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ADRIAN Parker, director of Syivan Learning Centres on the Norii Shore, says
students will benefit if they can read quickly and comprehend the material.

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Adrian Parker
Contributing Writer

WHILE routine for .
adults, hectic sched-
ules can cause students
enormous stress.

During the school year,
students facing a day that
includes school, sports prac-
tice, club meetings, music
lessons, homework, study
and family time.

With September
approaching, parents and
students need to consider
solutions that will help stu-
dents make more efficient
and effective use of their
instructional and study time,
leaving them with time for
quality relaxation.

Sylvan has introduced a
new six-week program that
can help alleviate the high
school —student’s time

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crunch. The Advanced
Reading Skills program
(ARS) is Sylvan’s newest pro-
gram offering.

The program is designed
to help students improve
both reading speed and com-
prehension.

The purpose of the pro-
gram is to replace poor read-
ing habits with good ones.
Regular eye and concentra-
tion exercises help a reader
to move through written
material more quickly and
with greater understanding.
Both students and adults
have benefitted from this six
module, 12-hour course.

“The drills were really
effective,” said one North
Vancouver adult student.
Another = student, who
attends secondary school in
North Van, said “It’s now
casicr to study because it
takes less time.”

More efficiency with bet-
ter effectiveness is the key to
success in this program. And
it comes with its own guar-
antee. Sylvan promises to

raise a participant's effective
reading rate (ERR = word
per minute x comprehen-
sion) by at least 50% after 12
instructional hours or it will
offer re-enrollment until the
goal is met.

“My confidence in read-
ing ability has increased as
well as my academic perfor-
mance which I associate with
the eye and reading exercis-
es,” said another high school
student.

The first fall offering of
the program will be during
the week of September 13.

The tuition for the 6
modules (12 hour) course is
$375.

For parents who are
searching for ways to help
their children cope with
stress of the new academic
year or for more information
about the Advanced Reading
Skills Program phone the
Sylvan Learning Centre at
985-6811.

— Adrian Parker is the
director of Svlvan Learning
Centres on the North Shore.

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