The Need For Enhanced Reading Skills
We live in an information-based society where we are ultimately judged on our ability to read. It’s no wonder many people feel overwhelmed by the amount of information they have to process everyday.
In all of our workshops you will learn silent reading fluency which is simply efficient reading. It’s the ability to read better and faster with improved comprehension, retention, and recall. Silent reading fluency is efficient reading, and at The Literacy Academy, we define speed reading as nothing more than efficient reading.
Workshop Benefits
Participants will learn new reading skills that they’ll be able to use on a daily basis. These skills will become as permanent as those of riding a bike.
First, participants will be instructed on How to Unlearn the Habits and Skills of Slow Readers – for example, reading one word at a time and vocalizing each word as they read. Doing this limits one’s reading rate to the rate at which they speak.
Participants will then be instructed in How to Learn the Habits and Skills of Fluent Readers – Effective and Efficient Speed Readers. Here participants will learn to read more than one word at a time without vocalizing. This increases reading speed to several times the rate at which the average person speaks.
Cost of Reading
Corporate, federal, state, and local government organizations pay an estimated $26 million per year for the time every 1,000 employees and staff spend reading.
Investment in speed reading training pays off with a powerful ROI in terms of increased productivity, reduction in errors, and improved self-image.
Corporate courses address the cost of reading and show how just a small improvement in reading speed turns into large benefit of increased productivity and efficiency. See our Cost-Benefit Analysis for more information about calculating the cost of reading.
Students spend an unnecessary amount of time on their homework and reading assignments because of their slow reading skills. Doubling or tripling their reading speed will save hours of homework time and free up time to learn and relax.
It’s all About Results!
Each participant will leave the workshop with a solid understanding of how to read three to five times faster, with improved comprehension, retention and recall. Participants will also receive a copy of The Reader’s Edge® speed reading software program ($149.99 value) and Speed Reading for Dummies book ($16.95 value) so they can continue to learn, maintain, and improve their reading skills on their own. Participants enrolled in ACT or SAT Test Preparation courses will also receive Cambridge Test Prep books ($79.95 value).
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