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READING RAPIDLY FOR BETTER
COMPREHENSION

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OBJECTIVE
To highlight the importance of
rapid reading for better
comprehension among PN officers

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SCHEME OF PRESENTATION
 Introduction to Reading
 Reasons for Reading Fast
 Strategies to Enhance Reading Speed
 Activity 1- Speed and Comprehension
 Activity 2- Vocabulary
 Activity 3- Reasoning
 Activity 4- Reasoning
 Distribution of Handouts

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Introduction to reading

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INTRODUCTION
Reading
Speed Comprehension
Eye Movement
Character Recognition
Remembering
Understanding

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“A page digested is better than
a volume hurriedly read”
Philosopher Macaulay says.
If this is true why are we set
to tell you to read fast?

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REASONS FOR READING FAST

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REASONS FOR READING FAST
Speed
 reduces fatigue
 saves times
 spares time for vital works
 routine works get settled quickly
 spares time for decision making
 spares time for family
 broadens mental horizon
 helps effective speaking and writing
 Helps to prepare examinations
 keeps us updated
 makes a person mentally alert

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STRATEGIES TO
ENHANCE READING

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STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE READING
 Move from easy to complex.
 Choose comfortable environment.
 Maintain log.
 Change the area of interest
 Avoid forceful fast reading.
 Read for minimum 30 minutes in a sitting.
 Brush up your vocabulary.
 Suppress unwanted movements.
 Use skimming, scanning.

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ACTIVITY 1
MEASURE YOUR;
a. READING SPEED
b. COMPREHENSION LEVEL
Max time : 5 Minutes

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ANSWERS TO COMPREHENSION
Q No Answers
1 Skilled craftsperson
2 Fine in texture
3 The judgment other make of you
4 Sneak
5 Take part in it
6 Change its form or appearance
7 Take back
8 Enraged
9 Rude behavior
10 Shrinks

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FORMULAS FOR SPEED AND
COMPREHENSION
For comprehension level add a naught to
your correct answers. A 10% margin of
error on either way is possible
For reading speed apply this formula:
words read ÷ time in seconds × 60

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BELOW 200 WORDS/MIN-VERY SLOW
125 Average speaking speed
150 Speed for a difficult text; otherwise
slow
175 Lower end of average ; average 14 years
old secondary school student
200 Just below average

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230 – 350 WORDS/MIN-AVERAGE
225 Average intelligent American adult
250 Average UK adult
275 Above average
300 First year undergraduate ; Upper end of
average
350 Medium to fast readers; reading speed of
many teachers and professionals
400 Fast

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OVER 450 WORDS/MIN-VERY FAST
500
At this speed, a 60,000 words book is
read in two hours
600
Very fast ; the experienced professionals
readers
700 Professionals Book Reviewers
800 Subsonic
900 Supersonic
1000 Phenomenal

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Screen Paper Comprehension Reader profile
100 wpm 110 wpm 50% Insufficient
200 wpm 240 wpm 60% Average Reader
300 wpm 400 wpm 80% Good Reader
700 wpm 1000 wpm 85%
Excellent,
accomplished reader

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ACTIVITY 2
MEASURING VOCABULARY LEVEL
Time: 10 Minutes

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2 MARKS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER
100 & more You may congratulate yourself. You
are very favorably placed to improve
your reading speed; indeed in all
likelihood you are already a successful
person in your own sphere.
75-99 Satisfactory; although it cannot be
denied that there is room for some
improvement.
Below 75 You have done well but there is a
room for a good deal of improvement.

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ACTIVITY 3
APPLICATION OF
REASONING TO
WHAT YOU ARE
READING
Time: 3 Minutes

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SOLUTION
Friends
Characteristics
Short Tall Fair Dark Bicycles
Mary ××× √√√ √√√ ××× ×××
Jane √√√ ××× ××× √√√ ×××
Susan ××× √√√ ××× √√√ √√√
Jill √√√ ××× √√√ ××× √√√
Phyllis ××× √√√ √√√ ××× √√√

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ACTIVITY 4
CHECK HOW
“REASONABLE” YOU
ARE
Time: 3 Minutes

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CONCLUSION

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Parkinson, Tony. (2002). Teaching and assessing skills in
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Singh, U. K. & Sudarshan, K. R. (2005). Language education.
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