Skimming and

scanning
The purpose of this presentation’s to give information about
skimming and scanning method.
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WHAT’S Scanning
& Skimming ?
 Skimming and
scanning
• Skimming and scanning are two different strategy to help us get information
fast
• They are use for different purpose and are not meant to be used all the time.
• They read according to their purpose and get information without wasting time
• They don’t read everything .the skill help in knowing what specific information
that we want to get.

Skimming
• Skimming is a speed
reading techniques to help us get
the main idea or gist of the text.
* Skimming requires the
ability to read and recognize good
words because the skimming process
requires understanding .
* Skimming takes place
while reading and allows you to look
for details in addition to the main
ideas.
Scanning and skimming
Scanning
• Scanning is a technic to look only for a
specific fact or piece of information
without reading everything..
• scanning to be successful, you need to
understand how your material is
designed as well and find the keywords
also organizational cues.
• Scanning also allows you to find details
and other information in a hurry.
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When we need to
use skimming and
scanning
 Skimming

It help me a lot We Use it

We use skimming technic to
This overview our textbook chapters or
to review for a test a. Use skimming
techniqu’s
to decide if you need to read
very good something at all, example
When you read a paper or journal
Skimming can tell you enough about
the general idea and tone of the
material
 Scanning

We use it

It realy We use it when we want to know

helpful something in hurry and find specific
pieces of information . Example
Look for your favorite show listed in the
cable guide, for your friend’s phone
number in a telephone book, and for the
sports scores in the newspaper and
sometimes we do scanning without we
know it .
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How to do
skimming and
scanning
 How to skimming!

To do skimming effectively you need to do it in a

structured way
How we
did it
1.First read the first paragraph carefully and find
the main ideas that will be discussed in the article.
2. When you understand the main idea, you can
start reading the first sentence in each paragraph.
3. You can stop skimming because the conclusions
are usually at the end of the article. You can start
reading the final paragraph in more detail to be
able to understand the whole text.
 how to do Scanning

3. Read rapidly down the page

1. Know what you're looking for. until you find the word or phrase
Decide on a few key words or you want.
phrases

4. When your eye catches one of

2.Look for only one keyword at a
your keywords, read the
time. If you use multiple
surrounding material carefully.
keywords, do multiple scans.
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conclusion!
 REVIEW OF skimming and scanning

Skimming and scanning are reading techniques that use rapid eye
movement and keywords to move quickly through text for slightly
different purposes. Skimming is reading rapidly in order to get a
general overview of the material. Scanning is reading rapidly in
order to find specific facts
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