| Speed reading, when used in an effective manner, | | | | if you can't read it normally you most likely can't read |
| can allow you to cover huge amounts of information | | | | through it at a great speed. |
| with high recall in a much shorter time than the | | | | Math Concepts - Math Formulas are meant to help |
| average reader, however being able to run through | | | | you understand the relationship between different |
| great amounts of material does have its | | | | numbers and variables. Of course you can read |
| shortcomings. There a few situations where speed | | | | quickly over the texts that accompany the formulas, |
| reading is not the most effective way to learn and | | | | but it is best to slow down and learn those at a |
| they should be noted. | | | | slower speed |
| Foreign Language - Obviously if you are unable to | | | | Poetry - After taking many years of English classes, |
| understand something normally, you have no chance | | | | it turns out to get the full effect of poetry, it can't |
| of understanding it at a faster rate. If you do have a | | | | be rushed. Poets often write their words with hidden |
| grasp of the language and can read in that language | | | | meanings that need extrapolations and |
| at a normal rate, then speed reading should not be a | | | | interpretations, or something like that. Poetry takes |
| problem. The problem arises when there is a lack of | | | | time to be absorbed, so to get the full enjoyment |
| understanding of the proper translations that can | | | | and experience should not be read at your |
| make you not able to speed read it. Common sense, | | | | accelerated rate. |