[nabs-l] nabs-l Digest, Vol 71, Issue 38

[Jennifer Applegate]

I am planning on studying abroad this summer in England.  I wonder if any
blind student/s has studied abroad and what challenges/successes there were.
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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Speeding Up Reading? (Arielle Silverman)


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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:28:56 -0600
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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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