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Teaching Reading Comprehension Workshops - Learning Media
http://www.learningmedia.co.nz/
Learning Media Te Pou Taki Korero is an award-winning educational publisher and provider of professional development services. Our products and services are effective, engaging, and evidence-based. Their effectiveness has been verified by independent research. We are passionate about learning and believe that educators and learners deserve the best. Learning Media works in many countries, and contributes significantly to education in New Zealand and internationally.

Share Dr Davis’s insights based on her PhD research on all aspects of teaching reading comprehension. This two-day workshop explores what is now known about effective comprehenders, providing practical solutions that teachers can use in their own classrooms.


Speed Reading Monster Course
http://www.speedreading.co.za/
Anyone can double their speed in reading without the fear of not being able to understand the materials being read. Most people find reading rapidly difficult and risky. They are afraid that as they increase the speed of reading, they might not be able to grasp the idea of what they are reading.

That's why they have to settle with slow reading speed that makes them finish a novel over a month, or worse, not being able to find what they are looking for in an academic textbook for an assignment in school before the due date.

What they do not know is that, according to studies, the relationship between reading speed and comprehension is directly proportional to each other. That is, an increase in rate entails an increase in comprehension. Want to double your reading speed and increase your understanding of the materials being read? Then take a look at this.


Speed Reading
http://www.speedreading.net/
Learn speed reading. Comprehend, use your memory better and set goals. Just like the training in our executive courses and workshops, you’ll be fast and accurate. Reading fast with comprehension helps with sales, school education, career and anything you study. Whatever challenges you face, there’s written material to help with your success.

KNOW what you’re reading. Read it FASTER. REMEMBER it better. Stay ALERT while reading! SAVE lots of TIME. Our speed reading course is taught at many corporations and schools. These simple, powerful techniques work on paper AND on your computer screen.


Speed Reading World
http://www.speedreadingworld.com/
Double your reading speed today by calling me toll- free, 1-800-205-7432. Your reading speed will double during your first Speed Reading Tutoring Lesson. Call early to reserve your time slot for your Tutoring Lesson because we only have a few time slots available each week. Your private lessons are provided at a toll-free 800 number most convenient for you.

Speed Reading Power works 100 percent of the time and it's painless. Speed reading speed test gives your speed reading online lesson more meaning. Speed reading progress can be seen after your first speed reading lesson. After you take the speed reading speed test, go to the Speed reading Pre-Exercise Warm-up Procedures.


Speed Reading Test
http://www.study-habits.com/
How fast do you read (wpm)? Take this free speed reading test to find out. The speedreading test includes a comprehension test too. Study Habits is a site about developing good & effective study habits with enchanted learning.

It's also about teaching you the essential study techniques and skills needed to succeed in your college studies. The site is entirely run by students for students. You can find anything from articles on how to study to educational software and study tools. Best of all; it's all 100% FREE!


American Speed Reading Corporation
http://www.americanspeedreading.com/
The American Speed Reading Corporation is proud to announce a new innovative reading program that will enable you to double, triple, even quadruple your reading speed and comprehension. Our staff consists of former Evelyn Wood instructors who average 25 years of teaching experience. You will cut your reading time in half and be more productive in the classroom, the workplace and in life.

We will show you how to break old reading habits such as fixating on words, losing comprehension and forgetting important details. You will learn new styles of note taking: write less and remember more. No longer will you need to write down everything. In moments, vital information will be yours. You will be more knowledgeable and confident, whether taking an exam or giving a lecture.

Memory skills will keep important facts at your finger tips. We will show you how to process information at an accelerated rate, gain organizational skills and broaden your chance for success.


Speed Reading Courses - Preferred Training Network, Australia
http://www.preftrain.com/
Our speed reading courses will give you the essential speed reading techniques which will help you learn to read faster. This course is suitable for anybody who has a reading tray that is never empty. Most universities now provide speed reading for their students; however this program is specifically tailored to help you read your individual reading material faster.
Our speed reading courses will give you the essential speed reading techniques which will help you learn to read faster. This course is suitable for anybody who has a reading tray that is never empty. Most universities now provide speed reading for their students; however this program is specifically tailored to help you read your individual reading material faster.

How to Learn Speed Reading - wikiHow
http://www.wikihow.com/
Whether you're hitting the textbooks in philosophy class, reading long-winded emails from co-workers, or just reading the morning newspaper, chances are at one time or another you've wished you could read a little faster.

So widespread is the desire to learn speed reading, in fact, that teaching the skill has become big business: a host of companies now offer books, training sessions and even computer programs to increase reading speed, sometimes at a cost of hundreds of dollars. But why fork over your paycheck or student loan money for a speed reading system when you can start reading faster today by following these simple steps?


Brain Q
http://www.brainq.com.au/
Increase your effectiveness efficiency and save time by dramatically increasing your reading speed. Clients typically achieve 5 to 7 times their average reading speed with increased comprehension.

