Contents 
1 The Starting Point 1 
Reading speed and post-reading recall 1 
The structure of the programme 2 
The first stage 2 
Exercise: One of Our Tankers is Missing 3 
Exercise: If You're Going Back to San Francisco 6 
Assessment of results 8 
The next step 8 
Further practice 9 
Chapter summary 10 
2 Aims and Objectives 11 
Setting your targets 11 
Other aims and objectives 11 
A lifelong process 12 
Exercise: The Great Cash Register Mystery 13 
Assessment of results 15 
Further practice 15 
Chapter summary 15 
3 Basic Methods for Improvement 17 
Stage three 17 
Setting time limits 17 
Being motivated and confident 18 
Do you need your eyesight checking? 19 
Exercise: The Right Person 19 
Assessment of results 22 
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Further practice 22 
Chapter summary 22 
4 The Mechanics of Reading 23 
How your eyes move when you are reading 23 
Characteristics of the mature reader: mechanical differences 24 
Psychological differences 26 
Educational differences 27 
Learning techniques to address these problems 27 
Exercise: It Never Rains but it Pours 29 
Assessment of results 32 
Further practice 32 
Chapter summary 32 
5 Comprehension and Critical Reading 34 
Reading speed and comprehension 34 
Effective Reading Rate 34 
Reading comprehension 35 
Factors affecting comprehension 36 
Improving comprehension 37 
Using questions to read critically 39 
Exercise: The Missing Painting 41 
Assessment of results 43 
Further practice 43 
Chapter summary 44 
6 Techniques of Retention 45 
Retention is not the problem 45 
Improving retention: qualities of information 45 
Improving retention: helpful techniques 47 
Exercise: One Not So Careful Lady Owner 48 
Assessment of results 51 
Further practice 52 
Chapter summary 52 
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7 Techniques for Recall 53 
Triggers 53 
Questions 53 
Mnemonics 53 
Exercise: One Gives Nothing So Freely as Advice 57 
Assessment of results 59 
Further practice 59 
Chapter summary 60 
8 Flexible Reading Strategies 61 
Flexibility - the key to reading efficiently 61 
Questions to promote flexibility 61 
Reading gears 62 
Using the gears 63 
Strategies 63 
Other techniques 65 
Exercise: A Grey Day in Grayborough 66 
Assessment of results 69 
Further practice 69 
Chapter summary 70 
9 Skimming Strategies 71 
Skimming techniques 71 
Using skimming 72 
Using skimming with other techniques 73 
Exercise: The Nature of Economic Development 74 
Exercise: Research and Economic Development 78 
Learning the lessons 83 
Assessment of results 84 
Further practice 85 
Chapter summary 85 
10 Problems in Reading 86 
Problems with particular kinds of materials 86 
Other problem areas 93 
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Working through your reading pile 95 
Further practice 95 
Chapter summary 95 
11 The Finish Line 97 
Exercise: Braking News 97 
Exercise: Happy Pills 99 
Assessment of results 101 
12 Continuation and Follow-up 102 
Continuing to improve 102 
Only the beginning 103 
Abstracts and digests 103 
Delegation 104 
Selective reading 104 
Repeating the programme 104 
Book summary 104 
13 Record Keeping 109 
Reading speed conversion table 109 
Progress graphs 110 
Answers to Questions 111 
Further Reading 115

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