IELTS Reading | How to Increase Your Reading Speed

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概要

TLDRMichelle from IELTS Advantage explains how to improve reading speed for the IELTS reading test. Skimming, often recommended for faster reading, requires knowing 95-98% of the words in the text, which is not feasible for many students due to vocabulary limitations. To improve, focus on vocabulary enhancement and close reading. A technique to break sub-vocalization involves using a piece of paper to cover words as you read, pushing the eyes to move faster and reducing dependency on silently pronouncing words. Reading comprehension speed should aim for 200-230 words per minute. Additionally, utilizing tools like speed reader apps can help practice and achieve these speeds. The video also suggests reading familiar texts to focus on speed without being impeded by unknown vocabulary.

収穫

  • 📚 Skimming isn't enough for the IELTS reading test; focus on close reading.
  • 🧠 Increase vocabulary to improve reading speed and comprehension.
  • 🚫 Break the sub-vocalization habit to read faster.
  • 📖 Aim for 200-230 words per minute for reading comprehension.
  • 📄 Use a paper to cover words while reading to speed up eye movement.
  • 🔍 Most students don't know 95-98% of text vocabulary, so close reading is essential.
  • 🔄 Practice with familiar texts to improve speed without getting stuck on words.
  • 🛠 Use speed reading apps to practice and track progress.
  • 🗣 Sub-vocalization slows down reading to the speed of speaking.
  • 🗞 Create titles for articles after reading to check comprehension.

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  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Michelle from IELTS Advantage discusses strategies to increase reading speed for the IELTS test, emphasizing that while skimming is a part of the strategy, it is insufficient on its own to find correct answers. She points out the importance of not solely relying on skimming due to the need for a high vocabulary understanding (95-98% of words) for effective skimming. Many students lack this vocabulary breadth, affecting their ability to answer correctly. Building vocabulary is emphasized as crucial for improving reading scores. The video also highlights the need for close reading, indicating that simply skimming won't lead to the right answers.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:13:54

    Michelle explains techniques to accelerate reading speed without relying on subvocalization, which limits reading speed to that of reading aloud. She suggests using a piece of paper above the text to encourage faster reading by breaking the habit of subvocalization, allowing the brain to recognize words without internally vocalizing them. This helps in increasing comprehension speed, even if some vocabulary is unfamiliar. She introduces the use of a speed reading app to practice comprehension speeds at 200 words per minute and advises using texts where the vocabulary is mostly known to optimize practice. Viewers are encouraged to comment on the reading task provided in the video to gauge comprehension.

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ビデオQ&A

  • Why is skimming not enough for the IELTS reading test?

    Skimming requires knowledge of 95-98% of the words in a text, which most students don't have. Therefore, close reading and vocabulary improvement are essential.

  • What is sub-vocalization?

    Sub-vocalization is the process of silently pronouncing words in your head while reading, which limits your reading speed to the pace of speaking aloud.

  • How can you break the habit of sub-vocalization?

    Use a piece of paper to cover the words you’ve read, forcing your eyes to move faster than your mouth can vocalize the words.

  • What is the recommended reading speed for comprehension?

    The recommended reading speed for comprehension is between 200 to 230 words per minute.

  • Why is improving vocabulary important for reading speed?

    Knowing more words allows you to skim more effectively and read faster without getting stuck on unfamiliar terms.

