The human brain is divided into 2 primary parts, namely:
- Pronouncing of the words are produced in the Brok Zone, or slowly speed operation
zone.
- Operation with words and its understanding are created in another zone called the
Vernike Zone, or the speed operation zone.
Both zones of the brain are being used during reading activities (even when you don’t
pronounce the words). Slow brain operation + Speed brain operation = Slow operation. The zones
responsible for pronunciation of the words reduce speed-read.
Vernike zone is found in the first temple convolutions of the brain. This part of the brain does
not work with acoustic information. It is connected with crust of the brain (visual analyzer) but do not
get visual information from the eyes.
http://www.mbssites.com It is responsible for understanding another person's speech. In addition, it is used in forming and
shaping the main idea of speaking. It is not used for selecting words, but only ideas of speech. When
this zone is damaged, one cannot understand what other people say.
On the other hand, the Brok zone is located in the third coronal brain. The motor images of the
words are stored in this part of the brain. This zone is responsible for making man understand what
another person speaks of, although he is unable to pronounce anything. Even when the Brok zone is damaged, phonemic ear will not be broken and he can still clearly repeat the words.
professional academics believe it is unnecessary.
The three areas of the brain involved in such activity (excluding our eyes) are the Auditory
Association Area (AAA) that handles complex processing of sound, Vernicke’s Area (VA) that gives
us comprehension of written and spoken language, and Brok’s Area (BA) that creates speech
production and articulation. In simpler terms, without subvocalization (or auditory reinforcement),
there is no reading nor understanding of the spoken word. Subvocalization is a necessity, but not for every word, just for the ones not within our vocabulary.
brain related to pronouncing limits the reading speed to 250 wpm only. This common flaw is what
limits performance of average readers.
http://www.mbssites.com On the other hand, subvocalization is not always such a bad thing. Although it helps slow things
down, it has a number of benefits rather than disadvantages. At the same time that verbalization reduces
your reading speed, subvocalization might help in retaining information, simply because it repeats the
ideas as they are formed in your mind.
Slowing down to subvocalize may either help you find meaning or may only provide
meaningless distraction depending upon the source. Sometimes, it may be wise to choose to
comprehend without listening. However, there are times when we may not comprehend without
listening.
The trouble with this is that you tend to lose a certain amount of processing on the info. If you speak this way, it may result in the phenomenon of "opening your mouth without thinking."
speed of normal speech to about 200-300 wpm only – not to be considered a “good” reading rate.
So how can we get rid of the “inner voice” that reduces our reading speed? Here are a number
of ways to speed-read by eliminating subvocalization:
- Short cut the process.
As discussed earlier, below-average readers are slowed down when they read word for
word. From this, they either verbally or mentally hear themselves voice each word before
finally comprehending the meaning of each word. However, there is a better way. The faster
http://www.mbssites.com way eliminates the practice of hearing your own voice reading each word - you glance at the
word and go directly to understanding its meaning.
- Adjust the pacing.
This actually reinforces initial efforts to shortcut the process as stated above. Step up eye
movements across the page to prevent the inner voice from actually verbally or mentally
saying the text you are reading. Pick-up the pace of the finger, hand, pen, or card
movements as you go over the material. The objective here is to distract you and skip the
subvocalization process in order to speed up the reading process.
- Always look at the reading material in its entirety.
When reading, people have the tendency to focus on the word or blocks of words only,
paying no attention to the whole thought and idea expressed in the sentence, paragraph, and
reading material as a whole. Shift the focus on the entire idea expressed in the book, article,
or any reading material you are holding.
Constant practice with these techniques increases the number of words read at each eye stop and picks up your pace in reading.
you don’t, then good for you. You don’t have to undergo a process of eliminating the voice within the
inner you that silently pronounces the words you’re reading.
http://www.mbssites.com But for those who habitually talk or pronounce words as they read, how is it not to vocalize?
Don’t attempt to eliminate subvocalization just to enhance your reading skills. Because many
individuals talk faster than they can read, subvocalization is still necessary in improving reading
speeds. The key to using subvocalization to its advantage is to subvocalize only the essential words.
Isn’t it that when you are reading something that you’ve already read before, or have been reading
many times, so that you are already familiar with what it’s saying, you can just look at the words and immediately recognize what it says without having to hear them?
It is important to develop the habit of seeing the words, but not reading them to yourself. The rate in
which you speak is a lot slower than the rate in which you are capable of reading. Try to see the words
instead of mouthing each individual word.
Instead of seeing a book during reading, your brain hears a voice that pronounces the word
sounds printed on the page. Quite simply, you don't see a book - you hear it. This is what happens to
most of us when reading; but it shouldn’t be the case. Vision is faster and more powerful than hearing.
By becoming a visual reader, you will instantly increase your reading speed. Let's begin this process
together.
Eliminate the habit of pronouncing words as you read. If you sound out words in your throat or
whisper them, you can read slightly only as fast as you can read aloud. You should be able to read most
materials at least two or three times faster silently than orally. If you are aware of sounding or "hearing"
http://www.mbssites.com words as you read, try to concentrate on key words and meaningful ideas as you force yourself to read
faster.
The eyes move across the written page in a series of quick jumps, or what we have defined
earlier as fixation. By speeding up the eye movements, the eyes make fewer fixations and take in more
words per fixation. This helps break the habit of subvocalization, since your eyes will be moving faster than you can possibly subvocalize.
effectively. If you move your lips while you read, you're not reading efficiently. If you read aloud or
move your lips while you're reading, you are reading slowly, so stop moving your lips. Try putting a
finger over your lips. Your finger will remind you not to move your lips. Make an effort to read faster
and retain more. After a while, you'll be surprised how little effort it will take.
Getting back to reading and how we learn, one of the biggest reasons why we learned to read
incredibly slow in the first place is that as a child in school, we learned to read by sounding out the
words. When we pronounce the words, we have to read with the tongue. Our tongue can only
pronounce about 200 to 400 words a minute. According to the 'latest' research, our memory is not
stored in our tongue.
People talk to themselves in 2 ways, by:
• Vocalizing, which is the actual moving of your lips as you read
• Subvocalizing, which is talking to yourself in your head as you silently read
http://www.mbssites.com Both of these will slow you down to the point in which you find that you can't read any faster than you can speak. Speech is a relatively slow activity; for most, the average speed is about 250 wpm.
“speed reading is necessary,” we get: speedreadingisnecessary. With this, sub-vocalization is reduced,
thus requiring us to pronounce a four-word phrase to a single word.
Chunking is the process of looking at groups of words using our peripheral vision. The more
we take in words simultaneously, say 4 to 5 words at a time, the more we ruin the pronunciation of words…until, eventually, sub-vocalization is totally distorted.
experts discourage this artificial way of pacing oneself. According to them, following a pen, finger, or
any other tool moving across a page with your eyes while reading could make it impossible to grasp
everything you ought to read because everything becomes a blur! Isn’t it that absorbing larger chunks
of words per line at a time is actually the idea behind developing your reading speed? http://www.mbssites.com