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Its a waste to comment this crap , a 20 minute video will teach you much more than what you wrote . You have just written the points and not informed us how to apply them or what they are. Dont make a fool out of yourself by looking a way for getting more likes.
I appreciate the disclaimer that you can read fiction slowly so you can immerse yourself in the story. Once speed reading has become a habit of mine, I speed read every piece of text I come across, which later on diminished the joy I feel in reading non-academic texts, especially literature. Speed reading is a good habit, but when done incorrectly, can diminish the quality of overall reading experience, methinks.
For those who are able to read fast though AND can understand the text properly, think twice before slowing down. I remember deliberately slowing my reading speed back then because I heard that will make me enjoy or absorb what I'm reading better. But when I slowed my reading speed down, I felt no improvement at all and actually felt myself regress. So remember, some of the advices here in the internet shouldn't be followed blindly. Try them out and see if it makes you improve, but don't take them all as dogma that have to be followed right to the T all the time.
Oh yeah. Even beyond the enjoyment factor, fiction/narrative writing can often have, in it's more complex forms and stories, just as much, or more, to say in it's subtextual content than is there in it's upfront exoteric text. This is not a feature (or shouldn't be anyway) in academic non fiction writing, even if it's otherwise unnecessarily complex with technical jargon and such
When it comes to these hard and long texts one method I rely on to maintain focus and be more productive is to listen to an audio version of the text (usually in a higher speed) and read it along (silently, only with my eyes).
This text seems to be the epitomy of lazy writing (especially the sentence "Similarly, it is..."). Which is why we need such informative videos about speed reading. Next mission: Teach academics to write concisive texts.
@@killaname6368 i think it's more like fluff writing. some words just don't add meaning to the content. and with time pressure and higher pace of life in general, we need/want something that is straight to the point. but in the long term, everything will be in bullet points, thus losing the literature or artistic aspect of writing
idk if lazy is the right word. It's actually like they're making a legitimate effort to make basic ideas sound as complex as possible, so they sound extra smart. It's like an intellectual dick measuring contest. It's just a pretentious academic circle jerk. There's nothing intelligent about using flowery words that have low frequency. There's no chance whatsoever that these people talk like this in normal conversation. They probably had a thesaurus sitting next to them so they could look up the most flowery combination of words to describe what could have been easily described by just talking like a normal person. "oh let's not use 'internal', let's use intrinsic" "let's not use 'normal', let's say normative" "let's not say 'object', let's say 'physical artifacts'". "physical artifacts".... lmfao... just say "thing" or "stuff". Jesus fucking christ, these people...
@@bingbong2257 I don’t know man I type naturally like this whenever I’m typing anything serious. I have always read loads of books so I have a high vocabulary and I use whatever comes to mind first that fits into the sentence I’m writing as well as possible. These sentences aren’t very flowery at all, they look just like something I’d write naturally for school. Often when they use unnecessary words such as “similarly,” they do this because this is how their brains have made connections between the subjects in question. For me it would be more difficult to be minimalistic than to be what you call “flowery,” and I assume that it is the same for them. Sure, I could be minimalistic if I tried, but that takes effort and being “flowery” doesn’t. They aren’t even really being that flowery anyway.
Summary of 4 Steps to Read Difficult Texts Faster: Techinque - Importantce of techinque drops a lot in hard text 1. Sub-vocalizing reduces speed but also reduces cognitive load (Bad & Good) 2. Relax our eyes so we can proccess more information 3. Grouping words is more energy inefficent and increases speed Strategy - When we use the techinque (Skip not useful info and focus on more useful info) 1. Group easy words and sprint hard parts 2. Sub-vocalize hard parts and slow down 3. Pause to proccess what you've just learned 4. Think about what the text is about
@@majackson7093 exactly! It makes sense that you sprint the easiest part since you sub vocalise hard parts therefore you can not read fast when you sub vocalise.
Key Points: Reading Technique vs. Reading Strategy: While reading techniques are important, reading strategies become more crucial when dealing with complex texts. Techniques might be more beneficial for simpler texts, but strategies are essential for understanding dense academic material. Sub-vocalization: This is the act of silently pronouncing words in your mind as you read. While it can slow down reading speed, it also aids in comprehension. Dr. Justin suggests that learners should know when to use sub-vocalization strategically. Grouping Words Together: One of the most effective techniques for speed reading is to group words and read them in chunks rather than individually. This technique automatically reduces sub-vocalization and increases reading speed. Strategic Pauses: Taking breaks to process information is crucial. During these breaks, readers should reflect on what they've read and predict what might come next. This helps in better comprehension and retention of information. Technical Tips: Narrow Field: Using a narrow field (like a column) for reading reduces the need for the eyes to move from left to right extensively. This can help in reading faster and reduces eye strain. Background Color: Dr. Justin suggests using a gray background and tools like Flux to reduce eye strain.
After listening the whole video, my mind be : this should have been a part of school education. Reading and writing are basically taught in schools only to tackle laterwards in adulthood. But no, they miss out the most important part of Reading techniques & Strategies. My prior life be like ...waste of my existence till I got to watch this life improving session. I am very thankful to you 🙏 for saving the rest of my life. I wish people would be like you, to help people in early stages of life.
I’ve read so many articles on speed reading and this is the first one in several years that has offered new and useful advice! It’s very practical and realistic and so much of it matches my actual experience with academic texts. Thank you!
I’m 63-I always sub-vocalize text. I just can’t process the information without doing so. I also read with pencil in hand to circle, draw boxes, underline. Will try the grouping words together tomorrow…Thank you so much for this great video.
this text could be so much more concise and still get the point across, so many academic texts are just waffles at best with such inefficient writing, but videos like these help in saving time and energy so much, Thanks Justin!
@@sengju4468 In Italy we have a delightful mindset where bureaucrats in their ivory towers decide shit and we just do it because there's no way to object.
I am dyslexic so this might not be very generisable but usually lots of small words cause me more processing issues when reading large words are usually easier to read. Simplification usin more small words often causes things to become difficult to follow once you have learnt word stem eg heam ( San e other way round in British English ) you don't have to focus on each letter generally I'm thinking about the images generated by what I read unless I'm reading something very abstract. Reading several words at once and reading in thinner Collins really helps the flow I find.
I've found over the years (and this is just anecdotally my experience, not based on research as far as I know), but many of the strategies suitable for students with dyslexia are actually suitable for students without dyslexia as well. Dyslexic techniques to compensate for weaker verbal processing results in higher processing from other parts of the brain, which I find benefits all students. Thanks for sharing your insights!
I’m not sure how TH-cam knew I needed this, but thank you. I’m a returning college student with poor reading skills. I hope to use these techniques you mentioned. Thank you
1.Group easy words and sprint to the complex parts. 2.Sub-vocalize and slow down on big words and complex ideas. 3.Pause for a moment to visualize or connect what you just learned and connect with the big picture. 4.Predict where the text will lead you.
Dude, thanks so much for the videos! I'm a radiology resident in desperate need for more effective and efficient studying techniques. Stumbled upon your videos by chance and they're giving so much insight.
