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Your level of reading will at least double after 2-3 weeks of practice. With the dedication and skills of person, level of reading can exceed three-four even five times faster than before he/she reads. You will expertise on your readings after three weeks of practice and later on practicing will no longer be necessary. In a month the Speed Reading Instructions will settle.
Absolutely! You will even comprehend better than before. Based on research level of comprehension increases as level of reading increases. A slow reader can easily be distracted, loses his/her concentration and forgets what he/she reads. The reason why a person comprehends well is not because of reading slowly, but because of repeating. You will have a chance to have more repeating with the help of Speed Reading. Further from speed reading you will become (a person who is) active, elastic and will stick to your objective with the help of TopReader. You will get faster what you targeted from texts you read and will keep in mind longer and in need you will study particles deeply with right and contemporary methods.
Speed Reading does not require special talent. Anyone can learn and apply these techniques. TopReader will help you improve these techniques without spending too much effort. Within 2 to 3 weeks, anyone who studies a total of 15 to 20 hours with Top Reader will at least double his/her reading speed. Comprehension will not decrease, but increase.
ALGE is a pioneer and leading company with the 19 years of experience in the subject of Speed Reading. Prof. Dr. Reha Oğuz Türkkan (former Prof. from Columbia University) has research on Educational Psychology and he had started his first studies in 1960s in the field of Speed Reading Instructions. Türkkan had established 124 schools and there he developed and taught Programmed Learning Instructions and Speed Reading with Prof. Skinner and Prof. Crowder. ALGE had renovated in 2003 and presented to Toyota, Siemens BS, Pirelli, Pfizer, Microsoft, Abboth Lab. etc. and many other institutional companies and executives with the help of TopReader’s workshops and seminars. (references)
During reading a text, the eyes slip from left to right, making fixations on each word. During these fixations the eyes take a picture of the word and send it to brain just like a camera; brain decodes those symbols which had been learned earlier, then brings them together and reaches the meaning. Speed Reading Training, with the practice of the eye exercises, is based on improving the eye fixation capacity and during pausing increasing the eye span. As a result of courses reading and comprehension speeds increase in the ratio of 200-400%. So Speed Reading Instruction is not just skimming and scanning the parts of the article. Reading the whole article is with correct focus and faster comprehension. [ Back to the Top ]
Absolutely no! Speed Reading Training is a method which you can learn easily with studying the 7 unique exercises in TopReader. With a proper way you will establish the system in two-three weeks by performing short workshops. The biggest advantage of TopReader is: with the mediation of Shadowing, tachistoscope, Multi Focus etc. the person’s eye perception and level of reading will improve automatically without the necessity of person’s individual effort. [ Back to the Top ]
Many books stay unread for weeks because of the habit of slow reading. Somehow you cannot complete them. So reading turns into boring and annoying task. Reading will be fun and joyful when you comprehend faster. The limit of sub vocalization is 450 words per minute. You may enjoy in those levels. It is possible to indulge and read relatively two-three times faster before. Two comments from participants: “By concentrating more on text now I become more drawn into the novels I am reading. ” -- Teoman, Musician “This education helped me to increase my enthusiasm and extended my time on reading. I started to read more efficiently. I started to create more time to read for those books which I left them because of timeless and lead me to read new books.” -- İsmet Abalıoğlu, CEO of Abalıoğlu Corporation.
