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Speed Reading PLUS
For students
For parents
For career people
A personalized reading coach that
DOUBLES YOUR READING SPEED
in just 15 lessons
Press <RETURN> for Preview
This is a Preview of
Speed Reading PLUS
It will explain how you can
double your reading speed in only
fifteen lessons PLUS have greater
comprehension and enjoyment from
everything you read.
Reading is a SKILL.
No one is born with reading ability.
Your eyes must be trained to move
across the page correctly and
your mind must quickly accept
what your eyes have seen.
In elementary school@ you learned
to sound out each word. Most people
keep that habit@ but it causes slow
reading and poor comprehension.
Speed Reading PLUS breaks that habit and
increases reading speed -
PLUS comprehension -
PLUS enjoyment!
Speed Reading PLUS doesn't tell
you HOW to read faster. It measures
your reading ability and actually
coaches you to each new speed. Speed
Reading PLUS is personalized. It uses
your Entry Level Survey and develops
your skills with each lesson. Speed
Reading PLUS works privately with you!
Each lesson includes
VOCABULARY
Special words won't slow you down.
FLASHWORDS
Improves speed of recognizing words.
INTERESTING STORIES
Topics for personalized interest.
COMPREHENSION QUIZ
So you understand what you read.
Let's look at some samples of lessons.
VOCABULARY
Each lesson builds your vocabulary.
This helps you to understand words
without slowing you down and know
their meaning within the sentence.
Press return to see a typical
vocabulary question.
Select the best meaning for - 'causeway'
1. several city streets
2. a main direct road
3. an air travel route
4. a river through mountains
Select the correct answer
That's right!
You selected the correct answer so Speed
Reading PLUS shows the next question.
There are ten new words in each lesson.
You selected an incorrect answer.
The question would come back on the
screen for you to try again.
That way@ you will learn the correct
meaning of the word before reading
the story.
SENTENCE COMPLETION
More practice with the same ten words.
This exercise reinforces the words.
The MEANING of the word must register
quickly when you see it in a story.
Select the best word for the sentence.
They used the main .... for their
drive to their new home.
1. astronaut
2. airline
3. causeway
4. telephone
Good! When you see this word in
the story@ you won't slow down at all.
Sentence completion reinforces your
knowledge of the word. With each
lesson@ you practice ten more words.
Wrong!
You must be testing the machine.
But you wouldn't do that if
you were doing the actual lesson.
Incorrect answers bring back the same
question so you WILL learn each word.
By the way@ Speed Reading PLUS records
all of your answers so it can develop
your abilities on an individual basis.
Now that you know the MEANING of the
word@ Speed Reading PLUS helps you to
SEE words more quickly.
This is done with FLASHWORDS.
Words flash on the screen for a
fraction of a second.
You may start with one@ then
progress to as many as five words.
Flash speed will gradually increase
as long as you succeed.
Try some!
Watch here for flashword
Press return to see flashword
causeway
Select the correct answer
1. astronaut
2. causeway
3. cabinet
4. pledge
Good. You saw that word accurately.
As you succeed@ flashwords get faster.
Then@ more words are added.
Gradually@ you improve in the span
of words you see as well as in
the speed of seeing the words.
Try another one at a faster speed.
Sorry. That's not right.
In the actual program@ you would
get another chance at the word.
Gradually@ you improve in the span
of words you see as well as in
the speed of seeing the words.
Try another one at a faster speed.
Watch here for flashword
talent
Select the correct word
1. salient
2. balance
3. patient
4. talent
Great! For you@ Speed Reading PLUS
would increase to two words in the
next flashword lesson.
Eventually@ as your personal ability
increases@ you will probably be able
to see five words in a flash.
Try the next one to see the
effect of a five word flash.
You missed that one.
Speed Reading PLUS would show it to you
again until you were able to succeed
with it. Remember@ it is individualized
to your own ability. It works with YOU.
Eventually@ as your personal ability
increases@ you will probably be able
to see five words in a flash.
Try the next one to see the
effect of a five word flash.
Watch here for flashword.
Press return to see flashword
the legend of talented speakers
Did you see all five words?
If you were able to see that flash@
your reading speed will probably
increase by three or four times.
THE STORY
Stories are available on many different
topics to match your own interest.
As you improve@ you will read the
stories in four different ways.
Speed Reading PLUS will control the
movement of your eyes and gradually
increases your reading speed.
After each successful lesson@ your
speed increases by about seven percent.
First is the 'moving window'. Its
length and speed increases as your
ability increases so you never feel
frustrated. It forces your eyes to move
in a smooth left to right manner. After
several successful lessons with the
moving window@ you will automatically
advance to
the next
step in
the speed
xxxxx
reading process.
This flashword
style
xxxxx
increases in
speed and
in number of
xxxxx
words. As
you see
more words
in each
xxxxx
flash@ the
meaning of
the words comes
xxxxx
in thoughts
rather than
words and your
xxxxx
comprehension improves.
Reading becomes
xxxxx
easier and
more enjoyable.
xxxxx
Finally@ you read the story like this.
xxxxx
The speed will be slightly faster than
xxxxx
your last speed. You will be amazed at
xxxxx
how fast you really can read compared
xxxxx
to your present speed. Comprehension
xxxxx
increases@ and so does enjoyment@ due
xxxxx
to smooth@ well trained new skills.
xxxxx
THE COMPREHENSION TEST
Ten questions about the story will tell
whether you really understood what all
those words were saying.
If you score 70% or better@ you will
progress to a faster speed. if not@
you will maintain your speed until you
get some more practice.
Speed Reading PLUS constantly measures
your progress and guides you through
each level of success at your own speed.
If you are a student@ a parent or a
career person@ Speed Reading PLUS stays
with you at YOUR level of progress.
RECORD KEEPING
Speed Reading PLUS keeps records of each
lesson. When you start a lesson it will
automatically look at your progress and
present the lesson at the proper speed.
Optionally@ it will display your
progress chart. If you have a printer@
it will make a printout for you.
Knowing your own progress is important.
Let's look at a sample Progress Chart.
PROGRESS CHART
Date
Lesson #
Rdg Spd
Flash Spd
3/15
1
190
1
3/18
2
203
1
3/24
3
217
1
3/28
4
232
1
4/2
5
248
2
4/4
6
266
2
4/8
7
285
2
4/12
8
304
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For good readers@ too!
Even if you are a good reader now@
you can double your speed in just
fifteen lessons and maintain it with
an occasional brush-up lesson.
Think of how much more you can read and
what you can do with the extra time.
Speed Reading PLUS begins
with an Entry Level Survey to measure
your present visual and reading speeds.
If you want to try the Survey@
press <*> now. It will take about ten
minutes and will give you a printed
report to take with you.
Press return to start Preview again
Computers have become a part of our
everyday lives. We have them at home
and at work and we use them to make our
lives easier and more productive. Here
is another dimension to your computer.
Use it to improve your reading skills.
Most of us read at about 200-250 words
per minute. But research shows that we
are capable of reading much faster. We
just need to learn the correct skills.
And if you use Speed Reading Plus@ you
will also increase comprehension and
vocabulary. Think of what you can do
with your extra time if your reading
speed is doubled or tripled!
In grade school@ you learned to sound
out words. That's probably what you are
doing right now. It's great in grade
school but as an adult@ it slows you
down. Speed Reading Plus changes that!
You learn to read groups of words@ as
thoughts@ and your reading speed and
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