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Skimmimg & Scanning

Skimming and scanning are rapid reading techniques used to find specific information. Skimming involves glancing over a text to get the main idea and important details, without focusing on every word. Scanning is used to quickly find a specific fact or detail within a text by ignoring unrelated information. Both techniques require working quickly, such as reading titles, introductions, first sentences of paragraphs, and summaries. Examples of when to skim and scan include newspapers, magazines, brochures, schedules, and online search results.

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Skimmimg & Scanning

Skimming and scanning are rapid reading techniques used to find specific information. Skimming involves glancing over a text to get the main idea and important details, without focusing on every word. Scanning is used to quickly find a specific fact or detail within a text by ignoring unrelated information. Both techniques require working quickly, such as reading titles, introductions, first sentences of paragraphs, and summaries. Examples of when to skim and scan include newspapers, magazines, brochures, schedules, and online search results.

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Skimming and Scanning

Reading Techniques:
Study Skills (BCGE004)
Skimming and scanning are especially valuable when there is
only one item of information that you need to find from a
particular passage.

 Skimming and scanning are very rapid


reading methods in which you glance at
a passage to find specific information.
These reading methods make it easier
for you to grasp large amounts of
material, especially when you're
previewing. They are also useful when
you don't need to know every word.
Skimming is used to quickly gather the most important
information or ‘gist’. It’s not essential to understand each
word when you are skimming.

Run your eyes over the text, noting important information.


Use skimming to quickly get up to speed on a current business
situation.

Akash Thahrani
Examples of Skimming:

 The Newspaper – to quickly get the general


news of the day
 Magazines – to quickly discover which
articles you would like to read in more detail
 Business and Travel Brochures – to quickly
get informed
How to Skim?

Working quickly…

1. Read the title if there is one.


2. Read the introduction or the first paragraph if there is one.
3. Read the first sentence of every other paragraph.
4. Notice any pictures, charts, or graphs.
5. Notice any italicized or boldface words or phrases.
6. Read the summary or last paragraph if there is one.
Skim this paragraph in 30 seconds

 READ FAST :
 -The purpose is to get the author’s main idea at a very fast
speed… don’t get too caught up in details.
 Canada is now home to the fourth largest Jewish
community in the world, less than the United States,
Israel or France, but more than Russia or the United
Kingdom. Most of Canada's Jews live in Ontario and
Quebec, followed by Manitoba, British Columbia and
Alberta. While Toronto is the largest Jewish
population centre, Montreal played this role until
many Jewish Canadians left for Toronto.
Scanning is a reading technique to be used when you want
to find specific information quickly. In scanning you have a
question in your mind and you read a passage only to find
the answer, ignoring unrelated information.

Examples of Scanning:

 A google search list on the internet.


 A bus / airplane schedule
 A conference guide
 A chart
How to scan
1- State the specific information you are looking for.

2- Try to anticipate how the answer will appear and what


clues you might use to help you locate the answer. For
example, if you were looking for a certain date, you
would quickly read the paragraph looking only for
numbers.

3- Use headings and any other aids that will help you
identify which sections might contain the information you
are looking for.

4- Selectively read and skip through sections of the


passage.

Akash Thahrani
Scanning Practice
Look for the following information without
reading the entire text:

1. Where is the Global Wildlife Centre located?


2. What is the main goal of the Global Wildlife
Centre?
3. What new animal was recently born at the
centre?
4. What mode of transportation is
recommended at the centre?
Conclusion
 Skimming and scanning is used when reading all
types of documents.
 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 or anticipate the details we are going to
read about.
 We scan for specific information.
 We work quickly when we skim and scan.
References:
 Macceca, S. (2007). Reading Strategies for Science. Huntington Beach, USA: Shell
Education.

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