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

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

11. Not
stopping
First and
Last
paragraph
Topic
sentences
Read fast
Gettin
g The
Gist

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