Thanks Justin. I'm an English teacher and I found your tips very useful. It's a shame I've been telling my students to "read in your mind." I was under the wrong impression, that when kids read out loud, they process information slower. Why don't they teach these strategies to teachers, so we can pass it on to students? Have subscribed to your channel. Where can I find your videos on mind maps?
I agree with you our teachers always tell us to ready quietly but it’s does help you at all with vocabulary words or to keep reading habits efficiently
Just realized that I have basically been doing all the things mentioned in this video unconsciously… including finding reading full screen on a lap top such a pain that I ended up getting an iPad for reading papers. Awesome tips will watch all your other videos next.
So, when reading, it's about knowing the reality of what's going on, based on the information received, just like knowing what's going on outside of the house.
Good video. I've been into speed reading for about a year and these tips really come in handy. However, it'd had been nice if you gave us tips to read when the text column is too stretched out, like in a book, where you have no control over it.
These are really great strategies. However, I think you missed one thing. the question of why I read the text at all. What target questions do I have before I even start reading the text. what is my goal with reading? my goal is to pay attention to special passages in the text and to mark them
this is very interesting, however I don't see it useful for qualitative social science article and books. Thick description, imo, really demands you to immerse yourself in the academic text. In our research, discourse is SO important, the way language is used, things like that are part of the scientific information you need to learn and understand. Re-reading is also necessary because text can be read in different ways and understood differently from different perspectives (or just having learned and understood more), even within one text rereading parts in the beginning when finished is helpful. But I can see myself practicing and using this technique for other types of academic text, seems really useful! thanks :)
Complicated textbooks aren’t about following a narrative, but playing the memorization game. I’m commenting while I watch: Wow, I found the same thing about subvocalization in terms of my focus. Doing the subvocalization in my head is the tightrope that I concentrate on that keeps my attention.
Shame I didn't know you 40 years ago. I took a speedreading course back in high school before going to college. The technique they taught was to block whole lines and multiple lines at a time. This worked to a degree but only for fiction. I once read The Hobbit in 30 minutes. When I tried to apply it to non fiction or advanced texts the amount of information was overwhelming and I couldn't actually process the information. Now trying to read advanced texts and I'm just crawling. Without a significant change to improve speed I'm never going to read nearly as many books as I need to. Your advice to group the simpler words and sub vocalize the harder words and perhaps most importantly the pause to consider what you're reading seems critical. I will apply this to my study and see how it works. Thank you.
Really appreciate breaking down the different ways our eyes read novels vs academic papers! I've never realised the difference until now and would always have those papers where I could never understand/retain what the authors were trying to present.
Awesome information Dr. Sang! As English is my second language, I have a little bit of trouble processing the words when I read, especially out loud. So, I’m already practicing the techniques you’ve presented and I noticed the huge difference! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience! 🙏😊
I subvocalize and mostly visualize what I read. With easy text, this goes really fast, but with difficult (academic) text I tend to just subvocalize and understand/analyze what it means
Thank you for this video~ I honestly thought something was wrong with me for not being able to concentrate properly while reading and having to read a portion over and over again.
Same. One of my biggest yet so obvious mistakes is reading books on PDF format rather than epub format until very recently. You can imagine how messy and packed each page is ☠️.
For hard moments I strongly recommend Scott Young`s holistic learning techniques based on visualiation and metaphors. I tested it by myself, and it really works.
Oh wow, this is so exciting! I heard, I think from Andrew Huberman, that 10 second breaks just doing nothing are very benefitial to learning and our brains repeat what we were learning at high speeds very similar to how that happens during sleep. You seem to be taking that to the next level! If I didn't know that I would wonder why should I put in the effort to read fast if the breaks to process it basically even it out, then why not read slowly and process as I go... but you're really utilizing neuroscience here! I have a book to read and I read about less than a third from it, I'm excited to try this technique on the book.
@@GabrielCazorlaPersson1 I totally understand what you mean, thank you for your reply! I do already kinda follow my feel for think, trying to keep in mind there may be some factors making things a bit different for different individuals. But this is a new perspective. Also, I want to practice this type of reading but if I feel it doesn't work I'll just revert back to reading like I always do - subvocalizing everything lol.
This is quite useful. For all my reading of academic texts I only recently was beginning to at the end of paragraphs think about what I just read. However, I would only be looking backwards instead of forwards/both.
I find it often helps to read the text backwards. Read the first paragraph, so you know what it's all about; then the last paragraph, so you know where it's going to end up; then the penultimate paragraph; then the antepenultimate, and so on.
@@DEEJAYNH10 you just have to try practicing it more often, then it becomes more of a habit especially after you start noticing the positive outcome of it. You can write it down somewhere to remember to do it more
When it comes to these hard and long texts one method I rely on to maintain focus and be more productive is to listen to an audio version of the text (usually in a higher speed) and read it along (silently, only with my eyes).
I practiced this technique for two hours, 20 minute break for each hour that passed. Eventually grasping it after last 20 minute break; to the point that I had no difficulty. I've read a few comments pin-pointing if he practiced. I can't speak on his behalf, however, I believe in any sense you should just practice, especially because some people take less time then others to pick up concepts. Addendum: some people take longer, that's okay, just wanted to add; go at your own pace.
1. sub-vocalisation 2. relax your pupil to see more words together (grouping words, not simultaneous with sub-vocal) 3. skip through information thats not meaningful 4. sub-vocalise most difficult areas 5. read in bursts of speed (move fast from point to point), instead of single continuous stream 6. have pauses (spend a few secs thinking where this text will take me, process things ) 7. epubreader (narrow space) 8. set dull background color (grey. ..)
This thing helped me, I am starting my gr 10, and I find myself reading faster than gr 9, just by practice using these techniques with a few texts during the holiday. Thank you!
I'm really interested in trying to apply this in math. In a paper or graduate/reference book, you frequently spend a day on a single page or less. But the essence of your technique, namely pausing to anticipate might actually be really hopeful. I hope to remember and try this tomorrow.
For the first time I got a very natural humanly piece of advice . Thankyou Doctor, for your time and effort to condense your insights of reading Effectively with Smooth Transition and Sustained Focus (esp while dealing with difficult academic chapters) into a 19 min crisp and concise video . Moving eyes left to right is tiring if done for longer time and having a EPUB tip comes in handy . Although I prefer left to right motion as it exercises your eye muscles and the more you practice the more eye muscles adapt to it and hence faster movement with time . EPUB is a good tip but I don't see it as a good habit to carry on . Makes your eyes dull and weak . As Being a Doctor ,you know This Human Body is meant for Motion .A Good Exercise can never be bad only tiring one and so take rest and Start again.
