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This video lecture explains the discipline for practicing daily
to improve the typing skills.
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This in order to reach a higher speed and accuracy
during the real-time situation.
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On completion of this training sequence
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you will be able to discipline yourself
to practice and improve skills like:
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Setting up your practice.
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Measuring progress.
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Analysing results.
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Solving the ‘problem areas’.
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This is the agenda.
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We will first look at setting up your practice.
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Then measuring progress.
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Followed by analysing results.
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And finally solving the ‘problem areas’.
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Setting up your practice.
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It is important to make a practice schedule
and stick to it as much as possible
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in order to achieve the best result.
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The first step in making a schedule
is to determine for yourself
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how much time you can and want to spend
on practising per week.
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I recommend that you practice every day.
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For example for 30 minutes to 2 or 3 hours.
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Of course depending on the time you have available
and how quickly you want to progress.
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It is better to practise every day for a shorter time,
let’s say 30 minutes
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instead of once a week for a long time.
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Because of the frequent repetition,
this will give better results.
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It is also advisable if you can plan your training
in a time that is most optimal for you.
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Maybe you are more energetic in the morning.
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Perhaps less moody in the afternoon.
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Or more relaxed in the evening.
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Pick the time that suits you best.
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You can also split up your daily practice time.
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For example 1 hour in the morning
and 1 hour in the afternoon.
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When you plan your practice,
don’t get distracted
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and consider it as an important task
that you take seriously.
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Make sure the people around you know
you have this time reserved to practice
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and should not be disturbed.
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Work in a quiet environment,
so that you can fully concentrate on your work.
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Use a timer to keep track of time.
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You can pause during this hour for 5 to 10 minutes,
so as to stay focused.
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As time goes by you’ll probably notice
it gets easier to stay focused for a longer time.
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You can split up your practice into specific exercises.
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For example, during the first part
you can focus specifically
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on the keyboard combinations
by reading and typing.
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During the second part you can train
by listening to a speech and typing.
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Keep track of the exact time you practiced
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and write down exactly
what you did during this time.
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Besides training on the keyboard,
also take your time to improve your language skills.
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Use a good book for your language
to train the spelling and grammar.
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Measuring progress.
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It is important to measure
your speed and accuracy daily.
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So you can see your progress over time.
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Measuring your speed can be done in a few ways.
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When copying written text,
you can type for a fixed time
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for example 10 or 15 minutes.
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After that time you calculate
the number of characters typed.
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If you are not using specific software for this
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you could paste the text in Microsoft Word
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and that will show
the number of characters you typed.
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After typing the text,
you should also go through it
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and count the number of errors you made.
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After counting the number of mistakes
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you can calculate the percentage of mistakes
per characters typed.
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The Velotype Contest software is freely available
to be used for practicing.
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This software can support you
in improving your speed.
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And is available in the download section
of www.velotype.com.
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The MARS test and the TAKI tests
are good self assessment tools
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that can allow you to automatically calculate
both accuracy and speed.
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Use it for practicing by reading a written text
or by listening to a spoken text.
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In a logbook you write down
all the progress you made.
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So write down when,
what and how long you practiced.
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When doing a speedtest,
you write down the difficulty of the text
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the amount of text you produced,
the average speed
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the number of errors
and the percentage of errors.
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That way you can clearly see
your progress evolving over time
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and know concretely
what you still have to improve.
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Analysing results.
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Besides keeping track of the mistakes
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it is good that you analyse
what kind of mistakes you make.
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So that way you can work on this
in a more targeted way.
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There are 4 different types of mistakes you can make:
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Pressing the wrong keys,
without realizing it.
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Pressing the wrong keys, realizing it,
and having to correct it.
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Splitting up words incorrectly.
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Incorrect spelling of words.
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Try to make a distinction
between your mistakes
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and write down
which kind of mistakes you made.
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After dividing the mistakes
into the categories
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try to analyse why you made these mistakes.
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When you press the wrong keys without realizing it.
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In which words does this happen?
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Can you discover a similarity between these words?
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Exactly why does it happen?
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Is it every time the same key that you press incorrectly?
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When you press the wrong keys,
but you realize it and have to correct it.
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In which words or word combinations does it happen?
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Can you analyse why it happens?
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Do you try to type too quickly?
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Splitting up incorrectly.
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This may not result in an incorrect output.
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So you will need to try to analyse this
while you type
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and try to write it down afterwards.
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Also try to analyse why you split up a chord of keys
that can be made at once.
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Is it difficult for you to type the word or syllable
in 1 chord?
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Incorrect spelling of words.
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Besides comparing the spelling to the original text
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you can also use a spell check,
for example Microsoft Word
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to check if you spelled words incorrectly.
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Analyse why you spelled it incorrectly.
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Is it an unknown word?
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Or perhaps the mistake has a grammatical reason
why it is spelled incorrectly?
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Solving the 'problem areas'.
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After analysing your mistakes
and defining the so-called ‘problem areas’
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you can focus on improving them.
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For mistakes that you are not aware of
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you can go back to the Velotype Academy
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and practice specifically
on those words and combinations.
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There you can see again
how they should be typed
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and the software can give immediate feedback
when you type them incorrectly.
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For mistakes that you are aware of and have to correct.
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You should write them down and practice
until you don’t make mistakes anymore.
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You should slow down the speed of typing
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to the level that you can type them
correctly the first time
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without having to correct.
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When you split up words incorrectly
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you should also write them down
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and see how to split them up in the right way.
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If you have practiced on these words
in the correct way
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and some chords keep slowing you down
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it is indeed better to split them up.
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But be very careful with this.
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Because splitting up too many chords
will slow you down in the end.
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It might also be a matter of practicing
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and your fingers getting more flexible
and used to these more difficult chords.
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Especially when practicing
by listening to a spoken text
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you will need to check if you spell the words correctly.
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If you make mistakes with this
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write these down and try to improve your spelling.
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For this line of work it is always good
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to continue improving your spelling and grammar skills.
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For this you can take lessons or do online training.
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The summary.
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This Learning Outcome focused
on making a schedule when practicing
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and the optimal circumstances for this.
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The measuring of progress is important
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and analysing and focusing on problem areas
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to further improve the typing skills.