[nabs-l] Speeding Up Reading?

[Arielle Silverman]

These are all great suggestions. I think putting your middle and ring
fingers down on the Braille in addition to your index finger will
really help. Also, as you master the two-handed split, you will find
you are getting words from both sides of a line at the same time. Your
brain will integrate this information from both hands so that you are
able to get the gist of a full sentence without reading every word or
every letter.
Arielle

On 9/21/12, Cynthia Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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