Become a SuperLearner: Learn Speed Reading & Advanced Memorization by Jonathan A. Levi & Anna Goldentouch & Lev Goldentouch

Author:Jonathan A. Levi & Anna Goldentouch & Lev Goldentouch
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2015-03-31T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20: Improving Your Eye Span: Wider Saccades

Chapter Overview

Now that we have learned to read with saccades, we are going to expand our focal range (or eye span) to be more effective. At the speed we are performing saccades, we can make dramatic increases in our overall reading speed simply by minimizing the number of “columns” we need to make on a page.

This chapter also contains a number of exercises for improving your focal span, which can be found in the supplementary materials. For students who have been diligently working on the other games, they can switch up their routine and work on these new games. If you have not been doing the work, do not jump to these exercises until you see significant improvement in the previous games and exercises.

Essential Speed Reading Skill – Improve Your Focal Eye Span

One of the essential speed reading skills when reading in saccades is to improve your focal eye span. We can train the eye to have a wider span even if only by a little bit, and to catch more words with every saccade.

We are going to check out a few exercises now that will help us develop this skill.

Only replace or stop practicing the old exercises if you have seen significant improvements.

There is another piece of homework for you to practice 10 minutes a day just like all the other exercises. It is going to improve your eye span and make it a little bit wider. Now, when Anna told me to do this, I did not pay attention, and I really wish I had.

If you improve your eye span gradually, even gradually, you will see that you have to make fewer saccades. If you can cut one saccade out, it is going to increase your reading speed dramatically. So put in the time. I know these games seem like they do not make a huge difference, but you will notice a tremendous increase in your skill.

Eye Span Exercise

The basic idea here is to train ourselves to look in the middle of the block.

Then, as we become better and better at seeing with our peripheral vision, we can expand the block and try to remember what was in every one of these items.

Over time, you should see a dramatic improvement in your peripheral vision, and that is what we are going for.

Once you get bored of that, you can check out another link for Shultz tables, and this is a little bit more of a challenge. You will see that the columns are very, very wide apart. You can adjust them, but no matter what, this will really, really push the limits of your peripheral vision, if you find that the other exercise is a little bit too boring for you.

Homework

Check the Syllabus for Recommended Supplementary Materials

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