Fast reading is a matter of meditation, this is easier for languages like Chinese or Japanese because they are logographic, the problem arise with other languages like German, Spanish or English; they are dependent on phonetical reading - the smooth sub-vocalization in mind. I personally read sub-vocalazing but it's always a smooth speech, if it's not it's usually because I am engaging on any compulsive habit regarding how to recite the connected speech physically - this is particularly problematic for non-native readers attempting to read a different language they are not dexterous. Either way, it's a matter of relaxing the mind and body, hence the meditative part thus the "altered" states: which is actually what you need in order to be "intelligent". So, in order to detach from sub-vocalization you can't name it nor try to observe it, because you need to relax the mind enough to unlock the logographic aspect of the words, and this changes completely the experience of reading and how we parse meaning.
It's actually the speeding that makes me lose focus, I try to maintain a solid pace(much slower than what you showed in this video) yet use the principles you showed here, whenever I try to actually use the "silent" reading - I feel like I cheat myself and not read the words properly, which leads for not understanding what Ive just read
its my first time to research about reading techniques as I'm loaded with a lot of reading materials in Law school and need to manage my energy according to what is realistic. I'm glad i stumbled upon your video first before anything else here.
English is one of few languages that relates intelligence & eliteness to verbosity. I once (had to) read a book on communication written in the 90s (not the 1800s) and it was full of these complex sentences, each is 3-line long with clauses, which could have been broken into sentences. It was a pain to finish and very ironic of the author to even attempt to teach readers how to communicate 😅. I also speak and read Thai and Korean fluently and weirdly i can basically read any texts in these two languages just fine. Usually the problems are the technical vocabs or textual analysis but never the overly complicated structures.
@@NUSORCA For Thai, I think it’s mainly because of the lack of real grammatical structures and rules so we just write like the way we speak. For Korean, i think it’s like what you said. The loan words help shorten the sentences a lot (tho people who don’t have a wide range of vocabs aka most people and foreigners like me tend to speak and write longer than the academic ones 😅) Nonetheless, i have learned and spoke English my whole life. It’s pretty much my second language but I still find some texts overly and unnecessary difficult)
If you can only read short sentences, you should not be in college. School is not for everyone. A career in the trades can pay VERY well. Learn plumbing or metal working or something.
I know I'm a couple of years late but thank you soooo much for this, I really struggle with academic reading and a lecturer put up 11 readings(including multiple books, one of which is 800 pages) for an essay I have to write - I'll definitely try this!
Techniques: 1. Sub-vocalisation 2. "Grouping" words Strategy - When to use techniques 1. Change of reading speed - burst + slows 2. Take pauses - mental logging + prediction 3. Epub format - narrow columns - fewer eye positions - grey background with Flux turned on summary for myself
It's funny how I learn better with videos and audio content, but I apprehend so much better the information reading it. Even though the speed is not the same, the difference is huge.
This sounds like skimming, but also thinking about where the text is going to make it more effective. It's helpful that academic papers are going to have an abstract and introduction; makes the process even easier.
Thanks a lot! I be this fastens things up so much when it's used effectively. My problem for now is that I dissociate everything I just read stopping my thought procession completely. I must have some sort of fear present.
I Don't speak English because I'm from El Salvador but I think that in internet, more in English content there is the best tips or information to learn Thanks ❤
This video is certainly the information I was in dire need of but couldn't actually point towards of what do I need to know or how can I do things better. I didn't even had realized what problems I am facing that are making me unproductive and why I couldn't study efficiently. Thanks for this video I'm so glad I stumbled on it. Subscribed. Thanks TH-cam algorithm.
Wow. This one video literally improved the way I read so much, and I can comprehend the text in my AP Lang class and SAT so much more easier. I thought it was a skill issue but it was just that the way I approached the text was wrong 😭Huge thank you🙏🙏
best thing to do when reading is to understand every single word; this meaning, define your words that you're unsure of. Once you stumble on something that you don't understand, you lose the logical progression that the author conveys and that's where most people start reading and zoning out. When you truly build your vocabulary (which can take years unless you commit and use your resources such as SAT or GRE flash cards you can find on Amazon), you can really immerse yourself in your reading and read faster. Until then you have to take the time to make sure you're not just vaguely comprehending. Also, it's very easy to lose focus because the reading is boring, try to find your place where you went off tangent, and just get back into it.
As Uni student, I have to say I'm the slowest 🐌 reader on the planet. Especially when English is not my first language. At moment I'm practising how to use SQ3R techniques to help read faster.
There’s no such as thing as changing the pupil size whilst maintaining the near image focused (accommodating). This is called near vision triad and it consists of 3 aspects when you’re looking and focusing on something near you: the pupil gets smaller, the lens gets stronger and the eyes converge. If one doesn’t happen, the others won’t happen either, meaning, if you "relax" your eye, your pupil will get bigger, but the image will get out of focus too and you won’t be able to read.
So you want me to try and remove my internal voice, I was actually thinking about this the other day while reading. I thought surly I would be faster if I didn't have to pronounce the words inside my head and I wondered if it was even possible without losing all comprehension. Very interested, I'm already what I would call a fast reader probably around 400, if I try extremely hard speed read maybe 750-800 but obviously the reading quality goes down. This is really interesting advice. You know what I actually think I do most of this normally. I just never thought about it, but now I will practice.
First, I want to say I greatly appreciate this video. Next, I want to state something about myself, and follow up with some questions. My memory isnt that great, but my problem is both processing ability and retention/memory. When I am studying, when there is a lot of content to cover, and when the deadline to complete studying is short, I tend to want to skim over text. This reduces my processing ability. So I need to reread, usually a bit more slowly and piecemeal, to trigger processing and to achieve the "aha" moment when the sentence or paragraph makes sense. In the past, at this point, not knowing any better, I would continue onward, assuming that I would naturally retain the information, and anyway my deadline is looming so I don't have much choice about ensuring retainment. Due to my lack of memory, I would forget what I read, both in the moment and long term. Since the content I am reading is technical, its not enough for me to get the gist of the content. Instead I need to have a firm grasp of examples and details. Now I want to offer a suggestion, and ask for a response/feedback. At the moment that "aha" is achieved, I could use your "pause technique" to solidify the content in my memory. Also, it seems to me, that the longer that I pause, pondering the material, the more memorable and relevant it will be to my brain. Also, I have incorporated vocalization and repeating the ideas out loud to myself, for content that I was supposed to have processed and that I would like to retain. However, when I have done this in the past, this has tended to work to increase my processing of the content, and to get extra insights, but is still not very effective for my retainment/memory. I especially have a hard time learning lists, whether embedded in text, or shown in a bulleted format. Is there an effective way to improve retainment/memory of read material, without resorting to spaced repetition and other more heavy duty memory techinques?
I would sa See a word which is 50 words ahead Continue reading but not consciously, don’t put your mind to what you are reading, let your mind just do whatever it does And think on (start processing) predict what the text might say So you are not actually doing anything other than thinking and making connections
Finally a real demonstration of what sub vocalisations are supposed to be. But most of the time, I wont be able to process the meaning of sentences in English without sub vocalisations. But I can do the sub vocalisations in Chinese much better and only focus on key grammars words.
To paraphrase part of the blurb for this video; problems with the current education system "is a societal issue and that most people are not making good career decisions". I think this point is really huge, how many of us end up not doing the jobs we wanted because we did not master the best study techniques in our formal education? I get the notion that on a practical level passion comes after being good at something, but the flip side of this is not applying ourselves correctly for learning is a reason some people give up on their passions/dreams.
