Skimming and Scanning

Reading Techniques:
Skimming and scanning are two fast reading techniques.
Skimming: Getting the Gist
Scanning: Finding particular name,numbers,things,places in the paragraph etc.

1. PMAS Arid Agriculture University RWP. Group Members Zain-ul-Abideen 15-Arid-3589 Sheheryar Khalid 15-Arid-3584

2. Presentation Topic Skimming and Scanning

3. Reading Techniques Skimming Scanning

4. Skimming What is Skimming? “To read quickly to get the general idea of a passage”

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6. How to SKIM ? Read the title. Read the subtitle or introduction. Read the first sentences of each paragraph. Notice any picture, charts, or graphics. Read the summary or last paragraph if there is one.

7. When to skim Amount to read is very large Less time Already know the material

8. Not stopping First and Last paragraph Topic sentences Read fast Getting The Gist

9. Advantages Save Time Main Idea General Overview Get More interested 1000 words a minute

10. Disadvantages Not Enough to pass the exams Do not tell all details Go back, read the entire passage, understand

11. SCANNING Search for specific information ( key words ) Particular Name Telephone Number Date The Cosine “32°” Program Number

12. Scanning Gets only what you need. Scanning is rapidly running your eyes over the text in order to locate specific details . search for key words move quickly over the page Less reading and more searching

13. While scanning look at Table of contents Title page Index Clue

14. As for the benefits, among others: can search for a specific information needed from a text reading or books quickly and efficiently. 1. can explore the many pages of the book in a short time. 2. not too much of a waste of time looking for specific information of the book . 3.

15. Conclusion Skimming and scanning is used when reading all types of documents. We skim to get the idea of what a document is about and typically skim all documents before we actually begin to read. As we skim, we… think about the topic think about what we already know about the topic start to guess the details we are going to read about.

16. Conclusion ( cont …) We scan for specific information We work quickly when we skim and scan.

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