What are some techniques other than minimizing subvocalization and regression to increase reading speed without compromising on comprehension?

Answer 1

Begin this exercise. Start with a children's book, or a youth novel, because their vocabulary isn't academic.

Use something easy to read that you enjoy. Place your four fingers under the first sentence of the book.

Move your hand slowly left to right, underneath the first sentence. As your hand moves look at the tips of your fingers and the letters of the words. You will find that you recognize the letters as your hand moves under them. With practice you will recognize the words as your hand moves under them. When you get to this point

you will find that you're seeing the words without vocalizing them. When this recognition becomes apparent to you slide you hand, left to right, under two or three sentences. Stop. Without looking say what the two sentences said. You're reading without vocalization of any sort!

When you become proficient at this, place your hand under the first sentence of a novel or story and slide your hand slowly down the page, in the middle of each sentence. Not left to right, down the page,

in the center. Your trained mind will now read the entire sentence across the page without moving your hand, and with very slight eye movement. By using this technique you are training your mind to "photograph" the page without going through the mechanics of looking individually at each letter of the word. With practice, you will find that you can glance at a page and capture half of its content in seconds.

Go ahead, try it! For poetry and great literature, I personally savor every word. For texts and expositions,

for example, magazines and newspapers, I speed read. If there's something significant, I slow down and

read it word for word. I hope this helps. Best wishes!