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Skimming and Scanning

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  • 1. Multiple Choice
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    What is 'skimming' ?

    Taking the time to understand the whole text in depth

    Reading rapidly in order to get a general overview

    Quickly reading over a text to find a specific piece of information which is focused upon

  • 2. Multiple Choice
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    What sort of reading do you use to find a word in a dictionary ?

    Skimming

    Careful reading

    Scanning

  • 3. Multiple Choice
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    If you skim a newspaper what are you doing?

    Reading the front page

    Seeing what's in the paper

    Reading a story

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