text: how do i improve my reading?   -read words rather than letters, and ideas rather than words -avoid backtracking (reading over what you have just read) -time yourself, before and after each improvement effort to check your reading speed -balance your reading speed with your rate of comprehension -read a lot of books, fast -adopt different reading speeds: browsing vs. in-depth reading -pause to mentally summarize the main points -search for a good ‘speed reading’ book from a good library or bookstore. -look for tips from the internet