Skimming involves reading quickly through a text to get an overall idea of its contents. Features of the text that can help you include the following:
Title
Sub-title
Details about the author
Abstract
Introductory paragraph
First, second and last sentences of following paragraphs
Concluding paragraph
A text may not contain all of these features - there may be no abstract, for example, and no sub-titles - but you can usually expect to find at least , , and . Focusing on these will give you an understanding of the overall idea or gist of the text you are reading - in other words, a general understanding as opposed to a detailed reading.
Another term for this kind of reading is surveying. Surveying can be described as looking quickly through a book, chapter of a book, article from a journal, etc., to decide whether or not it is suitable for your purpose. To decide whether or not a text is suitable, especially if it is a book, you will also need to focus on the following features in addition to those mentioned above:
Edition and date of publication
Table of contents
Foreword
Introduction
Index
3 Scanning
When you scan a text, again you look quickly through it. However, unlike skimming, scanning involves looking for specific words, scanning involves rapid reading for the specific rather than the general; for particular details rather than the overall idea.
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