We are always at quest in finding keys to unlocking our massive brain potential. Current research estimate that we are using less than 1% of our brain potential. BrainQ’s lead coach, Richard Yiap is a licenced Buzan instructor, teaching Tony Buzan’s brain empowering techniques. Our quest is for a mentally literate world where people are able to tap into their latent creativity and unlock their vast brain potential in order to fulfill their dreams and live a more meaningful life.

Using Buzan techniques, we first teach speed reading and then mind mapping as these 2 tools are like having a right and left hand in terms of value. Clients are all provided individual attention to maximise their learning.


Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics
http://www.ewrd.com/
Learn to read almost as fast as you can flip the page — with astounding comprehension! Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics® works like magic. Presidents Kennedy and Carter profited from the course so much they insisted that their top staff members take it. CEOs, executives of Fortune 500 companies, college professors, members of Congress, and over one million other achievers are also Evelyn Wood graduates.

Learn how to determine your current reading rate, then increase it immediately. Finish the newspaper in five or ten minutes. Rifle through magazines, reports, and trade publications in record time. Polish off entire books in one sitting. Plus, there’s an advanced comprehension and retention system that helps you understand more.


Rainbow Reading Programme
http://www.rainbowreading.co.nz/
A research proven reading programme consisting of a series of books with audiotapes at seven levels with support material. Rainbow Reading is effective at improving fluency and comprehension of beginning readers, struggling readers and students learning English. The Rainbow Reading Programme has been designed to present students with a variety of topics, authors, styles and illustrations to make reading interesting while skills are improved.

Each story or article has been carefully selected because of its educational value and attraction to a wide range of students with varying needs and interests. Books are levelled, colour coded, and are accompanied by a specially recorded audio tape or CD to provide support for readers. A comprehensive Teacher's Manual and Training DVD ensure that this simple, yet effective, programme can be easily implemented.


SpeedReadingSecret.com - Improve Your Reading Speed - Speed Read Course Program Class
http://www.speedreadingsecret.com/
How would you like to TRIPLE your reading speed in less than an HOUR? I’m being serious. How would you like to blast through an average 200-page book in just over 30 MINUTES?

That’s my challenge. Just continue reading and let me prove it to you...The average American reads at just 200 words per minute (wpm) with a 60% comprehension rate. That effectively means they’re reading 120 words every minute. Which means an average 200-page book takes SIX SOLID HOURS to finish. Do you have that time to spare? Of course not!! You need to read QUICKLY and with EXCELLENT COMPREHENSION...


PowerRead
http://www.stumpjump.net/
Celebrating 21 years in Business Education. Australia's most popular Speed Reading Course for Business Learning: PowerRead. Can you really double your reading speed in just 4 hours... and take more in?

Think of the advantages you could enjoy if you tripled the volume of information you read each day and increased your retention. The PowerRead Speed Reading System will teach you how to establish your current rate of reading; How to read newspapers and periodicals with high speed and efficiency; How to increase your comprehension dramatically through reading with "purpose"...


Corporate Training Zone - Training Resources
http://www.corporatetrainingzone.com/
Corporate Training Zone - Articles, resources, tools, tips and strategies to help corporate trainers and L&D professionals to become master trainers. As trainers our ability to absorb new information and content can be a deciding factor between taking on new projects or not. Our ability to become like a sponge for new information can be greatly enhanced through learning to speed read...
I struggled with this early on in my career, giving away much too much of my time to learning new content... But I knew there had to be a way to get more of the "homework" done faster... Speed Reading truly is one of the most important skills that I use in my career as a trainer.

ReallyEasyReader
http://www.reallyeasyreader.com/
Research has shown that the pressures of modern life are causing higher levels of stress. The ever growing need to perform is constantly mounting and to keep up you have to pay a high price and cut back on family and social time. This can have a major effect on your health and quality of life. When you add the guilt of letting your loved ones down, the effects are even greater.

There is however, a simple and effective way to reduce stress levels, cut back on the hours you work or study, and start getting more of the things you want from life. Increasing your reading speed gives you back control of your time.


To Learn English
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/
To Learn English is a free site for English learners. You will find free English vocabulary sheets, English grammar sheets and English exercises. Thousands of English penpals are waiting for you. They will help you learn English. There is an English forum too.

Speed Reading - All Kids
http://www.speedreading4kids.com/
A simplified method for kids (teens and adults, too) to learn speed reading and improve comprehension; ADD, Dyslexic, ADHD, and other 'Reading Disability' kids often excel with this speed reading course.

It didn't take me long to discover that children catch on to speed reading much easier and better than anybody ever expected. By September, 1997, a local school teacher invited me to teach speed reading to the kids [all aged 8-11] in one of his classes to see how well they would do. They did so well that my eyes nearly popped out of my head.

