That would make two of us. I think there are a lot to be said and discussed in those guide books. One, for instance is, we have text and text, there may be a text which my eyes won't travel slow, even if myself wants to do it deliberately! Because the process of guessing the coming words after each word or phrases plus the level of interest on the material and easy context, all make it a text like that which you can't read it slowly. And, quite the opposite, today I was reading an e-book "Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins, and I lost myself amid the phrases when I decided to apply those fast-reading strategies !
By the way, something interesting happened just today when I was trying different ways of reading fast, and that is; I tried to hear myself [ inside, not with lips movement, (I don't know how they say or phrase this process) ] when I was reading. I imagined an anchorperson - who I know already - is reading the text aloud and I'm listening to him/her. It was unbelievable my eyes were running so fast over the words as though that person is really reading the text in reality and I'm following him/her reading the text.
That sounds like a neat idea. But the speed-reading techniques that I've met involve specifically not pretending to hear the words. Speech is too slow for this sort of speed-reader. But I don't think it's too slow for an English student. (Nor is it for me: I always missed stuff when I tried those techniques. ;-))
Have you ever experienced this? Is it already a suggested technique in fast-reading? If yes, I should say that I found it spontaneously, if not, then others can try it out to see if it works for them too.
If it works for you, keep at it.
Thank you all for reading me, and discussing this matter with me. I appreciate your time and knowledge.