why do we read so slowly
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Information Overload
More is published each week …
Information Overload
…than in all human history through 1800!
…and ALL of that…
…can fit on your PC today
… at 70 miles per hour …
Why is reading the road…
…at 200 words per minute?
…easier than reading a book…
Why Do We Read So Slowly?
When We Drive…
…we think in four directions…
Right
Front
Left Back
We have to:
Watch the road
Watch the gauges
Look out for Signs
Follow Directions
…and we are so bored that we:
Listen to the radio
Talk to passengers
Talk on the cell phone
Reading is Only ONE Direction
WHY?
… and talking on the cell phone is easier
But driving a car…
Need to Understand the Brain…
…and how it processes text
You Read Letters First One At A Time
Then You Read Whole Words
You Read Groupings of Words…
Hot + Dog Become: Neither HOT
Nor a Dog
The Movie
When we are in a car…
…we see everything as a movie
The Book
However, when we read a book, we read…
Actually, we DON’T really read…
One word at a time
When We Read……
..there’s something in our head talking to us…If we look inside our head…
..there’s this imaginary little person…
…in the back of our brain…
When we read…
…it looks through our eyes to see the book
… and reads it aloud to us in the back of our head
One word at a time
Our reading speed is often limited to how fast…
…the imaginary little person can read aloud to us
One word at a time
Eyes and Ears
We actually use our eyes…
…to hear what we’re reading…
…and that’s what slows us down
Our Strategy….
…train the imaginary little person…
…to watch the movie
…and only speak up on the important stuff:
the who, what, where, when, why and how
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