Improved Reading

Read fast and efficiently – Webinars & Online Training

Scientific work involves a significant amount of reading. How about increasing your reading speed by 30-100% (depending on text difficulty and English proficiency) while at the same time improving your reading quality…and boosting your motivation?

This training is based upon our regular 2 day classroom training, but specially designed for participants working in their home office:

• Speed Reading Online Course including trainer accompaniment > Flexible times, to be finished within ca. 4 weeks, 10 units, max 1h per unit
• Three webinars for direct group exchange and trainer support with special input on how to deal with scientific texts
  > 1st webinar: 2h (fixed date)
  > 2nd webinar (feedback session): 1h
  > 3rd webinar: 2h (fixed date)
• Optionally you can refresh your skills with an online and classroom refresher training, both of which are free of charge > Optionally after finishing the course

 1st webinar: 10.04.2024, 10:30 - 12:30 
2nd webinar: 24.04.2024, 10:30 - 11:30 
 3rd webinar: 08.05.2024, 10:30 - 12:30 

Course aims:

• Faster reading speed
• Better text comprehension
• Variation of different reading techniques and strategies
• Better concentration and motivation
• Special approaches towards scientific texts

Please be aware that this online course requires a high degree of self-discipline – for you to finish the course entirely, carefully follow the instructions and participate in all three webinar sessions. Only under this condition can you expect a profound change of reading habits.

This course is an additional challenge for non-English native speakers. Good/very good English reading (not necessarily speaking) proficiency is expected (approx. B2 English language level), also for the Speed Reading Online course in English.

Detailed course structure:

1. Pre-course Webinar session (2 hours, English) – Introduction & Advice on reading scientific texts
2. Speed Reading Online Course – 10 units (45-60 minutes each) – Flexible training during 2-4 weeks, no fixed times/dates – Trainer accompaniment 4 weeks from your first log-in
3. Videochat (ca. 1h) during Speed Reading Online – Half of the online course should be finished
4. After-Course Webinar session (2 hours, English) – Feedback & futher advice on reading scientific texts
5. Optional: Speed Reading Online Refresher Course (German only) – Additional tests & exercises and guided text exercise with your own text

Course material:

• PDF workbook (German or English) including the complete course theory
• Series of 12 e-mails (“Transferimpulse”, in German) sent out immediately after finishing Speed Reading Online which help you apply the learnt techniques/ strategies in your everyday reading (optionally)
• Alumni website containing training material and tools is freely accessible for all former participants

Didactical approach: Many practical exercises and tests and well-dosed theoretical input. Prepare yourself for an intense training experience that requires your willingness to change long-term reading behavior and to consistently work on the online training for the duration of two to four weeks.

Webinar Trainer: 

Note: Registration of GSLS/GSST doctoral researchers has priority to non-GSLS/non-GSST participants. Non-GSLS/non-GSST participants pay a service and workshop fee of EUR 50 by bank transfer. 

Please note that the cancellation option via OpenCampus ends 5 working days before the workshop date. Please write an email to gsls-info@uni-wuerzburg.de if you have to cancel within this 5-day time period.

  If you just don’t show up at the workshop without prior cancellation several times, you will lose priority for future bookings.