Passage: The Art of Slow Reading (academic)

Read Aloud

Tap a sentence to practise just that one — Listen, Record and Compare will use it. Then read the whole passage: keep the rhythm across sentences, pause by meaning and vary your voice with the content.

1. 1 Slow reading is not merely reading at a lower speed. ▶
2. 2 It is a deliberate practice of noticing: the choice of a verb, the rhythm of a clause, and the way a writer concedes a point before overturning it. ▶
3. 3 Admittedly, this takes patience. ▶