![]() If you take more time up front, think about and actually process what you are reading you will more activley engage in the passage. I am still working on doing this mentally while reading a passage in a timed environment but it is helping alot. I also completed The Loophole book, like the other poster indicated above, and decided to start translating some of the reading comp passages into a way that made more sense to me. Even though I can infer the meaning of a word or two that I don't know in a sentence, if you are reading dense complex language you really need to break it down into simple English if you actually want to be able to understand what you are reading. I have realized that some of what I was doing differently was that when I read previously, I tried to picture what I was reading and also if I read something more acadmic I would try to translate what I was reading into simple English that I could understand easily. ![]() I was surprised honestly to struggle on RC. Long before I started studying for the LSAT I used to love to read. I don't think your issue is actually speed, but rather the fact that what you are reading isn't tangible to you and you are reading and re reading the same lines but likely not getting more out of what you are reading even on subsequent reads. But everyone is different, that's why experimentation is important. I'd rather do that then having to end up going back into the passage to find something I could of just understood on round 1. Frankly the slow up front approach just makes more sense for me. Investing more time in a passage reinforces this trust because you have a greater comprehension than you would if you read faster. ![]() If you read slow, that means you have to go through the questions fast and trust your intuition in what you read. So I think you should burn some older RC sections and experiment to see what works for you. You don't need to speed up, you need to deepen comprehension and retention." RC is what it is and there aren't really any shortcuts, if you're reading the passage in 2-3 minutes with decent comprehension then you're way ahead of the game. Subvocalization probably costs you far less time than you think it does, especially in such short passages. Speed reading a novel might help you finish several minutes or even hours before a slower reader, but RC passages are like the 40 yard dash, they're really isn't that much of a difference between a 4.4 and a 4.7 and the difference there exists is totally blown out of proportion. " makes a big difference for RC because the passages aren't long enough for differences in reading speed to make a huge difference. To quote from an RC thread with a similar question ( ): There are a lot of threads which people have experienced improvements with increasing their reading speed and some have seen success, others however have also seen no improvement. I like to emphasize the comprehension in reading comprehension. RC is my strongest section and have been averaging -1 lately in the 80s. This is without the low-res method either. I too read slow and reread sentences I don't understand, and generally spend a minimum of 3-4 minutes per passage, maybe 5 if its exceptionally difficult. Are you sure that the issue is with reading speed? How long do you find yourself taking to answer each question? I ask because reading slower may actually be a strength and not a weakness.
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