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WHY DO YOU READ SLOWLY?
From the beginning you learn to read by reading aloud. This is the only way a teacher can tell whether you are able to recognize the words and pronounce them. When you became more practised at reading you were told not to read aloud anymore. "Read silently to yourself" they said. This insistence on hearing each word as you read restricts you to a reading speed based on how fast you can hear words...not how fast you can see words. Since you can only hear one word at a time you can only read one word at a time. If you learned to read without hearing each word in your mind - only seeing it - you would read much faster. How fast?.
As fast as you can THINK.
The saddest commentary by ordinary readers is the familiar "I can't seem to concentrate when I read" or "I can't remember anything I've just read". These all too common comments are caused directly by slow reading. People who read rapidly generally have better concentration and comprehension because their reading speed is keeping pace with their thinking speed! Once you learn to read by sight only, you will be able to read groups of words, whole ideas with each glance. It is remarkable that only in reading do you limit your eyes to a single symbol. You look at a painting or scene entirely, not left to right, not a section at a time. If your purpose in reading changes, as in study, then you may choose to break it down if required.

DYNAMIC COMPREHENSION
The average person reads about 250 words per minute. By at least tripling your reading speed you would possess a much wider and more flexible range of reading rates and experience for the first time the thrill of dynamic comprehension. It is like watching movie. As Evelyn Wood once said after reading a book set in the rain forests of Brazil "It was, oh, so wonderful. I had no direct awareness of reading, but I could see the trees, smell the warm fragrances of the forest, feel the touch of the vines and leaves against my skin, hear those magnificent bird melodies. Reading this new way enables me to project myself into the experience, not just read about it." This is what happens when you use the Evelyn Wood system. The pages are read at a pace that more closely approximates reality. Students say they feel as if they are there, watching it all happen. Now is the time to take advantage of this life-changing program!

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