How do I read more efficiently?

Avoiding read errors
As the reading techniques have not been changed since primary school, most people notice

that they are reading word by word,
that they subvocalize the text subconsciously, and
that they go back in the text when the thoughts digress.

These read errors obstruct the reading speed and reduce the reading comprehension skills. These barriers need to be removed for a more efficient reading.

Dynamizing viewing processes
The eyes are the bottleneck for the text on its way to the brain. Traditional readers focus on single words. They try to comprehend and string together the individual meanings.

This kind of viewing behavior needs to be changed. The eyes can achieve much more! Conceive several words in each viewing break, trust in the speed of the eyes, read in sense groups, and ignore expletives. That's what makes reading more efficient.

Precise reading
In principle, efficient reading does not mean to spend less time for the reading process. Not every text possesses the same importance. Thus, efficient readers evaluate the text, and - depending on the importance - they immerge into the content during a multi-level process.

Particularly important texts may require as much time as before the adaptation of improved reading techniques. However, this takes places in several steps that deepen the understanding and are indispensable for the retentiveness.