Course length

2 days

Who is it for?

This course is designed for any-body who needs to read a large amount of written material for business purposes. There will be a large number of reading and comprehension exercises during the course; therefore, all delegates must have a good standard of reading in English. The recommended maximum is 8 delegates.

What will I learn?

By the end of this course you will:

• Identify the barriers to reading rapidly and understand how to overcome these
• Use a variety of rapid reading techniques to improve their reading speed
• Use skimming as a technique to read documents rapidly
• Use “study reading” to improve comprehension
• Demonstrate an increase in reading speed of at least 50%

Course contents

Identifying Barriers to Rapid Reading and How to Overcome These

• Bad habits in reading
• Subvocalising
• Fixating
• Visual wandering

Rapid Reading Techniques

• The 4 gears of reading
• Using the 4 stage plan
• Improving comprehension
• Improving your memory

Specialist Reading Techniques

• Skimming and sampling
• Study reading
• Locating important material within text