This weekend I attended The Iris Reading Speed Reading course, which I purchased from Groupon. While reflecting on what I learned at the Iris Reading course and the High Speed Learning course which I attended a few years ago, I have some thoughts about reading faster without sacrificing comprehension. Three Habits Acquired When We Learned to Read Regression: We learned to read from left to right, one word at a time Fixation: We focus on one word at a time and break down monosyllabic words into syllables Sub-vocalization: We read phonectically, breaking down the words in our minds first before we move on to … [Read more...]