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Skimming and Scanning
- 1. PMAS Arid Agriculture University RWP. Group Members Zain-ul-Abideen 15-Arid-3589 Sheheryar Khalid 15-Arid-3584
- 4. Reading Techniques O Skimming O Scanning
- 6. Skimming What is Skimming? “To read quickly to get the general idea of a passage”
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- 8. 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.
- 9. When to skim O Amount to read is very large O Less time O Already know the material
- 12. Advantages O Save Time O Main Idea O General Overview O Get More interested O 1000 words a minute
- 13. Disadvantages O Not Enough to pass the exams O Do not tell all details O Go back, read the entire passage, understand
- 15. SCANNING Search for specific information ( key words ) Particular Name Telephone Number Date The Cosine “32°” Program Number
- 16. 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
- 18. While scanning look at O Table of contents O Title page O Index O Clue
- 19. 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.
- 20. Conclusion O Skimming and scanning is used when reading all types of documents. O 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.
- 21. Conclusion (cont…) O We scan for specific information O We work quickly when we skim and scan.
- 22. Thank You