Subvocalization is simply a part of the process recognizing the word. While it's arguably "unnecessary" for independent silent reading, you don't really want to try to stop doing it or else it might impact your ability to deliver fluent speech. Also as you mentioned it's hardly the bottleneck of the understanding process anyways.
reducing subvocalization grouping words together predicting what the text will cover taking processing breaks to think about what has been read giving yourself sufficient pause setting up a conducive reading environment
Oh man. Great video. This has been my challenge in teaching for years. Pace, strategy, mental habits, interacting with text. There are people who say subvocalizing is bad. Not true. Speed reading just does not work for complex text that is dense with new words and that references diagrams. Speed reading your organic chemistry chapter hydrocarbon nomenclature or a paper called "Gluon gravitational form factors at large momentum transfer" just will not help you. There was paper written called "So much to read, so little time" by dr. Elizabeth shotter. Very enlightening.
notes taken what counts is reading strategy instead of reading techniques when the difficulty is high ### techniques that help app: stack 1. sub-vocalization: mouth the words. sub means don’t give time to properly form the words → more advanced you don’t need your mouth to move
subvocalization make you slower but makes it easier for you to process thing
so we strategically subvocalize where we know it is denser to process w/o subvocalization
2. **group words together**: **relax your eye** a bit more, so that your focus is not that constricted for the central vision → you will be able to see a few more words at the same time.
→ when you start the paragraph put your eyesight focus at the middle of the first and second words so that you can read both words → when you proceed you keep putting it between two words.
→ you can read 6 words with 3 eye positions. that is quicker than subvoc because you cannot mouth 2 words at same time. also more energy efficient, time efficient
→ you can also try grouping 3 or 4 words tgt, esp where there are small words
### strategy comes from *when* we use that technique : skip thru info that is not so meaningful, and subvoc areas we know are most difficult (tell it by eg amount of bigger words) **: turn on & off the grouping / subvocalizing → the bursts that are short but frequent** look for the easier / denser pockets where you can group the words underlying thing is you want to tend to your capacity and you want to be sustainable **take strategic pauses and breaks** : after a block of reading, stop and think what you have just read, log what is going on : think of where this text is going take me : in order to **think ahead of what you are reading** → that makes the reading easier smoother and more effortless → ready to move on : you subvocalize keywords in stead of whole phrase / sentence etc : at the same time update your mindmap final tip: use epub → narrow → no need many eye positions per line, less dimensions for eye movement
* Subvocalization reduces cognitive load and increases comprehension. * Grouping stops subvocalization, energy efficient -- only effective technique followed. Might take few hours to get started, will get natural once accustomed. * Strategy Concentrated burst, give yourself pauses.
I play soviet anthem mix during study , my reading only ends when the music stop , then i might take a break , pee a bit and look outside of the window . Every inch of the knowledge is a great contribution to the motherland , my home .
Would these techniques work the same for *international students* for whom English etc. is not their first language, or does it 'cost' too much energy? I would love to hear your thoughts on this. Btw. I love your content, keep it up.
Instead of reading the abstract first read the experiment setup. Then read the abstract and you know what theyre talking about even if they use weird wording.
I literally just use a decent quality text to speech. If you read alot of things, its best to invest in those really natural sounding text to speech services.
*Strategy > Technique (for complex text) Technique 1. Reduce Subvocalization but use subvocalization when reading important text - performing the hen sound when reading -grouping words together 2.try to read in bursts of speed rather than a single continuous stream 3.give pauses
19:58 Truthfully this sounds so practical .I am going to try this, i sure hope this helps me to read more efficiently and also rememeber what I read.thank you would try this.
Thanks for the great video! I also agree with how convinient the epub is. I personally recommend putting the font size bigger as it doesn't strain the eye more. I personally get dizzy if I read in normal font size for just an hour and need some break for my eyes to hurt. Ive been reading for years and my sight is still better than most people out there. P.s. this is just my opinion and will put disclaimer here and there
Active reading; commenting on what you read in the form adding other things you know, in form of side note, is the best to excel and enhance your acadamic readings.
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I don't read slowly, I just take my time to really appreciate how complicated the sentences are.
I laughed too hard at this🤣
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Exactly!
Techniques:
1. Sub-vocalisation
2: Grouping words
Strategy - When to use techniques
1. Change of reading speed - burst + slows
2. Take pauses - mental logging + prediction
3. Epub format - narrow columns - fewer eye positions - grey background with Flux turned on
thanks alot!
Its a waste to comment this crap , a 20 minute video will teach you much more than what you wrote . You have just written the points and not informed us how to apply them or what they are. Dont make a fool out of yourself by looking a way for getting more likes.
@@RoshanSharma-mo6vy Nobody thinks that... You're just toxic
@@RoshanSharma-mo6vy I appreciate all point of views. what's yours?
Anthropy Guo Thank you for your useful summary.
11:11 the strategy
13:35 summery on screen
17:50 mini extra tip
Great video
Thankyou
Thank you 😊💖 this is very useful
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I appreciate the disclaimer that you can read fiction slowly so you can immerse yourself in the story. Once speed reading has become a habit of mine, I speed read every piece of text I come across, which later on diminished the joy I feel in reading non-academic texts, especially literature.
Speed reading is a good habit, but when done incorrectly, can diminish the quality of overall reading experience, methinks.
true Cruz
For those who are able to read fast though AND can understand the text properly, think twice before slowing down.
I remember deliberately slowing my reading speed back then because I heard that will make me enjoy or absorb what I'm reading better. But when I slowed my reading speed down, I felt no improvement at all and actually felt myself regress.
So remember, some of the advices here in the internet shouldn't be followed blindly. Try them out and see if it makes you improve, but don't take them all as dogma that have to be followed right to the T all the time.
i just blitz through in chunks, then sit back and process what i just read
True that's what I noticed with myself too TT
Oh yeah. Even beyond the enjoyment factor, fiction/narrative writing can often have, in it's more complex forms and stories, just as much, or more, to say in it's subtextual content than is there in it's upfront exoteric text. This is not a feature (or shouldn't be anyway) in academic non fiction writing, even if it's otherwise unnecessarily complex with technical jargon and such
When it comes to these hard and long texts one method I rely on to maintain focus and be more productive is to listen to an audio version of the text (usually in a higher speed) and read it along (silently, only with my eyes).
I like this too.
Do you know how to do that on pc?
@@fatimakhan4671 Microsoft Edge browser does read aloud pdf files
@@fatimakhan4671 Speechify PDF
@@fatimakhan4671 xodo pdf / microsoft edge
This text seems to be the epitomy of lazy writing (especially the sentence "Similarly, it is..."). Which is why we need such informative videos about speed reading. Next mission: Teach academics to write concisive texts.
Why is it lazy writing?
That's difficult, depending on the subject, programming books are kinda nefarious in that aspect.
