The document discusses different reading techniques - skimming, scanning, and critical reading. Skimming allows quickly identifying main ideas at a faster pace than normal reading. Scanning is used to look for specific keywords and phrases. Critical reading involves carefully analyzing a text to understand it on a deeper level by examining claims, supporting points, and counterarguments rather than taking the text at face value. The document was created by Pranav Nair, a mechanical engineering student at their college.

1. SKIMMING SCANNING &
CRITICAL READING
NAME-PRANAV NAIR
BRANCH-MECHANICAL
SEM-1
YEAR-2016-17
ENROLLMENT NO. -160210119077

3. SKIMMING
• SKIMMING IS USED TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY THE
MAIN IDEAS OF A TEXT.
• SKIMMING IS DONE AT A SPEED THREE TO FOUR
TIMES FASTER THAN NORMAL READING
• THIS TECHNIQUE IS USEFUL WHEN YOU ARE
SEEKING SPECIFIC INFORMATION RATHER THAN
READING FOR COM PREHENSION.
• SIMMING WORKS WELL TO FIND DATES,NAMES
AND PLACES.IT MIGHT BE USED TO REVIEW
GRAPHS,TABLES,AND CHARTS.

4. SCANNING
• SCANNING IS A TECHNIQUE WE OFTEN USE
WHEN LOOKING UP A WORD IN THE
TELEPHONE BOOK OR DICTIONARY.
• SCANNING IS LOOKING THROUGH A TEXT TO
FIND KEYWORDS AND PHRASES THAT ARE
LIKELY TO INDICATE SPECIFIC INFORMATION
THAT WE ARE SEEKING.

5. CRITICAL READING
• THE TEXT WHICH PEOPLE READ VERY
CAREFULLY TO UNDERSTAND AND STUDY IS
CRITICAL READING
• CRITICAL READING IS A FORM OF LANGUAGE
ANALYSIS THAT DOES NOT TAKE THE GIVEN
TEXT AT FACE VALUE,BUT DOES NOT INVOLVES
A DEEPER EXAMINATION OF THE CLAIMS PUT
FORTH AS WELL AS THE SUPPORTING POINTS
AND POSSIBLE COUNTERARGUMENTS.

6. READING

8. REFERENCES
• GOOGLE IMAGES
• COMMUNICATION BOOK BY SHREYA THAKORE
• Skillsyouneed.com