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Daniel Smith

Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

Daniel Smith works in publishing as a writer, editor and researcher of non-fiction. His previous books for Michael O'Mara include How to Think Like Sherlock, Go Figure, Is Their Alot Wrong With This Centence?, The Language of London and Think You Know it All? When not buried in a library, he lives in East London with his wife, Rosie, and an assortment of fish.
269 printed pages
Copyright owner
Michael O'Mara Books
Publication year
2013
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  • ЮЮhas quoted8 years ago
    ‘Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.’
  • b6395984383has quoted3 years ago
    SPEEDY GONZALES
    SPEED-READING
    On a basic level, reading is the process of decoding a series of symbols (letters, numbers and punctuation marks) in order to access their meaning. In a wider sense, reading opens up unlimited worlds to us, from taut psychological thrillers to histories of the world – it’s wonderful to lose yourself in a great story.
    Reading is a fundamental skill that most of us learn in childhood, and, rather unsurprisingly, we get more efficient at it the more we practise it. Studies suggest that the average adult reads between 175 and 350 words per minute. However, it’s possible to develop skills to enable you to read even faster than this while still absorbing and understanding the words your eyes are scanning. Speed-reading is thus not only about reading quicker, but also reading better.
    GETTING UP TO SPEED: MASTERING THE ART OF SPEED-READING
    Here are some tips to help you improve your reading skills:
    1. Find an environment conducive to reading – somewhere quiet and peaceful where you’ll be able to concentrate.
    2. Read in chunks. When we’re first taught to read, we’re encouraged (quite rightly) to read word by word. However, more seasoned readers should be capable of reading blocks of words. If you really think about how you read naturally, you’ll likely discover that you already read a group of several words at a time, with y
  • alaman2003has quoted4 years ago
    eading is a fundamental skill that most of us learn in childhood

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