@@killaname6368 i think it's more like fluff writing. some words just don't add meaning to the content. and with time pressure and higher pace of life in general, we need/want something that is straight to the point. but in the long term, everything will be in bullet points, thus losing the literature or artistic aspect of writing
idk if lazy is the right word. It's actually like they're making a legitimate effort to make basic ideas sound as complex as possible, so they sound extra smart.
It's like an intellectual dick measuring contest. It's just a pretentious academic circle jerk. There's nothing intelligent about using flowery words that have low frequency.
There's no chance whatsoever that these people talk like this in normal conversation. They probably had a thesaurus sitting next to them so they could look up the most flowery combination of words to describe what could have been easily described by just talking like a normal person.
"oh let's not use 'internal', let's use intrinsic"
"let's not use 'normal', let's say normative"
"let's not say 'object', let's say 'physical artifacts'".
"physical artifacts".... lmfao... just say "thing" or "stuff". Jesus fucking christ, these people...
@@bingbong2257 I don’t know man I type naturally like this whenever I’m typing anything serious. I have always read loads of books so I have a high vocabulary and I use whatever comes to mind first that fits into the sentence I’m writing as well as possible. These sentences aren’t very flowery at all, they look just like something I’d write naturally for school. Often when they use unnecessary words such as “similarly,” they do this because this is how their brains have made connections between the subjects in question. For me it would be more difficult to be minimalistic than to be what you call “flowery,” and I assume that it is the same for them. Sure, I could be minimalistic if I tried, but that takes effort and being “flowery” doesn’t. They aren’t even really being that flowery anyway.
Finally, someone who doesn't throw sub vocals out completely.
Summary of 4 Steps to Read Difficult Texts Faster:
Techinque - Importantce of techinque drops a lot in hard text
1. Sub-vocalizing reduces speed but also reduces cognitive load (Bad & Good)
2. Relax our eyes so we can proccess more information
3. Grouping words is more energy inefficent and increases speed
Strategy - When we use the techinque (Skip not useful info and focus on more useful info)
1. Group easy words and sprint hard parts
2. Sub-vocalize hard parts and slow down
3. Pause to proccess what you've just learned
4. Think about what the text is about
Thanks, but wouldn't it be "Group easy words and sprint easy parts"?
@@majackson7093 exactly!
It makes sense that you sprint the easiest part since you sub vocalise hard parts therefore you can not read fast when you sub vocalise.
thanks
Key Points:
Reading Technique vs. Reading Strategy: While reading techniques are important, reading strategies become more crucial when dealing with complex texts. Techniques might be more beneficial for simpler texts, but strategies are essential for understanding dense academic material.
Sub-vocalization: This is the act of silently pronouncing words in your mind as you read. While it can slow down reading speed, it also aids in comprehension. Dr. Justin suggests that learners should know when to use sub-vocalization strategically.
Grouping Words Together: One of the most effective techniques for speed reading is to group words and read them in chunks rather than individually. This technique automatically reduces sub-vocalization and increases reading speed.
Strategic Pauses: Taking breaks to process information is crucial. During these breaks, readers should reflect on what they've read and predict what might come next. This helps in better comprehension and retention of information.
Technical Tips:
Narrow Field: Using a narrow field (like a column) for reading reduces the need for the eyes to move from left to right extensively. This can help in reading faster and reduces eye strain.
Background Color: Dr. Justin suggests using a gray background and tools like Flux to reduce eye strain.
After listening the whole video, my mind be : this should have been a part of school education. Reading and writing are basically taught in schools only to tackle laterwards in adulthood. But no, they miss out the most important part of Reading techniques & Strategies.
My prior life be like ...waste of my existence till I got to watch this life improving session.
I am very thankful to you 🙏 for saving the rest of my life. I wish people would be like you, to help people in early stages of life.
I’ve read so many articles on speed reading and this is the first one in several years that has offered new and useful advice! It’s very practical and realistic and so much of it matches my actual experience with academic texts. Thank you!
I’m 63-I always sub-vocalize text. I just can’t process the information without doing so. I also read with pencil in hand to circle, draw boxes, underline. Will try the grouping words together tomorrow…Thank you so much for this great video.
this text could be so much more concise and still get the point across, so many academic texts are just waffles at best with such inefficient writing, but videos like these help in saving time and energy so much,
Thanks Justin!
I'm writing my thesis and you bet I'm gonna make soup if I have a 30 pages minimum, which by the way I know no man on Earth is gonna read anyways.
🤔Has word salad been replaced by alphabet soup?
@@HereTakeAFlower Ehy would anyone make you write that much. Are you writing your own book?
@@sengju4468 In Italy we have a delightful mindset where bureaucrats in their ivory towers decide shit and we just do it because there's no way to object.
I am dyslexic so this might not be very generisable but usually lots of small words cause me more processing issues when reading large words are usually easier to read. Simplification usin more small words often causes things to become difficult to follow once you have learnt word stem eg heam ( San e other way round in British English ) you don't have to focus on each letter generally I'm thinking about the images generated by what I read unless I'm reading something very abstract. Reading several words at once and reading in thinner Collins really helps the flow I find.
I've found over the years (and this is just anecdotally my experience, not based on research as far as I know), but many of the strategies suitable for students with dyslexia are actually suitable for students without dyslexia as well. Dyslexic techniques to compensate for weaker verbal processing results in higher processing from other parts of the brain, which I find benefits all students. Thanks for sharing your insights!
@@JustinSung What sorts of dyslexic techniques in particular?
And when I write any words very mistakes it spell
I’m not sure how TH-cam knew I needed this, but thank you. I’m a returning college student with poor reading skills. I hope to use these techniques you mentioned. Thank you
The ultimate goal is to save time. Pls keep your videos to the point and crisp.
1.Group easy words and sprint to the complex parts.
2.Sub-vocalize and slow down on big words and complex ideas.
3.Pause for a moment to visualize or connect what you just learned and connect with the big picture.
4.Predict where the text will lead you.
What does it mean to sprint on hard parts ? I don't quite get why would you sprint on hard parts. Can someone elaborate for me? Thanks!
Dude, thanks so much for the videos! I'm a radiology resident in desperate need for more effective and efficient studying techniques. Stumbled upon your videos by chance and they're giving so much insight.
I am also a radiology registrar drowning in information.
@@gracecar5820 How's radiology btw I'm a medical student
Thanks Justin. I'm an English teacher and I found your tips very useful. It's a shame I've been telling my students to "read in your mind." I was under the wrong impression, that when kids read out loud, they process information slower. Why don't they teach these strategies to teachers, so we can pass it on to students? Have subscribed to your channel. Where can I find your videos on mind maps?
I agree with you our teachers always tell us to ready quietly but it’s does help you at all with vocabulary words or to keep reading habits efficiently
How did i find such an amazing teacher with such an intense care for students? 1 in a million
This helped me finish each of the SAT reading sections with 10 minutes (so total 20 minutes) remaining! Thanks Justin!
Immediately after the subvocalising part where you mumbled the words I got an ad for a speech therapist.
