I found that the normal reading method which is just passing the eyes through the text in a book has some disadvantages which are...
- sometimes my eyes are too lazy to move, especially in the morning, they just stare still at the book which makes me unconsciously waste a lot of time, no further reading at that time. It is the nature of eye movement when there is no object to follow, they usually stay still, or just go back and forth in the same area.
- Most books, especially not textbooks, usually contain 60-80% of unimportant content which might be just an introduction or repeated description that has no effect on the information. Spending most time reading that content doesn't provide worth benefit.
I found that using the pointer(finger, pen, etc) as eye movement guidance when reading is the solution to those problems.
- it forces my eye to move effectively and prevents staying still or reading in the same area(back and forth).
- it can pass through unimportant content(like skimming), just know it but don't waste time to understand it.
However, people usually have questions about the joyfulness and loss of information from using this speed-up method of reading.
- For joyfulness, this method may not be able to provide that, so it may not be suitable for a novel book that is usually read in every detail for enjoyment and relaxation. This method may be more suitable for general knowledge books.
- This method may help to pass through unimportant content, but the important content still needs the same time spent on understanding(slow down reading on important content), so there is no loss of information, even when reading textbooks.
Conclusion: this method can help guide the eye to move more effectively, and pass through unimportant content(skimminglike); although it can't increase understanding speed(still needs time spent on understanding), which in general makes reading faster and much more effective.
For further information
Add new comment