Skimming, Scanning and Main Ideas

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Skimming is...

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going rapidly through the text to get the main ideas

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Scanning is ...

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finding specific information in a text

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SCANNING: Quickly reading to find specific information.

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Quickly reading over a text to find some specific information which is focused upon.

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SKIMMING: Quickly reading a text for the general gist.

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Quickly reading over a text to get the general gist.

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Google search list example:

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Scanning

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Looking up a word's meaning in a Dictionary is an example of...

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Scanning

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Key words related to the topic

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Looking through a magazine to check articles is an example of...

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Skimming

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Scrolling through Instagram to see what's popular is an example of...

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Skimming

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Opening and closing of a text indicates...

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