I read your comment when the ad popped out 😩
Best channel for students. Need more recognition!!
Dr. Justin you are really genius.... The nuances which you tell are very much practical and not something abstract
Just realized that I have basically been doing all the things mentioned in this video unconsciously… including finding reading full screen on a lap top such a pain that I ended up getting an iPad for reading papers. Awesome tips will watch all your other videos next.
So, when reading, it's about knowing the reality of what's going on, based on the information received, just like knowing what's going on outside of the house.
I love the grouping technique, literally has made my reading more efficient. You are a god
Good video. I've been into speed reading for about a year and these tips really come in handy. However, it'd had been nice if you gave us tips to read when the text column is too stretched out, like in a book, where you have no control over it.
These are really great strategies. However, I think you missed one thing. the question of why I read the text at all. What target questions do I have before I even start reading the text. what is my goal with reading? my goal is to pay attention to special passages in the text and to mark them
this is very interesting, however I don't see it useful for qualitative social science article and books. Thick description, imo, really demands you to immerse yourself in the academic text. In our research, discourse is SO important, the way language is used, things like that are part of the scientific information you need to learn and understand. Re-reading is also necessary because text can be read in different ways and understood differently from different perspectives (or just having learned and understood more), even within one text rereading parts in the beginning when finished is helpful. But I can see myself practicing and using this technique for other types of academic text, seems really useful! thanks :)
Complicated textbooks aren’t about following a narrative, but playing the memorization game. I’m commenting while I watch: Wow, I found the same thing about subvocalization in terms of my focus. Doing the subvocalization in my head is the tightrope that I concentrate on that keeps my attention.
Shame I didn't know you 40 years ago. I took a speedreading course back in high school before going to college. The technique they taught was to block whole lines and multiple lines at a time. This worked to a degree but only for fiction. I once read The Hobbit in 30 minutes.
When I tried to apply it to non fiction or advanced texts the amount of information was overwhelming and I couldn't actually process the information. Now trying to read advanced texts and I'm just crawling. Without a significant change to improve speed I'm never going to read nearly as many books as I need to.
Your advice to group the simpler words and sub vocalize the harder words and perhaps most importantly the pause to consider what you're reading seems critical.
I will apply this to my study and see how it works.
Thank you.
Very few channel discuss and teach you how to study... Thanks s ton for making video on the topic.
Really appreciate breaking down the different ways our eyes read novels vs academic papers! I've never realised the difference until now and would always have those papers where I could never understand/retain what the authors were trying to present.
Coming in clutch, I'm going to have workshops tomorrow where I'll need to parse thru research papers very quickly
Thanks Justin!
Awesome information Dr. Sang! As English is my second language, I have a little bit of trouble processing the words when I read, especially out loud. So, I’m already practicing the techniques you’ve presented and I noticed the huge difference! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience! 🙏😊
This really guided me to actively reading better. I am grateful for your information being free, here on TH-cam. Thank you for your service!
I subvocalize and mostly visualize what I read. With easy text, this goes really fast, but with difficult (academic) text I tend to just subvocalize and understand/analyze what it means
Thank you for this video~ I honestly thought something was wrong with me for not being able to concentrate properly while reading and having to read a portion over and over again.
Same. One of my biggest yet so obvious mistakes is reading books on PDF format rather than epub format until very recently. You can imagine how messy and packed each page is ☠️.
For hard moments I strongly recommend Scott Young`s holistic learning techniques based on visualiation and metaphors. I tested it by myself, and it really works.
Oh wow, this is so exciting! I heard, I think from Andrew Huberman, that 10 second breaks just doing nothing are very benefitial to learning and our brains repeat what we were learning at high speeds very similar to how that happens during sleep. You seem to be taking that to the next level! If I didn't know that I would wonder why should I put in the effort to read fast if the breaks to process it basically even it out, then why not read slowly and process as I go... but you're really utilizing neuroscience here! I have a book to read and I read about less than a third from it, I'm excited to try this technique on the book.
@@GabrielCazorlaPersson1 I totally understand what you mean, thank you for your reply! I do already kinda follow my feel for think, trying to keep in mind there may be some factors making things a bit different for different individuals. But this is a new perspective. Also, I want to practice this type of reading but if I feel it doesn't work I'll just revert back to reading like I always do - subvocalizing everything lol.
This is quite useful. For all my reading of academic texts I only recently was beginning to at the end of paragraphs think about what I just read. However, I would only be looking backwards instead of forwards/both.
I find it often helps to read the text backwards. Read the first paragraph, so you know what it's all about; then the last paragraph, so you know where it's going to end up; then the penultimate paragraph; then the antepenultimate, and so on.
I’m majoring in Bio and after reading 2-3 paragraphs I try to think exactly what you mentioned, “what have I just read” and try to rephrase it
How do u stay consistent with that . I tend to forget to do so
I’m a Biology major as well and have always done this naturally after observing that it works. I even explain to myself out loud to recall what I read
@@DEEJAYNH10 you just have to try practicing it more often, then it becomes more of a habit especially after you start noticing the positive outcome of it. You can write it down somewhere to remember to do it more
@@DEEJAYNH10 you can always place blank sticky on every page or two. Once you reach that sticky note you summarize on the sticky note
@@abandonrz great tip
When it comes to these hard and long texts one method I rely on to maintain focus and be more productive is to listen to an audio version of the text (usually in a higher speed) and read it along (silently, only with my eyes).
I practiced this technique for two hours, 20 minute break for each hour that passed. Eventually grasping it after last 20 minute break; to the point that I had no difficulty.
I've read a few comments pin-pointing if he practiced. I can't speak on his behalf, however, I believe in any sense you should just practice, especially because some people take less time then others to pick up concepts.
Addendum: some people take longer, that's okay, just wanted to add; go at your own pace.
1. sub-vocalisation
2. relax your pupil to see more words together (grouping words, not simultaneous with sub-vocal)
3. skip through information thats not meaningful
4. sub-vocalise most difficult areas
5. read in bursts of speed (move fast from point to point), instead of single continuous stream
6. have pauses (spend a few secs thinking where this text will take me, process things )
7. epubreader (narrow space)
8. set dull background color (grey. ..)
This thing helped me, I am starting my gr 10, and I find myself reading faster than gr 9, just by practice using these techniques with a few texts during the holiday. Thank you!
Yes, I have always maintained that sub-vocalisation increses comprehension.
I'm really interested in trying to apply this in math. In a paper or graduate/reference book, you frequently spend a day on a single page or less. But the essence of your technique, namely pausing to anticipate might actually be really hopeful. I hope to remember and try this tomorrow.
For the first time I got a very natural humanly piece of advice . Thankyou Doctor, for your time and effort to condense your insights of reading Effectively with Smooth Transition and Sustained Focus (esp while dealing with difficult academic chapters) into a 19 min crisp and concise video .
Moving eyes left to right is tiring if done for longer time and having a EPUB tip comes in handy . Although I prefer left to right motion as it exercises your eye muscles and the more you practice the more eye muscles adapt to it and hence faster movement with time . EPUB is a good tip but I don't see it as a good habit to carry on . Makes your eyes dull and weak . As Being a Doctor ,you know This Human Body is meant for Motion .A Good Exercise can never be bad only tiring one and so take rest and Start again.
