Support your fluency

Now that we've checked your basic fluency skills, let's look at some ways to support fluency. It's probably been a while since you learnt to read, so some of these you may have simply forgotten over time. You can easily do these straight away, whereas the topics we discuss after these points will take more time to develop.

• Get in good Memletic State. Make sure you are comfortable and relaxed. Remove distractions, and check you have good light and ventilation. See the Memletic State chapter in the Memletics Manual for more help here.
• Position the book. Have the book squarely in front of you, preferably lying flat. If necessary, help the book stay open by opening it near the front and pushing it flat. Work through the book 20-40 pages at a time and push it flat each time. Take care not to damage the book.
• Keep your head still. Use your eyes to move across the page. You may turn your head from side to side to read each page.
• Don't vocalize. Do not read the words aloud (unless it's for some other reason). One of the first key steps to improve your reading speed is to ensure you are not reading each word individually. Firstly, this means keeping your voice quiet while you read. However, you also need to check you are not moving your lips or voice box. If you are, you limit your reading speed to how fast you can talk (which is far slower than the mind can think). An easy way to check your voice box is still is to put your hand on it while you read. If you feel any movement, you are still vocalizing. Focus on reading without moving your voice box or lips.
• Don't regress. Average readers often go back over the same material without realizing it, sometimes more than 30 times on a single page. This is different to when you deliberately go back to review something you didn't understand (which is acceptable). Regressing is a habit from when you first started learning to read. You went back over the text to make sure you read it correctly. Once you develop core readings skills, you don't need to do this but the habit often remains. To break this habit, read with a small piece of card or paper, and run it down the page above the current line you are reading. This will hide the text you've read and prevent regressing. Practice for a few minutes each day for a week, then as needed after that. The techniques below will also help with this.

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