Reading Strategies (Scanning, Skimming, Close Reading)

What is scanning?

• Quickly reading over a text to get the general gist.

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

• Taking the time to understand the whole text in depth.

What is skimming?

• Quickly reading over a text to get the general gist.

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

• Taking the time to understand the whole text in depth.

What is close reading?

• Quickly reading over a text to get the general gist.

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

• Taking the time to understand the whole text in depth.

Maria looks for her friend’s number in her phonebook. What reading style does she use?

• Scanning

• Skimming

• Close Reading

Tonio picks a poem “To the Filipino Youth” by Jose Rizal for him to interpret. He translates every difficult word, thinks about the meaning of it, and relate with the poem and its author. What is his reading style?

• Scanning

• Skimming

• Close Reading

Elena and Liza are both sports lovers. So, they keep on waiting for the results of their favorite volleyball team game on the newspaper’s sports page. They only look for the score of the winning team. Which reading style do they apply?

• Scanning

• Skimming

• Close Reading

Manang Nena reads just the title and the leading sentence in the first paragraph of the text. She gets already the point of the author. What reading strategy does she use?

• Scanning

• Skimming

• Close Reading

How much load would the Smart, Globe, Sun, and TNT subscribers buy to get 5% discount?

• 100

• 150

• 200

• 250 and above

In what TV program can you watch the SHAKE & WIN?

• Shopee

• Eat Bulaga

• Wowowin

• Showtime

The speaker is describing the ______________.

• clouds

• sea

• summer

• tree