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OUTLINE What is an adequate speed? How fast do you read? What affect reading speed? How to improve reading speed? Andy原创！

1. What is an adequate speed? Scanning For specific info. 600 wpm Skimming For the gist 450 wpm Rauding Representative 300 wpm Learning For knowledge 200 wpm Memorizing For facts / data 130 wpm (Carver, 1990) Syllabus

1. What is an adequate speed? Level 2 4 6 8 Speed NA NA 1000/5 1300/5 1600/5 All require 70-75% comprehension. Learning 60 70-120 120-180 140-180 NA

Sailing Round the World 2. How fast do you read? TEST Sailing Round the World Before he sailed round the world single-handed, Francis Chichester had already surprised his friends several times. He had tried to fly round the world but failed. That was in 1931. The years passed. He gave up flying and began sailing. He enjoyed it greatly. Chichester was already 58 years old when he won the first solo transatlantic sailing race. His old dream of going round the world came back, but this time he would sail. His friends and doctors did not think he could do it, as he had lung cancer. But Chichester was determined to carry out his plan. In August, 1963, at the age of nearly sixty-five, an age when many men retire, he began the greatest voyage of his life. Soon, he was away in this new 16-metre boat, Gipsy Moth. 138 words

3. What affect reading speed? Reading Purposes Reading Habits Reading Abilities Reading Skills Reading Materials Reading Teaching

4. How to improve reading speed? Reading Purposes Be Purposeful, Flexible Reading Habits Improve Habits Reading Abilities Strengthen Abilities Reading Skills Develop Skills Reading Materials Select Materials Reading Teaching Reform Teaching

4. How to improve reading speed? Suggested Activities Rate buildup reading Repeated reading Class-paced reading Self-paced reading Reading Software The increase of reading speed demands a conscious speed training (with a regular record).