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If you are looking for the least expensive way to master a speed writing method, EasyScript Express is the answer. You will learn a complete speedwriting system to abbreviate ANY word. The manual is used as a workbook. It contains writing exercises to reinforce the rules. It has sections for building proficiency, adapting to your own application and a dictionary of abbreviations for most frequently used words..
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Power Reading is the best, fastest, easiest, most effective speedreading and comprehension course ever developed! Most people see amazing results in the first few days of the 30-day Power Reading course. Included in this unique speedreading course are the most effective techniques for comprehension improvement, study, note taking, test taking and retention in school, work or pleasure materials.

Rick Ostrov has spent years teaching, working with and researching the top speedreading programs from around the world. Throughout his more than 30 years of instructing and research, personally teaching thousands of professionals, students, educators and families, he has distilled the most effective techniques into his Power Reading course.

Power Reading is totally different than any other program because it teaches you in your own material while you actually study or read for school, work or for your own enjoyment!

The Power Reading course focuses on increasing comprehension and study and technical reading skills, as well as teaching people how to read faster. Emphasis is placed on understanding and being able to use information as well as speedreading. Included are the most up to date and effective techniques for study, note taking, test taking, presentation and retention.

Power Reading, as thousands of successful students have discovered, is the most effective speedreading and comprehension course ever developed!

"The Power Reading course is also available in a book and CD package edition (ISBN 0960170642) - please check "All Editions.".
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Speedwriting for Notetaking and Study Skills offers an easy. abbreviated writing system which helps students improve perfor-mance in notetaking, library skills, preparation of research papers, and minutes of meetings. Students learn to use letters of the alphabet, abbreviations, and other shortcuts to write faster. They also learn to be selective in what to put down, doing so in a useful format. The text also provides important aids to studying and reviewing effectively..
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Quickhand(TM) Now you can teach yourself to write high-speed shorthand using just the letters of the alphabet! Quickhand is a new, easy-to-learn, easy-to-use, practical shorthand for business, school, or personal use. In just a few hours, you'll learn to write words as they sound. (No more months of study.) Quickhand is the only alphabetic shorthand based on scientific research into how English is actually used. So you need to learn brief forms of only 35 of the most used words--these make up 40 percent of all words in normal office usage! (No more memorizing hundreds of special symbols and abbreviations for seldom-used words, as in some systems.) With some abbreviations for the most common word endings and beginnings and special sounds, you'll know Quickhand. And you'll be able to write Quickhand quickly and easily--on the job, in school, in meetings, anywhere! Quickhand is one of the Wiley Self-Teaching Guides. It's been tested, rewritten, and retested until we're sure you can teach yourself shorthand on your own. And it's programmed--so you work at your own pace. No prerequisites are needed. Objectives and self-tests tell you how you're doing and allow you to skip ahead or find extra help if you need it. Frequent reviews, practice exercises, and a comprehensive exam reinforce what you learn. Wiley Self-Teaching Guides More than 150 Wiley Self-Teaching Guides teach practical skills from accounting to astronomy, management to microcomputers. Study Skills: A Student's Guide for Survival, Carman Reading Skills, Adams Speedreading, Fink Vocabulary for Adults, Romine Spelling for Adults, Ryan Punctuation, Markgraf Clear Writing, Gilbert Communicating by Letter, Gilbert Communications for Problem Solving, Curtis Quick Arithmetic, Carman Math Shortcuts, Locke Practical Algebra, Selby Finite Mathematics, Rothenberg Using Graphs & Tables, Selby Business Math, Locke Geometry & Trigonometry for Calculus, Selby Quick Calculus, Kleppner Your Library: What's In It For You? Lolley Literature: As You Read It, Hess Art: As You See It, Bell What Makes Music Work? Seyer Quick Typing, Grossman Quickhand, Grossman Managing Your Own Money, Zimmerman Look for these and other STGs at your favorite bookstore. A Self-Teaching Guide Look for these and other Wiley Self-Teaching Guides at your local bookstore..
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Includes a 68 page manual/workbook and 30 minute audio tutor cassette which can be used for self-study and classroom learning. The method is based on five basic rules and the manual has an individual lesson devoted to each rule with a writing and dictation exercise. The manual and audio tutor guide provide step-by-step how to learn the EasyScript method and attain a writing speed up to 40 wpm. The manual has also sections to provide exercise answers, to reinforce the rules, 'tips' to adapt EasyScript to your application and style. Course completion 4 hours..
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Pitman 2000 is a system designed for easy learning, with a speed potential to meet the demands of the modern business world. Shorthand is a valuable asset to everyone, young or old, in private or business life. This title is a beginner's guide to the basic theory. It gives you a working vocabulary in Pitman 2000 in clear and easy stages. Each of the main sections contains a set of sounds and rules, short forms, phrases and exercises. Review exercises give you the opportunity to consolidate material already covered, and a key to the exercises enable to measure your rate of progress throughout the book. Specially compiled by experts at Pitman to make self-tuition both simple and stimulating, this authoritative guide should be of use to anyone seeking a first or refresher course in Pitman 2000..
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If you are serious about note-taking and it affects your personal and business decisions take a good look at EasyScript II. The method is based on 5 basic rules and the manual has an individual lesson devoted to each rule with writing and dictation exercises. EasyScript II includes a 128 page manual/workbook and 2 audio cassettes (audio tutor and speedbuilding). It can be used for self-study and classroom learning. The manual and 60 min. audio tutor cassette guide provide step-by-step how to learn the EasyScript method and reinforce skills attained. The 2-hour speedbuilding cassette will help you to attain a writing speed up to 80wpm. Studying is done on a slow pace with many repetitions and reinforcements. The manual offers different techniques to master the method and build proficiency. It also has sections to provide exercise answers, to reinforce the rules, 'tips' to adapt EasyScript to your application and style. Course completion 8 hours..
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This course book is designed for short courses of all kinds either in the classroom or for self-study. It contains sufficient theory to lay the foundation for higher speeds for students who chose to progress..
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