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Narrow field of sight


Field of sight is the part of the text (quantity of characters) precisely perceived by the eyes in one moment of sight. In traditional reading, when a few letters, or at best, two to three words are perceived, the field of sight is not wide enough. Therefore, the eyes make many excessive jumps and stops.



Method of traditional reading.


When you have a wider field of vision, more letters and words are simultaneously perceived at every stop of the eye. This results in fewer stops on a page, and therefore the rate of reading increases. 



Width of field of sight is more than one word. 


A man whose field of vision covers a whole line of text at once allows his eyes to glide over the page from top to bottom with practically no horizontal movements across the page. 



Width of field of sight is equal to a line. 


The unproductive transition of the eyes from the end of each completed line to the beginning of the next one greatly reduces reading speed.  The many lines on a page inevitably result in numerous unnecessary transitions, i.e. repeated idle movements of the eyes. Not only is there a waste of time, but our energy is also wasted this way.  The method of speed reading that this new program teaches will cause the movement of the eyes to be more economical and will cause the eyes to move vertically along the center of the page from the top to the bottom.