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  • 00:00:00
    hi everyone it's michelle here from
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    ielts advantage
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    today we're going to be talking about
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    how you can increase your reading speed
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    now the ielts reading test isn't easy
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    you've only got 60 minutes
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    to answer 40 questions and if you can
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    read faster it's obviously going to make
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    this
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    a lot easier now everybody knows this
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    and so often the advice that students
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    are given
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    is that what you need to do to read
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    faster is skim
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    and scan now skimming is part of the
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    strategy that you'll use to answer the
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    different question types
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    but in itself it's not enough to get the
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    correct answer
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    so we're not going to focus on skimming
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    today what i'm going to show you
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    is a strategy that you can use to
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    increase your reading speed
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    so that once you know sort of where the
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    answer the correct answer might or might
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    not be
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    in the text you can read carefully to
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    find that answer but you can
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    read a little bit faster so that's what
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    we're going to focus on
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    today and at the end of the video i'm
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    going to give you a task
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    that you can use to practice with all
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    right
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    so how do you read faster and why should
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    you not rely on skimming
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    well the research varies but a lot of
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    researchers
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    believe that in order to actually skim
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    a text you need to know anywhere between
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    95 and
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    98 of the words in order to skim
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    and most students don't know
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    that percentage of words in an ielts
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    test i mean
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    think about it this way right the ielts
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    test is one test and it has to be
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    hard enough to determine whether or not
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    somebody is a band seven or a band eight
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    or a band nine so if you're
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    a band eight you'll get some questions
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    wrong but if you're a band nine
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    you won't and the reason students get
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    questions wrong
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    on the reading test is usually because
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    of vocabulary
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    so if if you're sort of at an
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    intermediate or
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    upper intermediate or even you know
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    advanced c1 level
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    of english there will be words in the
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    test
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    in the reading test that you don't know
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    so
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    the number one thing that you can do to
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    improve your reading score
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    is to increase your vocabulary and we've
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    got
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    some great resources that chris has put
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    together on our youtube page to help you
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    improve your vocabulary
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    if you improve your vocabulary it will
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    make it a lot easier
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    to skim but skimming is still not enough
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    to find the correct answer
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    what you need to do to find the correct
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    answer is
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    very close reading now what i'm going to
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    show you is how you can get faster at
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    this close
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    reading so again how you get faster at
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    skimming
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    is improving your vocabulary so here's
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    how i know
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    that you need to know a lot of words in
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    order to be able to skim
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    this is a book that i read recently it's
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    called this is going to hurt it's
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    written by a man called adam k
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    he was a doctor in the
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    hospitals here in in the uk in the nhs
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    and he wrote a memoir as quite funny a
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    little bit sad but but also quite funny
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    and i read this book quite
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    quickly so you know there's about this
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    many words on the page i could probably
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    was reading a page in less than a minute
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    because i'm a pretty quick
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    reader but here's what i noticed about
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    this book in particular
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    i was reading reading along and then i
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    get to a word
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    like this one which you probably can't
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    see but it's got a little asterisk
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    by it which means that he's had to
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    explain it
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    now because he's talking about his job
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    working as a doctor
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    there's a lot of medical terminology
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    that
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    i don't know now a lot of our vip
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    students are medical
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    professionals they might know these
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    words i don't know
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    these words some of you watching might
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    be
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    medical professionals and you might know
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    these words as well
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    but i don't so whenever i came to one of
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    these words
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    it's like somebody hit the brakes
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    i didn't know it i didn't know how to
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    sound it out i didn't know how to
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    pronounce it
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    i'd have to then go and read what it
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    meant
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    and then i'd have to come back remember
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    sort of what he was talking about and
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    then carry on reading
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    so this every time i ran into a word
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    that i didn't know
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    like this it really really slowed me
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    down
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    now if they're if this was
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    full of words like that there is no way
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    i could skim this text because i just
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    wouldn't know
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    enough of the words as it goes i can
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    skim it
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    here and i can you know i can sort of
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    run my eyes over the text and
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    there's enough words that i recognize i
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    could tell you roughly
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    what it's about but then remember to get
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    the right answer for the reading test
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    you need to do a close reading now
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    if i came to one of those words in the
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    close reading
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    it would still slow me down and i might
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    get the answer wrong
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    if i don't know the words so again
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    improving your vocabulary is the most
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    important thing that you can do to
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    increase your
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    reading score but how can you just start
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    to read
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    faster you know how can you pick up a
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    book
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    like this and read a page in less than a
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    minute and
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    understand 99 of it
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    when you know enough vocabulary well
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    here's here's one
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    idea okay so
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    when you're reading you know to really
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    understand you should be reading at
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    about
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    200 to 230 words a minute skimming
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    by the way is about 700 words a minute
