Midterm Exam

Heh heh, just a joke.

Actually today we're going to start the READING Section.

First we'll look at what the TOEFL Prep materials say about the Reading Question(s)

Now, here are some articles about speed reading*:

1. Mindtools.com

     Speed Reading (Radically Increasing Your Reading Speed)

2. University of Texas at Austin (General article and then two "techniques")

• Brief Suggestions for Increasing Speed and Effectiveness of Reading
• Scanning and Skimming
• Expanding Your Peripheral Vision

3. ReadingSoft.com

     An online Speed Reading Test  

* A former participant in this class took an expensive speed-reading course here in Berlin and was very unhappy with what he experienced. He has kindly put together some information that he feels people potentially interested in speed reading should know. Here are his observations. 

Last updated: 23 February 2009