Tham khảo tài liệu 'toefl ibt internet based test 2006 - 2007 part 83', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 664 ANSWERS AND AUDIO SCRIPTS FOR ACTIVITIES QUIZZES AND MODEL TESTS Student 1 Yeah. It sure would. Professor Now. let s talk about why most of us probably aren t reading at that speed . at 1000 words a minute. why we re not doing that now. We know that we have the capacity that our brains can take it in. But there are a few habits that prevent readers from reaching that target speed of 700 to 1000 words. In the first place some people are auditory readers. That means that they hear every word in their minds. Some people even move their lips so they seem to be speaking while they re reading. This is a serious problem because we can only speak about 300 words per minute but uh our capacity to read . it s many times faster. So if you re hearing the words in your head or moving your lips you know that you re preventing your mind from processing as fast as it can. Can any of you relate to that Student 2 I can. I hear every word. Professor A lot of people do. Now. another problem is something called fixations. Fixations are the actual pauses that the eye makes. We can t see while the eye is moving so we have to stop to take in the text. Everyone has to fixate to see the print but uh some people. they stop their eyes on every single word and that will really slow you down. So if you re looking at every word or even at every few words that habit is something to work on. When you re not reading word by word your mind has to connect and. uh build associations and . . and patterns. You can do this because so much of a written text is redundant that means that there s a lot of repetition so quite a few words can be skipped without losing the meaning. Q33 Q33 Student 3 So you re saying we should try to guess the meaning Professor I think I would use the term predict rather than guess but basically the answer to your question is yes. Now this may surprise you. Using a dictionary is a good habit. Right Well yes. in moderation. But stopping to look up every new word is a bad .