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    so a lot of a lot of students and a lot
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    of people and generally
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    they they read like this they put their
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    finger under
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    the word and they move their finger
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    along word by word and they don't say
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    the words out loud but they say them
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    silently
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    in their head this process is called sub
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    vocalization and basically what it does
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    is it limits your reading speed
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    to the speed that you would read if you
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    were reading
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    out loud now you can try this in your
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    first language
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    and i bet that if you read out loud
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    you read a lot slower than if you read
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    silently
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    so here's one way that you can sort of
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    break the habit of sub-vocalization
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    so people will will read
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    so they'll often you know get a piece of
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    paper or something and they'll put it
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    under or their finger or something
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    they'll put it under
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    the line so they'll start with here and
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    they'll be okay sunday
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    17 october 20 2004 and then they'll move
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    it down
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    and it'll be to give myself a bit of
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    credit i didn't panic
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    when the patient i was reviewing on the
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    ward unexpectedly
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    started hosing enormous quantities of
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    blood
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    uh yeah you have to have a strong
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    stomach
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    to read this book see that's quite slow
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    though isn't it
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    and if you read this slowly
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    it's going to make it hard to answer all
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    the questions on the ielts reading test
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    so here's what you can do
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    take your same piece of paper but don't
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    put it under the words
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    like this put it over the words so it
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    comes down
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    and it covers them so i'm still doing
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    my eyes are still going along the you
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    know the lines
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    like this but what i'm doing by moving
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    this
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    card down over the lines and i can
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    choose the speed
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    right i could do it really quickly or i
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    could do it a little
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    bit slower but what i'm trying to do is
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    i'm trying to force my eyes
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    to move faster than my mouth would be
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    able to actually say the words
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    so what i'm training my brain is to
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    recognize
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    the words and to understand the words
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    without
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    actually hearing the words in my head
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    and if you can do that
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    you are really really going to increase
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    your reading
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    speed of course if i was doing this
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    myself
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    and i was you know i was moving the
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    piece of paper down
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    over top of the words and i got to a
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    word that i didn't know
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    and i kept going what i would do
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    is i would make some guess about what it
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    was okay this is some kind of emergency
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    this is some kind of medicine this is
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    some kind of disease
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    right that's because i know the context
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    it's probably one of these things and
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    then i would
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    keep going now the more words i run into
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    that i don't know of course the harder
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    this is
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    but i can still work on increasing my
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    reading speed
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    that way so what i'm going to do now
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    is i'm going to show you
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    a text it's about 350 words long
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    and i'm going to show it to you at 200
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    words
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    a minute so remember i said if you're
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    reading for comprehension
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    right most people read at between 200
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    and 230 words
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    a minute for comprehension this is the
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    close reading where you
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    understand everything you're reading so
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    that you could then answer
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    one of the ielts reading questions so
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    what i want you to do
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    is i want you just to try it okay so i'm
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    going to put it up on the screen
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    and i want you it's going to the words
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    are going to flash like one
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    by one it's using a program called speed
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    reader
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    there's a free app and then there's also
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    a paid version so we're going to use the
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    free
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    the free app so i'm going to show you
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    the text and then
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    at the end what i would like you to do
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    down below in the comments
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    is i'd like you to tell me you know what
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    would be a good title
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    for this article it comes from a
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    newspaper
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    and it comes from the lifestyle section
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    so it's not
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    an academic or medical
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    topic so you know a title of an article
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    gives the reader some idea what it's
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    about it doesn't have to be witty or
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    clever but just
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    generally what what is it about if you
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    can make a title that means you've
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    understood
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    enough of of the article so let's let's
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    try it
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    all right everyone here we go let's
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    begin
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    you
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    all right that was it post your answers
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    down below compare with what other
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    students have written if you've kind of
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    got you know more or less
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    the same kind of information then then
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    that's great
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    so with this app you can copy and paste
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    any text from the internet and you can
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    also vary the speed so you can slow it
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    down a little bit
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    if you need or you can speed it up a bit
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    if you want to give yourself a challenge
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    so you've got this tool online to use
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    you've also got the technique
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    that i showed you about moving a piece
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    of paper
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    and down and covering the words as you
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    go
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    ideally to do this practice you would
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    find
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    a a text or a book where you knew
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    almost all of the words like if there is
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    maybe one or two new words on the page
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    that you don't know
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    that's an ideal level so graded readers
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    are great for this if you have access to
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    them
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    or even just something you know that
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    that's easy so something that maybe
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    you know you've read before or something
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    with the vocabulary
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    that you're familiar with because then
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    you can just focus on the speed and
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    you're not getting too
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    tied up in into many new words so if you
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