This first lesson covers a topic that you have been familiar with since preschool – Reading!

Why a reading module? you may ask.

You have probably been taught to read using the phonetic method by ’sounding’ out the words as you read them. Once you could do this, at about seven or eight years old, you were left to your own devices, as it was assumed that you learned how to read.

From here on, you were taught vocabulary and grammar, but it is highly unlikely that reading skills were ever touched again.

The method that you read today, is probably the one you used in Grade One!

You probably say the words to yourself as you read. If you watch many people reading, you will see their lips move as they read. This is because they are actually speaking to themselves.

This results in you only being able to read as fast as you speak!

The current world record speed reading record is 3850 words per minute!

To attain such high reading speeds, you obviously cannot read they way you speak. You will therefore have to develop new techniques.

Understaning the reading process

You undergo the following process when reading:

Recognition

• The ability to recognise letters, words, sentences etc.

Assimilation

• The ability for the brain to receive the light reflected from the words and interpret it.

Comprehension

• The ability to understand what is being said within the context that it is being written, as well us connecting it to existing knowledge

Retention

• The ability to remember what you have read

Recall

• The ability to recall the information when required

By enrolling for our Learning Management Programme, you will get access to all of this and more.