[nabs-l] Speeding Up Reading?

[Cynthia Bennett]

My method sounds silly, but it really helped to change my mind set
about reading. Terri said some great things too. I did not do the
speeding up thing but a few times.

Cindy

On 9/20/12, trising <trising at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Here are some things that I tell campers as I direct a week of camp for
> improving Braille Reading Speeds.
> 1. Do not move your lips as you read. Fast readers do not read aloud.
> 2. Use all six fingers on the Braille. More fingers means faster speeds. The
> index fingers give details but the tall fingers and
> ring fingers give the shape of the words. Print readers do not read every
> letter. I do not read every letter in Braille and neither
> does my husband. We read close to 300 words per minute.
> 3. Keep palms up off the Braille. Some people benefit when I say piano
> hands. Others thing that there is a soft ball under their
> palm. You do not want to flatten that palm onto the Braille.
> 4. The left hand is more sensitive than the right. Keep both hands together
> until the last word or two. Then, let them separate. The
> left hand tracks back on the line you just read and then drops down, while
> the right gets that last word or two. Then, they are
> braught together again to read most of the subsequent line. Practice makes
> perfect. Even if these things do not help at first, keep
> practicing them, and your speed will increase. I hope this helps.
>
> Terri Wilcox
>
>
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Cynthia Bennett
B.A. Psychology, UNC Wilmington

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