Ba·sic·
com·pre·hen·sion·
skills
are
nee·ded·
to
read
news·pa·pers· ,
ma·ga·zines· ,
fair·ly·
sim·ple·
no·vels· ,
and
straight
for·ward·
non-fic·tion·
ma·te·ri·al· .
I
call
ba·sic·
com·pre·hen·sion· ,
rea·ding·
i·de·as· ,
be·cause·
e·ven·
though ^
we
write
in
words ,
we
don't
think ,
or
e·ven·
talk
in
words
-
we
think
and
talk
in
I·DE·AS· .
This
is
the
e·ssence·
of ^
com·pre·hen·sion·
-
to
be
a·ble·
to
get
i·de·as·
out
of ^
the
words .
Just ,
to ,
high·light· ,
my ,
point ,
try ,
rea·ding· ,
like ,
this ,
in ,
words ,
and ,
as ,
you ^,
can ,
hear ,
it ,
is ,
ve·ry· ,
di·ffi·cult· ,
to ,
un·der·stand· ,
what ,
you ^,
are ,
rea·ding· ,
a·bout· ,
when ,
you ^,
talk ,
in ,
sin·gle· ,
words ,
like ,
this .
You ^
may
e·ven·
have
for·go·tten·
what
I
was
tal·king·
a·bout·
al·rea·dy· .
This
i·llu·strates·
my
point ,
that
we
think
in
i·de·as· ,
not
in
words .
Ba·sic·
com·pre·hen·sion·
skills
are
ea·sy·
to
learn .
Once ^
they ^
are
ma·stered· ,
rea·ding·
and
com·pre·hen·sion·
speed
will
in·crease·
dra·ma·ti·ca·lly·
be·cause·
the
fa·ster·
you ^
go
the
ea·si·er·
rea·ding·
be·comes· ^.
This
sur·pri·ses·
ma·ny· ^
peo·ple·
be·cause·
it
seems
coun·ter-in·tu·i·tive· .
How·e·ver· ,
the
same
thing
ha·ppens·
when
lear·ning·
to
ride
a
bi·cy·cle·
-
as
the
no·vice·
learns
the
skills
ne·ce·ssa·ry·
to
ride
fa·ster· ,
it
be·comes· ^
much
ea·si·er·
to
main·tain·
ba·lance·
and
di·rec·tion· .
The
same
thing
ha·ppens·
with
rea·ding· ,
as
your
rea·ding·
speed
gets
clo·ser·
to
the
nor·mal·
speed
you ^
think
at ,
com·pre·hen·sion·
gets
much
ea·si·er· .
We
pro·vide·
trai·ning·
in
all
the
skills
ne·ce·ssa·ry·
to
get
high
le·vels·
of ^
com·pre·hen·sion· .
The
first
step
is
to
have
your
cu·rrent·
skills
a·ssessed·
so
that
an
a·ppro·pri·ate·
pro·gram·
can
be
pre·pared·
for
you ^.
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