Language learning and speed reading
Today I read this article on Lifehacker about speed reading, and it got me pondering whether there are any applications of speed reading in language learning.
My initial reaction is that, no, there aren't, because going slower helps you absorb better, but I suppose there could be some argument to covering quantity.
Thoughts?
Links: Repeat "A-E-I-O-U" to Read Faster [Lifehacker]
My initial reaction is that, no, there aren't, because going slower helps you absorb better, but I suppose there could be some argument to covering quantity.
Thoughts?
Links: Repeat "A-E-I-O-U" to Read Faster [Lifehacker]
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with speedreading you have to be able to recognize a whole phrase or sentence (or more) all in one glance, but i have enough trouble figuring out each word when i'm learning a new language.
a related thing that i find very handy is to just skip over the words that i don't know, rather than stopping to look them up in the dictionary. this preserves the flow of your reading and makes it much more enjoyable, and you get more exposure to content than if you looked up everything. but i don't really see any value in trying to apply any speedreading techniques
I like to read a certain chunk—a sentence, a paragraph, a page—marking down the words I don't know and then coming back to them later. Sometimes I do, and sometimes I don't, but just the act of marking them down makes me more conscious of them as I get further exposure to them.
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