practice Long Words with a friend

Long Words slowing you down?? 

A fun way to build your comfort and speed omitting vowels from Long Word abbreviations is to have a friend help you.  Ask your friend to read to you from a book, newspaper, etc.  Have the friend say only the Long Words, as you listen and abbreviate. 

Work out a signal system so your friend waits to say the next word until you have finished the previous abbreviation.  That way you can try a couple of different ways to abbreviate certain words, leaving out different vowels each time. 

After 5 or 10 minutes of that practice, have your friend read short phrases that include one or two Long Words.  Use the same signaling method to pace the reading and your abbreviating.  Do that for 5 or 10 minutes. 

Practicing this way will really boost your abbreviation skills!