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    Reading Comprehension Strategy: Skimming and Scanning

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    Skimming and scanning are rapid reading strategies used to find specific information quickly in large texts when reading every word is unnecessary. Skimming involves reading the entire text at a glance to understand the overall meaning and main ideas, noting headings, pictures and charts but not carefully reading every word. Scanning involves having a specific question in mind and rapidly reading a text to find particular information, words or ideas related to the question. Both strategies allow locating needed information faster than a thorough reading but provide less overall comprehension. They work best for informational texts when seeking particular information under time constraints.

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    Skimming and scanning are rapid reading strategies used to find specific information quickly in large texts when reading every word is unnecessary. Skimming involves reading the entire text at a glance to understand the overall meaning and main ideas, noting headings, pictures and charts but not carefully reading every word. Scanning involves having a specific question in mind and rapidly reading a text to find particular information, words or ideas related to the question. Both strategies allow locating needed information faster than a thorough reading but provide less overall comprehension. They work best for informational texts when seeking particular information under time constraints.

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    Skimming and scanning are rapid reading strategies used to find specific information quickly in large texts when reading every word is unnecessary. Skimming involves reading the entire text at a glance to understand the overall meaning and main ideas, noting headings, pictures and charts but not carefully reading every word. Scanning involves having a specific question in mind and rapidly reading a text to find particular information, words or ideas related to the question. Both strategies allow locating needed information faster than a thorough reading but provide less overall comprehension. They work best for informational texts when seeking particular information under time constraints.

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    Reading Comprehension Strategy: Skimming and Scanning

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    Skimming and scanning are rapid reading strategies used to find specific information quickly in large texts when reading every word is unnecessary. Skimming involves reading the entire text at a glance to understand the overall meaning and main ideas, noting headings, pictures and charts but not carefully reading every word. Scanning involves having a specific question in mind and rapidly reading a text to find particular information, words or ideas related to the question. Both strategies allow locating needed information faster than a thorough reading but provide less overall comprehension. They work best for informational texts when seeking particular information under time constraints.

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    Skimming and Scanning

    Reading Comprehension Strategy

    Skimming and Scanning are rapid reading strategies that can be used to glance at a text looking for particular information,
    particularly in large bodies of information when it is unnecessary to retain all of it.

    Skimming is used to get the most important information or the gist of a text. When skimming, we read the entire text and take
    note of different components such as headings, pictures and charts. However, it is not essential to understand every word to
    understand the overall meaning of a text. We use skimming strategies when quickly skim-reading newspapers, magazines and
    webpages.

    Scanning is another reading technique where you want to find information quickly. However, scanning involves having a
    particular question in mind. Therefore, you ‘scan’ a text looking for particular information, words or ideas and disregarding
    unrelated information. Examples include reading a bus timetable or reading the results of an internet search.

    Suggested Learning Outcomes Possible Key Skills


    • Being literate
    R2: Read for a variety of purposes: learning, pleasure,
    • Managing information and thinking
    research, comparison.

    R3: Use a wide range of reading comprehension


    strategies appropriate to texts, including digital texts: to
    retrieve information;… follow a process or argument,
    summarise, link main ideas;…

    Instructions

    It is important to highlight the fact that skimming and scanning are not always appropriate strategies to use when reading
    texts but they are useful to use when seeking out particular information from a text or when reading material under time
    constraints. Skimming and Scanning are not substitutes for a thorough reading and are most suitable for locating
    information quickly. Overall comprehension will be lower than if a text is read in detail. These strategies are usually most
    suitable for informational or non-fiction texts.

    When to use Skimming: to quickly locate relevant sections from a large quantity of written material. Skimming is especially
    useful when there are few headings or graphic elements to gain an overview of a text.

    When to use Scanning: to quickly locate specific information from a large quantity of written material.

    Skimming involves reading quickly to get the main idea of a text.


    There are many cues or indicators to watch out for when skimming a text.
    • note any bold print, tables, charts or images
    • start at the beginning of the text and skim your eyes over the text very quickly
    • you might read a few words of every paragraph, perhaps the first and last sentences. Reading topic sentences
    (usually the first sentence of a paragraph) can be an effective way of understanding the main idea of a paragraph
    • the aim is to get an overview of the key words and points in a text without all the details.

    Scanning involves scanning your eyes over part of a text to find specific pieces of information.
    • after gaining an overview and skimming, identify the section(s) of the text that you probably need to read.
    • start scanning the text by allowing your eyes (or finger) to move quickly over a page.
    • as soon as your eye catches an important word or phrase that you were searching for, stop reading
    • you then slow down to read the relevant section more thoroughly.

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