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Speed Up Reading & Noting

There are several effective methods for summarizing a book and taking notes, including taking notes while reading, highlighting important texts, outlining the book by chapter, writing short summaries for each chapter, splitting the page to take notes, using visual aids, employing codes and shortcuts, and utilizing electronic note-taking applications. The best approach is to take notes during reading in the margins or separately, outline the book by chapter with summaries, and use techniques like highlighting, mind maps, and abbreviations to efficiently capture and organize key information from the book.

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Speed Up Reading & Noting

There are several effective methods for summarizing a book and taking notes, including taking notes while reading, highlighting important texts, outlining the book by chapter, writing short summaries for each chapter, splitting the page to take notes, using visual aids, employing codes and shortcuts, and utilizing electronic note-taking applications. The best approach is to take notes during reading in the margins or separately, outline the book by chapter with summaries, and use techniques like highlighting, mind maps, and abbreviations to efficiently capture and organize key information from the book.

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: The best way to speed up reading

The concept of speed reading is the way experienced people read by following
certain strategies to increase reading speed, save a lot of time and finish reading
books in a shorter period of time than usual, and maintain comprehension and
.concentration rates
One of the most important reasons for the increase in speed reading skill rates is
the presence of a huge amount of information that we have to read and absorb
daily, such as; Addressed letters in e-mails, SMS, various articles, magazines,
books, etc., and the average rate for a normal person is 250 words per minute,
.and this number is doubled and increased according to individual ability

: There are many useful ways to learn to speed reading , like

:Text preview.1
When starting the reading process, make a quick survey review from start to finish,
paying attention to reading the introduction, headlines, sub-headings and any
specific word in different colors or written in bold or bold fonts, in addition to paying
.attention to diagrams and illustrations

:Not going back .2


One of the basic rules of speed reading is that it is not possible to go back to read
the parts that you feel that you did not read well, as what is required is to finish the
entire text without going back and then stop for a while to think about what you
read until you have a complete idea of what you read, and therefore you save a lot
.of time instead of re-reading
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3.Read three words at once:


Reading the text word by word is a waste of time, and training the eyes to
read a group of words at once contributes to saving time and finishing the
text at a rather high speed. until he learns to easily transfer his gaze from
one word to another, and this will ensure that silent reading in the brain is
abandoned.
:selective reading .4
The reader chooses only the important, and this method will make him absorb the
main ideas of each paragraph, for example; You can read the appendix and the
table of contents at the beginning and then the first and last sentence of the first
paragraph, followed by all the paragraphs, and then try to form a picture of the
idea of the text

:holistic vision .5
One of the most important speed-reading tricks is the use of the global eye view,
which focuses on the middle of the line and quickly passes through the rest of the
.words without stopping at each of them

:the temporary .6
The use of the timer is necessary in this type of reading to measure the rate of
reading speed per minute, and this method includes setting a daily or weekly goal,
and practicing to reach it while recording numbers and achievements to note the
improvement in them

:Sketching and goal setting.7


This method helps to know the answers at the end of the book, especially if it has
a specific purpose for reading, as it may need specific information from the book
and not all of it, it is not necessary for him to read it in full, and it also pushes the
reader to read faster than usual

:Make sure to increase your language skills .8


The way to maintain a high level of comprehension, finish the text quickly, and
become more used is the language skill because language proficiency is the basis
.for speed reading

It is preferable to practice reading a


ccording to the format used in reading usually, whether it is via a computer, phone,
novels or magazines, so that the eye becomes accustomed to the style of writing
. that you want to improve your reading
?What is the best way to summarize books and take notes
Suppose you are now summarizing a book, here are the book summarization
:steps that you should follow to get a good summary

:Take notes while reading


Make sure you take notes while reading, and whether you're reading a paper or e-
book, there are several successful ways to take notes while reading, whether
ideas or key questions. If you are reading a paper book, make a note of the page
number on the first white page of the book, in the margins of the pages, or on
.external paper as you wish

:Highlight important texts


: Usually, highlighting or underlining the words helps you remember them, like
.Important chapter titles and subheadings
.Lists and summaries actually found in the book, written by the author
.Highlights and Trends, a feature found in e-book services

Do not highlight or highlight


Entire paragraphs and pages, because it will take more effort later on to see the
.value of what you have saved
.Full stories and long examples
Ideas and interpretations you already know, instead focus on new and surprising .
content

:Outline preparation
: There are a number of questions that can help you
?What are the most important and least important ideas
What ideas do you want to offer to your readers that are worth a lot of time to
?write
?What arguments, evidence, and explanations can you improve in the summary
:Write a short summary for each chapter of the book
This process makes it easy to organize your thoughts later. If you read the final
summary and realize that there is a section to expand, or make some
modifications to, you can go back to the chapter summary directly and do so, but if
you are summarizing the book as a whole, it is difficult to remember which section
the information to be modified belongs Especially if the book consists of a large
number of chapters

:split the page


The idea is to divide the page vertically into two parts, the main idea and the
secondary ideas. Thus, you are typing and organizing all the information at the
.same time

:Visual assistance
This method relies on the use of images, graphs, and visual aids to improve how
the brain processes information. Instead of using long paragraphs, you can use
colors and letters of different sizes. which is similar to mind maps; In which people
write down information and sub-points, under the main headings, using graphics,
.arrows or maps, and colors to illustrate the mind map

:Codes and Shortcuts


This method is very important to save time, you do not have to write long
sentences, but use abbreviations to be able to keep up with the speaker, and if
there are no known abbreviations, you can use your own abbreviations that will
.remind you of information later

Among the most important electronic applications used in taking notes effectively
are the (Evernote) application, and the (Google Keep) application ), and the MS
OneNote app, all of which allow you to choose from several notation templates
.Notes, it also enables the user to create forms for taking notes

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