On the second day of a 4-week experiment, one 9-year old girl could read 41 pages (of a book that I had brought) in 30 seconds, and she could tell me all about what had happened in the book. At first I thought I was in the presence of one of the world's few super-geniuses. But, the next day, when 5 more kids could do just as well, I realized that I had stumbled onto a normal, and natural phenomenon: Children can be natural, gifted speed readers, if they are just shown how, and if they are allowed to use the skill on a regular basis until it becomes second nature.


Buzan Speed Reading Workshop
http://visionaryleaders.com.au/
This one-day program commences with a review of the problems and consequences of poor reading speeds and how we actually read. The rest of the workshop consists of a series of structured activities and exercises which steadily build participants' reading speeds and confidence in their ability to develop enhanced comprehension of the material read. Note that the Buzan Memory Training Workshop provides the opportunity to take learning to it final stages of memorisation and recall.
Participants will also learn/review and apply the unique BOST® (Buzan Organic Study Technique) which was designed specifically by Tony Buzan. The intention is to empower individuals to make appropriate selections from their expanding range of reading speeds and techniques thereby giving them the flexibility and confidence to stay on top of their reading/studies and power ahead to achieve their personal/academic goals.

Comprendo - Speed Reading
http://www.comprendo.co.nz/
Comprendo refines the essential elements of a highly useful skill into a compact, easy to learn and remember short course (usually just 3 hours) that you can apply to your life, career and business goals immediately! Because many skill sets are centered on a base of (often simple) principles, that once learnt and comprehended ‘front load’ the acquisition of the entire skill. That is, the steepest learning curve is at the beginning. We focus on this phase with trained, motivated tutors - bright, perky people with all the tools and carefully constructed course resources to make it work for you on the spot.
By way of example, Speed Reading. The greatest increase in speed for an average reader is at the start when you learn the basic principles and techniques of Speed Reading. Our 3 hour course focuses on teaching these in a stripped down ‘power course’ that is as much a fun workout as it is a lesson. You’ll be applying the productivity it gives you from day one!

Speed Reading Workshop - IIMMERSE Personal Development Solutions
http://www.iimmerse.com.au/
Do you ever find yourself with too much to read but with very little time? Do you have a pile of reading material that you need to go through? Do you want to learn how to absorb information like a sponge in less time and with less effort? If so, this workshop is for you because 'Speed Reading' is a skill that can be easily mastered by anyone. Imagine if your reading speed increases by double or triple or even by 300 to 400 percent, the amount of time it takes you to ready any material will be reduced significantly.

We all know that time is precious and the ability to absorb information fast is an asset in every competitive industry. This is an award-winning training program for individuals and teams who want to capture information faster and easier. The strategies you will learn will enable you to double your reading speed at the minimum.


McLeods Booksellers
http://www.mcleodsbooks.co.nz/
The one source of everything that's good in reading material is a real bookshop, one that devotes its total energy and expertise to providing an unrivalled selection in an atmosphere to suit all, whether one wants to buy or simply browse. McLeods Booksellers is such, and Trevor and David Thorp are proud that they own and operate a real bookshop that had its beginnings here in Rotorua more than a century ago.

Memletics Effective Speed Reading Course
http://www.memletics.com/
One of the key messages we received from our regular Memletics.com User Survey was that people want to know how to read faster. In the usual Memletics spirit, what started as a short supplement has turned into this complete course on effective speed reading. We've looked at good speed reading courses, analyzed educational research and filtered the hype to create this new course. We've applied the Memletics principle of "no silver bullets."

We've also added information not found in any other speed reading course we're aware of - information that's critical in today's online world. This new course is the "Memletics® Effective Speed Reading Course." In short, this course will give you the information you need to significantly improve your reading speed. You'll learn how to read faster, whether its on paper or on screen.


The New Zealand Institute of Management Inc.
http://www.nzimsouth.co.nz/
The NZIM is New Zealands foremost professional body for managers. We set the standards for much of the management education and training in NZ. A wide range of educational institutions offer our qualifications, and our four regions are important providers of management training, particularly short courses. As well as our role in management education we provide a wide range of services and support to just under 20,000 individual members and nearly 1,500 New Zealand businesses.

Speed Reading programme- You will have fun while you learn how to accelerate your reading and improve your comprehension and memory. Those who would appreciate reducing the time spent reading and understanding necessary material. Also those who are interested in acquiring some accelerated learning skills. Enjoy reading faster with increased comprehension, save time and have fun while learning.


Success Institute
http://www.success.net.au/
Imagine doubling, tripling or even quadrupling your reading speed -and making faster reading a permanent habit. Just think about the impact on your professional life if you could remember more of what you read -and remember it for longer. The one-day Speed Reading Power program will show you how to read at substantially faster rates, assimilate information more easily and remember and enjoy more of what you have just read.

The ultimate goal of this program is to have each participant achieving reading speeds of up to and over 1000 words per minute with good comprehension on a long-term basis. During the program specific reading strategies for material such as letters, memos, documents, business information, faxes, e-mail and personal reading matter will be covered. As a direct result of using the various skills taught, you can also expect to significantly increase your vocabulary and memory skills.


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