21st Century Guide to Increasing Your Reading Speed Contributor(s): The Philip Lief Group (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440613876 ISBN-13: 9780440613879 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Binding Type: Paperback Published: September 1997 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Reference | Personal & Practical Guides - Language Arts & Disciplines | Reading Skills - Language Arts & Disciplines | Literacy |
Dewey: 418.4 |
Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.78 lbs) 238 pages |
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Publisher Description: Learn to navigate the data explosion of the information age by increasing your reading speed in just fifteen minutes a day. If you are like most students and businesspeople, you probably feel bombarded with more books, journals, letters, and newspapers than you can possibly read, much less absorb. Now, with the innovative, time-tested techniques provided by The Princeton Language Institute, you can learn to handle this avalanche of printed material with ease. And it takes just minutes a day to master the skills that will last a lifetime. - Tests to measure your current reading speed and comprehension - Instruction in skimming, backward reading, space reading, finding keywords, pre-reading, critical reading, and using cloze techniques - The super reading secrets of 1, 2, 3; SQ3R; and PQRST - Eight steps to speed reading your correspondence - Permanent solutions to three common reading problems |
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