172 articles on "reading"

Speed Reading Courses

A poor reader can improve his speed of reading by using many self-paced methods but these methods are unable to develop confidence in the reader. Moreover he remains unable to use machines, tapes and some specially designed reading material and exerc...

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Tripping On Mindfulness

Tripping On Mindfulness by: Maya Talisman Frost One of the ironies of mindfulness is that it's still possible to be forgetful, klutzy, or even distracted while doing our best to pay attention. Why? We are choosing where to focus and so ther...

Self Improvement And Motivation  self improvement motivation mindfulness reading
English speaking and foreigners

Sins I am a foreigner and English is not my language I would like to tell you about how I write and read articles. When I write article I sometimes have to write them in Norwegian and translate them in to English even if Norwegian is not my language...

Self Improvement And Motivation  self improvement motivation writing english reading program
5 Facts That Will Have You Re-writing Your Web Site In A Hurry!

Do you know the differences between writing copy for the web and writing copy for print? Some of the answers will go against your intuition and against cultural norms. But, these facts detail how people read on the web. There's no use in arguing...

Marketing  marketing reading users read website
One Reason Why You Fail To Succeed!

I can tell, with 95% accuracy, if you are going to succeed or fail in life and business based on your answer to the following question, "Do you mostly read for entertainment?" Reading for entertainment is a wonderful way to relax and get away from da...

Self Improvement And Motivation  self improvement motivation reading entertainment goal goals
From Book Notes to Book Reports

From Book Notes to Book Reports by: Nick Smith Writing papers and book reports has long been the bane of high school and college students’ existence. It seems that no matter how hard you work to stay caught up, there is always a paper due tomo...

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If You'd Like To Know Why Reading Matters

Here Are Some of the Reasons Why Reading Is So Important for Children Why Do We Tell Children to Read ?We're always telling children that books and reading are good for them, but have we ever really thought about why that's true ? Exactly w...

Family  family children reading read
Nitwit Nation: Is America Too Dumb for Democracy?

Most Americans are enthusiastic supporters of their own civic rights, but few bother to meet any would-be democrat's (or any would-be republican's, if you prefer) number-one responsibility: that of keeping oneself sufficiently literate and ...

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Which Is More Important, Reading Faster Or Comprehension

A common enough remark is that speed reading takes the joy out of reading. However, is this entirely fair? Would it not be fairer to say that being able to speed read actually increases the joy of reading? To answer this, we need to look at some of t...

Self Improvement And Motivation  self improvement motivation reading speed read when
Teaching Kids to Value Books and Reading

Teaching Kids to Value Books and Reading by: Connie Leyendi Joys and Importance of Reading Recent research indicates that seventy percent of high school graduates are unable to read at the twelfth grade level. In many cases, reading is subordin...

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