SKIMMING AND

SCANNING PRESENTATION

SPEAKER 1 : SYUKUR JAYA MENDROFA /

201501072
SPEAKER 2 : KELVIN JAY SAPUTRA / 201501016
 IS G ?
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S Skimming
is a reading technique to get the main
idea of a text.

Skimming is useful for three different situations :

1. Before reading of a text , so we can get a general
description of a text.
2. Reviewing of a text, we also can review the text that we
have read.
3. While reading the text, to get the main idea of a text
quickly and efficiently.
 1. Read the title,
subtitles and
subheadings to find
out what the text is
about

4. Don't read every HOW TO 2. Dont stop at words

word or every SKIM? that you dont
sentence understand.

3. Read the first and

last sentence of each
paragraph
 IS G?
AT IN
H N
W AN Scanning is a fast reading technique to get the
SC specific details of a text.

1. Search for
key words

HOW TO
DO IT?
2. Look all
3. Less reading
around the text
and more
to find specific
searching
key words
The Different of Skimming and
Scanning
Skimming is used to get the main idea of a
text by fast reading.
For example, to get the main topic in the
newspaper quickly, to quickly discover which
articles you would like to read in more details
and to quickly get informed.

Scanning is used to get the specific details of

a text.
For example, to search the meaning of
specific words in dictionary, to search the
bus/airplane schedule.
 Sometimes you can use both reading
methods. After you have skimmed a
piece of text to decide whether the text
is of interest, you may wish to use
scanning techniques to locate specific
information.
 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.
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH