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Skimmi NG

The document discusses the reading strategy of skimming. It defines skimming as a high-speed reading to obtain general information about a document. This is different from scanning, which is done at an even higher speed to find specific details. The document provides guidelines for effective skimming and examples of exercises to practice skimming different types of texts like articles and passages.

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Skimmi NG

The document discusses the reading strategy of skimming. It defines skimming as a high-speed reading to obtain general information about a document. This is different from scanning, which is done at an even higher speed to find specific details. The document provides guidelines for effective skimming and examples of exercises to practice skimming different types of texts like articles and passages.

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Skimmi

ng
English - MKU
Reading Strategies & Comprehension
Skills
 Scanning
 Previewing and Predicting
 Skimming
 Topics
 Main Ideas
 Patterns of Organisation
 Inferences
Skimming
Unit 8,
Page 132 in the book
What is s
kimming
A high-sp ?
Skimmin eed readin
g
Why?
g To get ge
neral info
rmation
When?
Before an
swering th
e questio
ns
Guidelines
for
Effective
Skimming
The
Differences Scanning Skimming
of Scanning
& Skimming Definiti A very high speed
reading
A high speed reading

on
Aim To get the specific To get the general
details/information information

Objects - List - Article


- Table - Passage
- Advertisement - Book
Let’s try to do
Skimming!
Sikola
 Exercise 1
We e k 3 More Reading Power by Beatrice S. Mikulecky& Linda Jeffries
Unit 8, Exercise 2, pp.134-135
Skimming  Exercise 2
More Reading Power by Beatrice S. Mikulecky& Linda Jeffries
Unit 8, Exercise 3, pp.136-137

 Exercise 3
More Reading Power by Beatrice S. Mikulecky& Linda Jeffries
Unit 8, Exercise 4, pp.137-138

 Test 1
More Reading Power by Beatrice S. Mikulecky& Linda Jeffries
Unit 8, Exercise 5, Part A, p.139
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