It's the same kind of ' twitch' skill you learn through tedious repetition that is essential for mastering a platforming game like Super Mario Bros, or Geometry Dash, but a lot more useful! Soon you'll have a rhythm and your fingers will find the keys without you needing to consciously think about it.
Treat it like a platform video game, albeit not a very exciting one. You only get good at games like this through repetition, lots of repetition. Give up (sometimes)! Sometimes your fingers just won't respond to your mind, and you'll find yourself going backwards! This is really frustrating, you just need to take a break, do something else, come back in half an hour and try again. Focusing on speed will just stress you out, causing you to make more errors. Much like Maths, there's no point trying to be fast, focus on being accurate, and speed will come naturally and gradually with confidence.
This is all about making your subconscious know the keys without thinking about it, tedious repetition is the only way to do this! You start off typing gibberish, but fret not, most of the typing you'll be doing will be real words, even if the sentences don't make much sense.Ĭommand R (refresh) to retry when (not if) you mess up right at the start.Ĭommit to at least 10-15 mins a day. If they're anything like me, they will find that their touch-typing speed is probably slower than their 'hunt and peck' speed, but this is an investment, if they stick with it, they will be much better off in the long run. If they switch to touch-typing for everyday use, they'd probably find that if they return to the typing tutor after a month they'd be able to turn those 3s into 4s and 5s without too much trouble. I reckon aiming for a minimum of 3 stars should suffice, and would mitigate the frustration they will most likely encounter if they try to get 4 or even 5 stars. The goal is to become 'functional' ie type with all 10 fingers with capital letters and basic punctuation, even if the speed is relatively low, eg 25 WPM - at this point students can stop hunting and pecking and touch type, then anytime they type, they would effectively be practising.
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