Scanning and Skimming

is a reading technique meant to look for main or general ideas in a text, without going into detailed and exhaustive reading. In , a reader reads only important information, but not everything.

• Skimming

• Scanning

Below includes the steps to...

I. Make a statement about what we are looking for in a book

II. Search the table of contents or preface

III. Attentively scroll through at high speed every paragraph or section you come across.

IV. Stop when you think you've found what you're looking for

V. Read at normal speed and understand well what is in the text

• Scanning

• Skimming

A reading technique that implements speed reading to get one piece of information without read the other is?

• Scanning

• Skimming

"Save the time to read long passage" is one of the benefits of...

• Skimming

• Scanning

Reading rapidly to find specific fact is the meaning of..

• Scanning

• Skimming

Magazine, newspaper, and novel are some examples of text that can be..

• Skimming

• Scanning

The correct order to skimming text is..

I. Read the first line of all paragraph

II. Read the title

III. Read sub-heading (if any on the text)

• I II III

• II III I

• III II I

• I III II

The correct order to scanning text is..

I. Try to understand how the text is arranged

II. Run your eyes down the page

III. Looking for keywords or phrases

• I II III

• III II I

• I III II

• II I III

Below which are the benefits of scanning

• Make it easier to critically read the piece

• Save the time to read long passage

• We can choose correct answer exactly

• Helps you to understand the article's main point

Below which are purposes of scanning..

• To see through the television guide/program schedule to plan your evening

• To know a particular information from a text

• To see through a catalog to choose an offer

• To check the price of a specific item in a catalog