Skimming

When is skimming useful?

• You want to know everything about a text.

• You want to look for details.

• You want to get the general idea of a text

What don't you do when you skim a text?

• Read the title.

• Read every detail.

• Look at the pictures.

• Read the first and the last paragraph.

When skimming a text, you ...

• want to read as much as possible in a short time.

• want to find out what a text is about.

• read slowly and carefully.

• only read the first paragraph of a text.

Which of the rules is a skimming rule?

• Read everything in the correct order.

• Don't look at the pictures.

• Start reading in the middle of the text.

• Look at the title.

What is the last step of skimming?

• You let your eyes "fly" over the text

• You read the title.

• You look at the pictures.

• You read the whole text.