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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_movements_in_reading
Eye Movements in Reading, Rayner (1983): http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Lx51Brw60cMC&pg=PA79&lpg...
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It's been awhile since I've really looked into anything speed-reading related, but as far as I recall, there aren't that many good techniques for speed-reading something like Godel Escher Bach, because the bottleneck for comprehension for really dense or deep texts is usually time taken to think about it. When I'm reading some like GEB, I usually end up reading it slowly, then stopping and thinking about it even afte…
the big thing when speed reading is to read it, just read it. Your brain will churn on it. Then come back and read it again. Your brain will churn more. Make notations in the margin the whole time. Now finally read it again. You'll get it all done faster than one read through and your brain will churn a ton on it. It's like when you come back to code tutorials a few days later after some practice and know what's goin…
Wow, I was instantly sold. Please create an eBook reader for Android which uses this immediately, I love it! I hacked together a crude JavaScript implementation in a few minutes just for kicks: https://github.com/Miserlou/OpenSpritz ..hopefully we'll see more of this stuff everywhere. Good work, please thrive!
This is very interesting (and as has been pointed out in other comments, not exactly a new idea). I think its proper application, though, is in a tool for practicing reading, not for actually reading tests. One major thing this approach looses is the inherent non-linearity of text. If I miss a fact and want to back up a bit, or want to pause for a moment and think about something, I can (when reading) without even th…
Which, according to all the research I've seen, is exactly what you don't want to do if you want to retain any information. (I couldn't find the study I remembered reading recently, but this article references some such studies http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4229)
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Ethnologue states that there are 7105 languages in the world[0]. Therefore, it seems reasonable to assume that you can have x second languages, where x is any number between 0 and 7104. [0] https://www.ethnologue.com/statistics
No, you can have only one second language, and then possibly third, fourth, and so on.
Otherwise you introduce ambiguity, if I learned 50 words in Spanish and then mastered French, does that mean French is my third language?
Wow, I was instantly sold. Please create an eBook reader for Android which uses this immediately, I love it! I hacked together a crude JavaScript implementation in a few minutes just for kicks: https://github.com/Miserlou/OpenSpritz ..hopefully we'll see more of this stuff everywhere. Good work, please thrive!
and you forget about lines and pointer http://upload.amazingperformancestudio.com/image/1c05121h154...
Wow. I found "reading" their demo a deeply unpleasant experience. It seemed to induce tunnel vision, and put a huge amount of strain on my lenses. The dark background of the page surrounding the banner didn't help, and persisted in my vision for a good 5 minutes. My eyes still hurt.
One hack for easily putting the articles in to zapreader is to look for a print feature. When the article has a print lay out it is easier to copy and paste the text.