Mastering Speedreading and Comprehension

Mastering Speedreading and Comprehension

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson you will be able to define speedreading and identify techniques to improve your reading speed and comprehension.

Introduce the learning objective and explain the importance of speedreading and comprehension skills.

What do you already know about speedreading and comprehension?

What is Speedreading?

Speedreading is a technique where you read faster than your normal reading speed without sacrificing comprehension or understanding of the text.

Explain the concept of speedreading and provide an example.

Why is Speedreading Important?

Speedreading can help you save time, increase productivity, and improve your understanding of the text.

Discuss the benefits of speedreading and motivate students to learn.

Techniques for Speedreading

Skimming, scanning, and chunking are some of the techniques used in speedreading. Skimming involves quickly reading the text to get a general idea, scanning involves looking for specific information, and chunking involves grouping words or phrases together to read faster.

Explain the different techniques for speedreading and provide examples.

Comprehension

Comprehension is the ability to understand and retain information from the text. It is important to ensure that you are not sacrificing comprehension while speedreading.

Explain the importance of comprehension and how it relates to speedreading.

Speedreading and Comprehension Tasks

Complete the two speedreading and comprehension tasks on LessonUp to practice your speedreading and comprehension skills.

Provide instructions for the students to complete the tasks on LessonUp and ensure they understand the requirements.

READ the text + answer 10 questions

SPEED + Comprehension 

(write down the answers, will check at the end of the lesson) 

link on next page

www.proread.hu

Conclusion

Speedreading and comprehension skills are important for academic and professional success. Remember to practice your skills regularly to improve your reading speed and comprehension.

answers 

answers: 1  the mood you are in 2. age 3. jet 4. film 5. because the publisher decides it is one of the best 6. none of the above 7.  impossible to define 8. all of the above 9. among his old favourites 10.  well read

via next link 

 Free reading speed tests to measure your reading speed and comprehension level 

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

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