Apr 23, 2011
PCAT Reading Comprehension Make The Tough Part Easy
According to many people, the reading comprehension part of the PCAT exam seems to be the toughest challenge. This is because; many aspiring students find it tough to read an entire passage within such a short span of time, followed by answering them. This segment consists of six passages, with 48 questions, that have to be completed in only 50 minutes. Precisely, the person cannot even devote one entire... read more
Mar 14, 2011
Part 3 – Developing Fluency in Reading – Paul Nation
Part 3. From Paul Nation’s lecture at Compass day, Seoul South Korea. Reading at a reasonable speed, or reading fluently, is an important goal for second language learners. Speed reading is one kind of fluency development. A variety of ways of increasing reading speed will be shown along with data on the effects of a speed reading course. By the end of the presentation, participants... read more
Jan 1, 2011
Swiss Cheese English (week 1) speed reading part 4
Swiss Cheese English (week 1) speed reading part 4 Jair in Florianopolis selected the following topic: “Speed Reading.” We will discuss Howard Stephen Berg, Peter Klum and Abbie Marks Beale thecorporateeducator dot com Swiss Cheese Business English SCBE SwissCheeseEnglish speed reading week... read more
Dec 31, 2010
Book Culture, Book Worship And Speed Reading [Part 2]
Just some thoughts on the recent discussion on book culture. The relevance of paper books as opposed to ebooks and the future of each. I also talk about a concept which I call “book worship.” This idea that a book’s potential to teach is more than it is really capable of. It’s a difficult concept to articulate, but I try to explain my position in this video. I also talk... read more
Dec 18, 2010
Book Culture, Book Worship And Speed Reading [Part 1]
Just some thoughts on the recent discussion on book culture. The relevance of paper books as opposed to ebooks and the future of each. I also talk about a concept which I call “book worship.” This idea that a book’s potential to teach is more than it is really capable of. It’s a difficult concept to articulate, but I try to explain my position in this video. I also talk... read more