Do eye exercises later
@@abeer6383 Then I'm sure you are someone with glasses 👓.
I like that you're giving concrete examples in the video. Videos that give advice with 0 context/examples are terrible.
Fast reading is a matter of meditation, this is easier for languages like Chinese or Japanese because they are logographic, the problem arise with other languages like German, Spanish or English; they are dependent on phonetical reading - the smooth sub-vocalization in mind. I personally read sub-vocalazing but it's always a smooth speech, if it's not it's usually because I am engaging on any compulsive habit regarding how to recite the connected speech physically - this is particularly problematic for non-native readers attempting to read a different language they are not dexterous. Either way, it's a matter of relaxing the mind and body, hence the meditative part thus the "altered" states: which is actually what you need in order to be "intelligent". So, in order to detach from sub-vocalization you can't name it nor try to observe it, because you need to relax the mind enough to unlock the logographic aspect of the words, and this changes completely the experience of reading and how we parse meaning.
TL;DR: Reading is a mnemonic phenomena.
It's actually the speeding that makes me lose focus, I try to maintain a solid pace(much slower than what you showed in this video) yet use the principles you showed here, whenever I try to actually use the "silent" reading - I feel like I cheat myself and not read the words properly, which leads for not understanding what Ive just read
True to ur word. It happens to me too.
Yeah you’re right . Speed reading is bad for comprehension. Been there done that .
This is definitely gonna help me with Philosophy. Thanks Doc!
I also study Philosophy, how did this affect your study?
I do the pauses not only reading but also with videos, is a very natural thing
its my first time to research about reading techniques as I'm loaded with a lot of reading materials in Law school and need to manage my energy according to what is realistic. I'm glad i stumbled upon your video first before anything else here.
I watched this video in 2X speed.
But did you group frames together by looking in-between them? 🎞️
1.75 for me
@@mahihoque4598 I wish there was 10X
Same 🤭
不只是在输入文章信息也是在梳理内容，可以，但是还是要建立的不断练习的基础上，总结一下所说的strategy：group，subvocalization，pause，next
English is one of few languages that relates intelligence & eliteness to verbosity. I once (had to) read a book on communication written in the 90s (not the 1800s) and it was full of these complex sentences, each is 3-line long with clauses, which could have been broken into sentences. It was a pain to finish and very ironic of the author to even attempt to teach readers how to communicate 😅. I also speak and read Thai and Korean fluently and weirdly i can basically read any texts in these two languages just fine. Usually the problems are the technical vocabs or textual analysis but never the overly complicated structures.
Do you think it is the analytic nature of Thai and the enormous amount of Chinese loanwords in Korean that ease your reading comprehension?
@@NUSORCA For Thai, I think it’s mainly because of the lack of real grammatical structures and rules so we just write like the way we speak. For Korean, i think it’s like what you said. The loan words help shorten the sentences a lot (tho people who don’t have a wide range of vocabs aka most people and foreigners like me tend to speak and write longer than the academic ones 😅)
Nonetheless, i have learned and spoke English my whole life. It’s pretty much my second language but I still find some texts overly and unnecessary difficult)
@@jwk9139 ya that’s what analytic language is like
If you can only read short sentences, you should not be in college. School is not for everyone. A career in the trades can pay VERY well. Learn plumbing or metal working or something.
@@robinlillian9471 jesus have some respect how are you gonna tell someone sth like that over a TH-cam COMMENT
I know I'm a couple of years late but thank you soooo much for this, I really struggle with academic reading and a lecturer put up 11 readings(including multiple books, one of which is 800 pages) for an essay I have to write - I'll definitely try this!
Techniques:
1. Sub-vocalisation
2. "Grouping" words
Strategy - When to use techniques
1. Change of reading speed - burst + slows
2. Take pauses - mental logging + prediction
3. Epub format - narrow columns - fewer eye positions - grey background with Flux turned on
summary for myself
It's funny how I learn better with videos and audio content, but I apprehend so much better the information reading it. Even though the speed is not the same, the difference is huge.
This sounds like skimming, but also thinking about where the text is going to make it more effective. It's helpful that academic papers are going to have an abstract and introduction; makes the process even easier.
Once I used subvocalization, then I found out I only pronouced the words but nothing got to my brain
Thanks a lot! I be this fastens things up so much when it's used effectively.
My problem for now is that I dissociate everything I just read stopping my thought procession completely. I must have some sort of fear present.
I Don't speak English because I'm from El Salvador but I think that in internet, more in English content there is the best tips or information to learn
Thanks ❤
This video is certainly the information I was in dire need of but couldn't actually point towards of what do I need to know or how can I do things better. I didn't even had realized what problems I am facing that are making me unproductive and why I couldn't study efficiently. Thanks for this video I'm so glad I stumbled on it. Subscribed. Thanks TH-cam algorithm.
Wow. This one video literally improved the way I read so much, and I can comprehend the text in my AP Lang class and SAT so much more easier. I thought it was a skill issue but it was just that the way I approached the text was wrong 😭Huge thank you🙏🙏
How long did it take you to become proficient in speed reading? Great video btw, I’ll definitely be trying this out
best thing to do when reading is to understand every single word; this meaning, define your words that you're unsure of. Once you stumble on something that you don't understand, you lose the logical progression that the author conveys and that's where most people start reading and zoning out. When you truly build your vocabulary (which can take years unless you commit and use your resources such as SAT or GRE flash cards you can find on Amazon), you can really immerse yourself in your reading and read faster. Until then you have to take the time to make sure you're not just vaguely comprehending. Also, it's very easy to lose focus because the reading is boring, try to find your place where you went off tangent, and just get back into it.
As Uni student, I have to say I'm the slowest 🐌 reader on the planet. Especially when English is not my first language. At moment I'm practising how to use SQ3R techniques to help read faster.
wow why isn't this tought in school man, everyone should have access to this information
Now these a days schools seems to me a kinda formality where we have to learn a syllabus🤨
There’s no such as thing as changing the pupil size whilst maintaining the near image focused (accommodating). This is called near vision triad and it consists of 3 aspects when you’re looking and focusing on something near you: the pupil gets smaller, the lens gets stronger and the eyes converge. If one doesn’t happen, the others won’t happen either, meaning, if you "relax" your eye, your pupil will get bigger, but the image will get out of focus too and you won’t be able to read.
So you want me to try and remove my internal voice, I was actually thinking about this the other day while reading. I thought surly I would be faster if I didn't have to pronounce the words inside my head and I wondered if it was even possible without losing all comprehension. Very interested, I'm already what I would call a fast reader probably around 400, if I try extremely hard speed read maybe 750-800 but obviously the reading quality goes down.
