Slow Reading Strategies
The slow reading strategies discussed here are: phrase reading, marking the text, and note-taking. Try out the short exercises provided.
Phrase Reading
Watch the eyes of a friend or a member of your family while he or she is reading. You will see that they move along each line of print in a series of jerks. The pauses between the jerks are known as fixations. It is during the fixations that your eyes take in words.
Poor readers take in only one or two words in each fixation.
| This is | how a | poor | reader’s| eyes move | along | lines| of print.|
A good reader, on the other hand, takes in several words in each fixation.
| This is how | a good reader’s eyes | move along | lines of print.|
Let's practice phrase reading.
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