Posted By: Redpen on 2008-10-11
In Reply to: Any specifics on how to do that? - Val

It's not impossible to learn. I did it and we've had students and graduates learn it successfully. Try it when you are not working, so there won't be pressure to produce. If you take it in stages, it's probably easier and you'll "discover" the technique. You have to learn to hold about half to a whole sentence in your mind while you type it AND then listen ahead at the same time. Really, it's not impossible. First, try just learning to remember entire sentences. Listen to a full half of a sentence, then stop and type it from memory. Increase that until you can do whole sentences. You might have to work on that an hour or so for a few days. Once you can do that, I think you will begin to see when you can start listening ahead for the next sentence. It is usually about 2/3 or 3/4 of the way through that first sentence. The key to getting this right is to do it with the expectation that YOU CANNOT MAKE EVEN ONE ERROR because you CANNOT FIX THEM. Obviously, we know you can fix them on a computer, but pretend that you cannot. This does require a lot of concentration and focus. You'll be holding one sentence in your head while typing it AND listening ahead for the next. Some people can't do it, I think, but if you can, it's worth the effort to learn it. Email me and let me know how it's going for you. Redpen

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