dark print
 Looking at any pictures, illustrations, charts or
graphs
 Quickly skimming over the passage, reading the
first and last paragraph, and glancing at the first
sentence of every other paragraph

8.  Stop talking to yourself when you read.
People talk to themselves in two ways:

9.  Stop talking to yourself when you read.
People talk to themselves in two ways:
 Vocalizing, which is the actual moving of your
lips as you read, and

10.  Stop talking to yourself when you read.
People talk to themselves in two ways:
 Vocalizing, which is the actual moving of your
lips as you read, and
 Sub-vocalizing, which is talking to yourself in
your head as you silently read

11.  Stop talking to yourself when you read.
People talk to themselves in two ways:
 Vocalizing, which is the actual moving of your
lips as you read, and
 Sub-vocalizing, which is talking to yourself in
your head as you silently read
Reading should be an activity which involves only
the eyes and the brain.

12.  Read in thought groups.

13.  Read in thought groups.
 Try to read in phrases of three or four words,
especially in complete clauses and prepositional
phrases.

14.  Read in thought groups.
 Try to read in phrases of three or four words,
especially in complete clauses and prepositional
phrases.
 Meaning is easier to pull from groups of words,
rather than from individual words or even single
letters.