This is really interesting advice. You know what I actually think I do most of this normally. I just never thought about it, but now I will practice.
sounds like you’re kiwi?! good to hear someone local producing quality vids around this domain. cheers for the advice :)
First, I want to say I greatly appreciate this video. Next, I want to state something about myself, and follow up with some questions. My memory isnt that great, but my problem is both processing ability and retention/memory. When I am studying, when there is a lot of content to cover, and when the deadline to complete studying is short, I tend to want to skim over text. This reduces my processing ability. So I need to reread, usually a bit more slowly and piecemeal, to trigger processing and to achieve the "aha" moment when the sentence or paragraph makes sense. In the past, at this point, not knowing any better, I would continue onward, assuming that I would naturally retain the information, and anyway my deadline is looming so I don't have much choice about ensuring retainment. Due to my lack of memory, I would forget what I read, both in the moment and long term. Since the content I am reading is technical, its not enough for me to get the gist of the content. Instead I need to have a firm grasp of examples and details. Now I want to offer a suggestion, and ask for a response/feedback. At the moment that "aha" is achieved, I could use your "pause technique" to solidify the content in my memory. Also, it seems to me, that the longer that I pause, pondering the material, the more memorable and relevant it will be to my brain. Also, I have incorporated vocalization and repeating the ideas out loud to myself, for content that I was supposed to have processed and that I would like to retain. However, when I have done this in the past, this has tended to work to increase my processing of the content, and to get extra insights, but is still not very effective for my retainment/memory. I especially have a hard time learning lists, whether embedded in text, or shown in a bulleted format. Is there an effective way to improve retainment/memory of read material, without resorting to spaced repetition and other more heavy duty memory techinques?
I would sa
See a word which is 50 words ahead
Continue reading but not consciously, don’t put your mind to what you are reading, let your mind just do whatever it does
And think on (start processing) predict what the text might say
So you are not actually doing anything other than thinking and making connections
Finally a real demonstration of what sub vocalisations are supposed to be. But most of the time, I wont be able to process the meaning of sentences in English without sub vocalisations.
But I can do the sub vocalisations in Chinese much better and only focus on key grammars words.
I think you can sometimes have a glance at a paragraph and get the full meaning of it.
To paraphrase part of the blurb for this video; problems with the current education system "is a societal issue and that most people are not making good career decisions". I think this point is really huge, how many of us end up not doing the jobs we wanted because we did not master the best study techniques in our formal education? I get the notion that on a practical level passion comes after being good at something, but the flip side of this is not applying ourselves correctly for learning is a reason some people give up on their passions/dreams.
Subvocalization is simply a part of the process recognizing the word. While it's arguably "unnecessary" for independent silent reading, you don't really want to try to stop doing it or else it might impact your ability to deliver fluent speech. Also as you mentioned it's hardly the bottleneck of the understanding process anyways.
This channel is gold
reducing subvocalization
grouping words together
predicting what the text will cover
taking processing breaks to think about what has been read
giving yourself sufficient pause
setting up a conducive reading environment
Oh man. Great video. This has been my challenge in teaching for years. Pace, strategy, mental habits, interacting with text. There are people who say subvocalizing is bad. Not true. Speed reading just does not work for complex text that is dense with new words and that references diagrams. Speed reading your organic chemistry chapter hydrocarbon nomenclature or a paper called "Gluon gravitational form factors at large momentum transfer" just will not help you. There was paper written called "So much to read, so little time" by dr. Elizabeth shotter. Very enlightening.
notes taken
what counts is reading strategy instead of reading techniques when the difficulty is high
### techniques that help
app: stack
1. sub-vocalization: mouth the words. sub means don’t give time to properly form the words → more advanced you don’t need your mouth to move
subvocalization make you slower but makes it easier for you to process thing
so we strategically subvocalize where we know it is denser to process w/o subvocalization
2. **group words together**: **relax your eye** a bit more, so that your focus is not that constricted for the central vision → you will be able to see a few more words at the same time.
→ when you start the paragraph put your eyesight focus at the middle of the first and second words so that you can read both words → when you proceed you keep putting it between two words.
→ you can read 6 words with 3 eye positions. that is quicker than subvoc because you cannot mouth 2 words at same time. also more energy efficient, time efficient
→ you can also try grouping 3 or 4 words tgt, esp where there are small words
### strategy comes from *when* we use that technique
: skip thru info that is not so meaningful, and subvoc areas we know are most difficult (tell it by eg amount of bigger words)
**: turn on & off the grouping / subvocalizing → the bursts that are short but frequent**
look for the easier / denser pockets where you can group the words
underlying thing is you want to tend to your capacity and you want to be sustainable
**take strategic pauses and breaks**
: after a block of reading, stop and think what you have just read, log what is going on
: think of where this text is going take me
: in order to **think ahead of what you are reading** → that makes the reading easier smoother and more effortless → ready to move on
: you subvocalize keywords in stead of whole phrase / sentence etc
: at the same time update your mindmap
final tip: use epub → narrow → no need many eye positions per line, less dimensions for eye movement
Thank you much I just started my first year of college and hope what you have shared continues to help me in my journey.
* Subvocalization reduces cognitive load and increases comprehension.
* Grouping stops subvocalization, energy efficient -- only effective technique followed. Might take few hours to get started, will get natural once accustomed.
* Strategy
Concentrated burst, give yourself pauses.
I play soviet anthem mix during study , my reading only ends when the music stop , then i might take a break , pee a bit and look outside of the window .
Every inch of the knowledge is a great contribution to the motherland , my home .
Thank you soooo much ! I believe with ur helps in reading skill, I can pass exam
Your channel is woefully underrated. This is the most useful and nuanced information I’ve been able to find on this platform.
Would these techniques work the same for *international students* for whom English etc. is not their first language, or does it 'cost' too much energy? I would love to hear your thoughts on this. Btw. I love your content, keep it up.
I can vouch for it anecdotically. And actually quite the contrary to what you said. It's more energy efficient if you follow his tips and the strategy
This is the most practical advice on this matter. Thank you
Instead of reading the abstract first read the experiment setup. Then read the abstract and you know what theyre talking about even if they use weird wording.
I literally just use a decent quality text to speech. If you read alot of things, its best to invest in those really natural sounding text to speech services.
Dayummmm Justin’s uploading
*Strategy > Technique (for complex text)
Technique
1. Reduce Subvocalization but use subvocalization when reading important text
- performing the hen sound when reading
-grouping words together
2.try to read in bursts of speed rather than a single continuous stream
3.give pauses
19:58 Truthfully this sounds so practical .I am going to try this, i sure hope this helps me to read more efficiently and also rememeber what I read.thank you would try this.
Thanks for the great video! I also agree with how convinient the epub is. I personally recommend putting the font size bigger as it doesn't strain the eye more. I personally get dizzy if I read in normal font size for just an hour and need some break for my eyes to hurt. Ive been reading for years and my sight is still better than most people out there.
P.s. this is just my opinion and will put disclaimer here and there
notes: have break to rethink of what was said,
group reading conjubtions of text which stops sub vocaling
narrowing position for easier grouping
Active reading; commenting on what you read in the form adding other things you know, in form of side note, is the best to excel and enhance your acadamic readings.