First off let me just say that I do not want to be so bold or arrogant as to say I am the first one to figure this out... Although it does seem to me like it.
I just recently got my Chanting to 206
When I finaly got to around 80 I came to realize something by complete accident.
If you Enchant something... Say A bracer, with lets say... Int +3 you get a skill up. Now here is the trick and again I do not claim that I am the first to figure this out but if you Enchant that same bracer with +3 Int again... You get another skill up.
So I guess my advice for any chanters out there would be to get yourself some crappy cloth bracers and find a nice cheap bracer enchant (In my experiance bracer enchents seem to cost the least amount) and grind away untill you go to whatever desired lvl you wish to atain.