Reading speed reaches maximum 1000-1500 words per minute. It is not realistic to read 5 000-10 000 words per minute with an existing methods. Yale University had a research on this subject (Carver, 1985). Different variety of training centers’ champions who had claimed to read between 5 000-10 000 were invited to an experiment; but they didn’t want to attend for some excuses. Who attended to experiment couldn’t reach the high numbers. As a result reading speed exceeding 1500-2000 is an exaggeration. On the average reading speed of well educated readers is between 400-800 words per minute. [ Back to the Top ]
Certainly not, instead it will improve. Speed Reading is a psycho-motor ability just like swimming or driving. Even though you don’t swim for three years or ride a bike for 10 years somewhat you don’t forget swimming or riding a bike; once you learn automated skills you don’t forget them. You become an expert if you keep continue after the periods you first time learn driving. Just like that because you have to read during days your abilities will improve. [ Back to the Top ] Personal Questions - Professionals
According to US News&World report, an average executive receives 22 hours worth document to read per week; unfortunately he/she can only spend 7 hours of his/her time. According to a different research from Xerox, an executive should read ‘one million’ words in order to catch up with journal. All researches show that with the development of communication technology, e-mails and web sites add up to reading time each day. As a result of ALGE’s survey, An executive allows an average time of 1.5-2 hours to read job related e-mails, documents and reports. With the help of TopReader, reading with comprehension increases increases in the average of 2.5 times faster. Resulting in gaining an hour each day, 30 hours each month, and total 45 work days each year.*** In addition to this, executives of information age primarily should catch up journals to improve their knowledge and update their themselves. So 2-3 times faster reading will help to improve your information capacity. You will read the books and newspapers one third of the time and comprehend them way better. In no time you will read the ready material you have purchased but didn’t have time to read. [ Back to the Top ]
According to researches, only one out of eight books purchased is being read. Especially if a book exceeds 250-300 pages reading it with normal speed takes too long that the person loses his/her motivation and concentration. You will improve your reading 2-3 times faster with the help of TopReader and read the books half of the time even one third of the time. If we suppose you reach an average speed reading (400 word/min) at the end of your education you will read a book of 300 pages in 2.5 hours. A comment from a participant: “This education helped me increase my enthusiasm and extend my time on reading. I started to read more efficiently and create more time to read for those books which I left aside because of timeless and lead me to read new books.” -- İsmet Abalıoğlu, CEO of Abalıoğlu Corporation[ Back to the Top ]
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Click to read participant comments of CEO of Levi’s, CEO of Abbott Lab. etc. [ Back to the Top ]
Each day of 20-30 minutes of practice for 2-3 weeks will improve your level of your reading in the average of 2-3 times. In total 15-20 hours of study will settle the techniques. [ Back to the Top ]
The cost of TopReader varies between $65-80. Click to see versions and fees. [ Back to the Top ] Personal Questions - Students
When a student graduates from high school and starts university, he/she experiences fast paced development of information. During university it is inefficient to read 100-200 word/min while hundreds of pages of school books and class notes exist. Improving your reading and comprehension skills will help you to complete your course books, class notes, web readings, newspapers, magazines, books etc. in a short time during the day. You used to allow 1.5-2 hours of reading during the day but you can decrease it to 45-50 minutes, therefore gaining 7-8 hours of extra time. This way you can be successful in your exams with more time to sleep and socialize. [ Back to the Top ]
An average student spends 56 minutes of reading on SAT but with the ‘Efficient Speed Reading Instruction’ the student increases average by 2.5 times. So the student who had ‘Efficient Speed Reading Instruction’ will complete the SAT questions in 22 minutes. As a result you will gain ’34 minutes of extra time’ on SATs. In the beginning and in the end of ESR instructions we test you with exams which consist of the exams from previous years and present. Before ESR, the students who read 12 questions in 12:35 minutes with average 4.7 net; after ESR, this time reduces to 7:10 minutes and improves his/her score by 6.9 net. “Thanks to ESR I gained a good amount of time. I think of the ESR as my turning point and recommend it to all students who have scarcity of time on exams, cannot study enough and wants to improve his/her knowledge skills. “ –Hazar Candan, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi İşletme Bölümü Öğrencisi[ Back to the Top ]
The students who don’t have the fundamentals on reading they read slow and have a trouble in comprehension so this leads them to dislike reading. Instead of troubled reading they prefer to watch TV and use computer so they don’t settle the reading habit. Gaining the habit of comprehension Speed Reading to your child will help him/her to settle a strong learning fundamental and loving to read. During inclining to stairs of Successful Educational Life, reading gains importance. With the help of TopReader’s supported joyful instructions your child will gain the habit of reading and will improve his/her skills; and he/she will become a person who reads faster and comprehends better and enjoys reading. [ Back to the Top ]
Each day of 20-30 minutes of practice for 2-3 weeks will improve your level of your reading in the average of 2-3 times. In total 15-20 hours of study will settle the techniques. [ Back to the Top ]
The fee of TopReader varies between $65-80. Click to see versions and fees. [ Back to the Top ]
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