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    Speed Reading In Only One Hour (or Less)
    Speed Reading In Only One Hour (or Less)
    Speed Reading In Only One Hour (or Less)
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    Speed Reading In Only One Hour (or Less)

    By Dr. Jay Polmar

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    SPEED READING IN ONLY ONE HOUR

    Now in larger, more readable type. The four major techniques of speed reading taught by college lecturer and author, Dr. Jay Polmar. Jay taughtspeed reading and other accelerated learning classes at colleges, universities, corporations, and private seminars for many years. His courses have been published since 1977 and are in 6 languages and used around the world. Now you can take his unique SPEED READING IN ONLY ONE HOUR course right in your own home.

    1. Test your current reading rate and efficiency. 2. Eliminate Slow Reading Habits
    3. Learn Speed Pacing, for all types of reading 4. Double your reading speed right away.
    5. Do it all in One Hour

    PLUS A BONUS SECTION ON:
    Making your own speed reading device
    Learn to write a term paper in only 10 days

    Learn to effectively read a book to get the most out of it.

    IDEAL FOR STUDENTS AND AVID READERS

    New ... 3rd edition

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDr. Jay Polmar
    Release dateDec 27, 2012
    ISBN9781301045976
    Speed Reading In Only One Hour (or Less)
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    Speed Reading In Only One Hour (or Less) - Dr. Jay Polmar

    Speed Reading in only One Hour

    How to Double Your Reading Speed in One Hour or Less

    Evelyn Wood Speed Reading Methods Revealed!

    3 decades of teaching slower readers to be speed readers

    Dr. Jay Polmar

    www.speedread.org

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    Smashwords Edition

    My Appreciation to:

    Maui Community Colleges, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii Windward Community College, Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM The Institute of Human Dynamics, Santa Fe, NM Southwest Learning Centers, Inc., Santa Fe, NM Northern New Mexico Community College, Espanola, NM Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, Arizona El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX Dona Ana Branch Community College, Las Cruces, NM Univ. of New Mexico, Los Alamos & Valencia Branches Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, Alternative Education Division University of International Business and Economics, Beijing for assisting in this SPEED READING research program. My special thanks to E.L. Kretschmar, a high school vice-principal (now retired), for his input, additions and great editorial skills. My thanks to the entire Speedread America, Inc. staff, and volunteer staff for their diligent preparation of this newly designed version.

    Copyright 2007, J.C. Polmar, Ph.D., Speedread America, Inc.

    U.S.A. Prior copyright 2005. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by an means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or information storage and retrieval methods now known, or to be invented, without the written permission of Dr. J.C. Polmar except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in an educational publication or radio or TV broadcast.

    Smashwords Edition, License Notes

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    Dr. Jay C. Polmar

    SPEEDREAD AMERICA, INC.

    non-profit educational research organization

    9902 Crystal Ct. #102

    Laredo, Texas 78045

    Table of Contents

    PREFACE

    INTRODUCTION

    CHAPTER ONE - TEST YOUR READING RATE

    CHAPTER TWO - IF YOU CAN READ THIS, YOU CAN READ FASTER

    CHAPTER THREE - THE TECHNIQUE

    CHAPTER FOUR - BREAK YOUR SLOW READING HABITS

    CHAPTER FIVE - MORE SPEED READING TECHNIQUES

    CHAPTER SIX - SELF-PROGRAMMING, SELF-TALK, AND THE POWER OF YOUR MIND

    CHAPTER SEVEN - SPEEDREADING ACCESS PROGRAM

    APPENDIX

    How to make a speed reading device

    Writing a term paper in only 10 days

    Speed Reading Techique Poster

    How to Effectively Read a Book

    PREFACE

    I was stuck. I had studied for my doctoral degree but still I needed a miracle to complete it and that thesis. It was a stressful time. Working two jobs, and going to classes nights and weekends, was difficult when you have a wife, and two children.

    And there was so much to study and learn. About 40,000 pages I needed to know and know it well. I began to look into ways to learn faster and remember more. There were a few methods, not very good ones, mostly philosophy about reading and learning. I had to do something better, more powerful, to help myself.

    After looking at everything in the library and all the self-help companies selling videos and audios, I realized that this was something that I had do for myself. I had nightmares, then...

    I BEGAN TO DREAM ABOUT FIRST LEARNING TO READ

    When I first learned to read, as a child, I was taught the sounds of letters, then syllables and finally words. Then I read out loud to the class and my teacher, Mrs. Langbein. As I got older I began to read to myself, and soon I could read the words silently in my head. But that created a habit that’s called subvocalizing. It’s much slower than reading without talking to yourself. Because a person can only speak at about 250 words per minute, or, if from down south -- slower. I was limited in my reading speed. So, first I created a easy method to the stop that inner voice from reading to me.

    Then I learned to control how my eyes moved when I read. Then I coordinated my hand and eyes together. Finally I trained my brain to remember and recall (an easy process) and I was a speed reader. This book is the condensed version of my learning method, which I later taught for many years at colleges and Universities in the US. It worked for me, and it works everyday for thousands of people

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