Skimming-ppt.ppt. what is skimming and activities related to itd

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1. SKIMMING
By: Shahbaz Rafiq
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2. Reading in our lives…
In everyday life, we have to read many texts on
mobile, books, newspapers, pamphlets, journals to
e-mails.
Students have to read more in order to understand
the syllabus.
Whether reading is done for academic or non-
academic purposes, it requires certain skills to get
desired information.
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3. Moving further!
Many times it is impossible to read the whole text due
to various reasons.
Most of the times, of course, reason is shortage of
time
What other reasons do you have very often?
Anyways, in such situations there are certain
techniques that come to help. There are certain
reading skills that are employed by readers in order to
get the desired information from text.
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4. These skills include:
Skimming-running the eyes over quickly, to get
the gist
Scanning-looking for a particular piece of
information
Extensive reading-longer texts for pleasure and
needing global understanding
Intensive reading-shorter texts, extracting
specific information, accurate reading for detail.
(http://www.learningtolearn.group.shef.ac.uk/read/read_difkind_task.
html)
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5. What is Skimming?
Do you belong to a village?
Or
Do you have some experience of rural life?
Generally speaking skimming refers to removing
the thickest layer of milk to cut off its fats.
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6. Skimming as a Reading Skill
In academics, skimming is a
reading (sub-)skill in which a
reader quickly goes through a
text in order to get the gist
and general idea or
information.
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7. Some Definitions of Skimming
When we read quickly without pausing to study
the details, it is called skim readingor
skimming.
(Konar, 2009: p.154)
Skimming is reading the text quickly in order to
assess its nature and content.
(Kumar, 2009: p.1)
When we skim an article, we quickly look over it
to identify the main ideas and some of the
details.
(Rief and Heimburge, 2007: p.72)
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8. Cont… Some Definitions of
Skimming
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While skimming, “you pick out only key words in
every sentence”.
(Kui, 2008: p.200)
Skimming is a pre-reading technique and should be
done very fast; if it takes more than a few minutes
you’re not skimming, you’re reading.
(Glasman-Deal, 2010: p.13)

9. Skimming in Everyday Life
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When we are looking at a newspaper, we are
actually skimming. We do not read every
word-instead we skim it to get a general idea
of what the main articles are about. We might
use the headlines, photographs, and captions
to help us decide if we want to
delve(investigate) further into a particular
article or skip it and search further.
(Riefand Heimburge, 2007: p.72)
Can you think of a few more
instances of the use of skimming in
your daily life?

10. Concluding on the definition of
skimming, I would say:
Your aim when you skim through a
text is to find out quickly what it
is about and where the various
pieces of information are located
so that you can read it faster and
more confidently.
(Glasman-Deal, 2009, p.13)
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Slight:By practically ignoring unimportant,
linking words-words like the, a , for with to, on,
it. etc.
Partial:By picking up the significant relative
details also.
Complete:By being concerned only with the
main idea.

12. Check your comprehension
(1)Skimming is helpful when one needs to
know the ____sense or the ____ideas of a
text.
(2)Skimming is helpful when there are ____
amounts of reading and ____time to review
it in detail.
(3)Skimming is helpful when you want to
know whether you should read a book ____
or in ____detail.
(4)Skimming is helpful when one needs to
check whether a text is ____to one’s
research.
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13. Activity 2
Read the following passages carefully and
answer the questions given at the end.
Time: 30 seconds
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14. Answer these questions:
Why we dream?
Why we sleep?
What are two steps of sleep?
(Tarifa, 2003:p.456)
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15. Activity 3
Skim the text and answer the questions.
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16. Questions to be answered
1: This text is about:
( ) library resources
( ) opening hours
( ) fines and other fees
( ) membership conditions
2: Information is given about borrowing CDs.
( ) false
( ) true
3: Which category of video isn't listed?
( ) educational
( ) exercise
( ) film
( ) travel
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17. 4: A telephone number is provided.
( ) true
( ) false
5: This text tells you where to get more
information about how many items you can
borrow from the library.
( ) Yes, it gives you a phone number where you can
get more information.
( ) Yes, it says that this information is available
online.
( ) Yes, it tells you about the enquiry desk in the
library.
( ) No, this information isn't included.
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18. 6: What types of fictional books are listed?
( ) romantic, horror, science-fiction and adventure
( ) historical novels
( ) sporting adventures
( ) Spanish fiction
7: Members can also borrow CD Roms.
( ) true
( ) false
( ) The text doesn't say.
8: Which month is 'library month'?
( ) November
( ) August
( ) September
( ) April
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19. 9: What is the name of the library?
( ) Frimsborough Town Library
( ) Frimsborough County Library
( ) Frimsborough Village Library
( ) Framborough District Library
10: What type of text is this text?
( ) informative text
( ) descriptive text
( ) persuasive
( ) instructive
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