Reading Styles

Reading a newspaper.

• Scanning

• Skimming

• Intensive Reading

• Extensive Reading

What is Skimming?

• reading rapidly in order to get a general overview of the material.

• reading technique to be used when you want to find specific information quickly

• a type of reading that is done with the purpose of understanding a text in depth.

• involves learners reading texts for enjoyment and to develop general reading skills

A novel

• Scanning

• Skimming

• Intensive reading

• Extensive reading

Phone Directory

• Intensive

• Extensive

• Skimming

• Scanning

The "What's On" section of a local news

• Skimming

• Intensive Reading

• Scanning

• Extensive Reading

The way you do this is to read the first and last paragraph and check for any bold heading

• Intensive Reading

• Speed Reading

• Scanning

• Skimming

You need to have your aims clear in mind in undertaking, what style of reading?

• Speed Reading

• Extensive Reading

• Skimming

• Intensive Reading

the process of rapidly recognizing and absorbing phrases or sentences on a page all at once, rather than identifying individual words

• Scanning

• Speed Reading

• Extensive Reading

• Skimming

involves learners reading texts for enjoyment and to develop general reading skills

• Scanning

• Intensive Reading

• Skimming

• Extensive Reading

You expand your vision so that you can read and understand many words in a single glance.

• Scanning

• Extensive Reading

• Speed Reading

• Skimming