People who know how to                 What is 
                                             skim and scan are                      Scanning?
                                             flexible readers. They 
                                             read according to their                Scanning is another 
                                             purpose and get the                    useful tool for speeding 
                                             information they need                  up your reading. Unlike 
                                             quickly without wasting                skimming, 
                                                                                    when scanning, you 
                                             time. They do not read                 look only for a specific 
                                             everything which is                    fact or piece of 
       What is                               what increases their                   information without 
       Skimming?                                                                    reading everything. You 
                                             reading speed. Their                   scan when you look for 
       Skimming is one of the                skill lies in knowing                  your favorite show 
       tools you can use to read             what specific                          listed in the cable 
       more in less                                                                 guide, for your friend’s 
       time.Skimming refers                  information to read and                phone number in a 
       to looking only for the               which method to use.                   telephone book, and for 
       general or main ideas,                                                       the sports scores in the 
       and works best with                                                          newspaper. For 
       non-fiction (or factual)                                                     scanning to be 
       material. With                                                               successful, you need to 
       skimming, your overall                                                       understand how your 
       understanding is                                                             material is structured 
       reduced because you                                                          as well as comprehend 
       don’t read everything.                                                       what you read so you 
       You read only what is                                                        can locate the specific 
       important to your                                                            information you need. 
       purpose. Skimming                                                            Scanning also allows 
       takes place while                 Bibliography:                              you to find details and 
                                         Reading and studies skill lab. (2010).     other information in a 
       reading and allows you            Skimming and Scanning. 11-11-16, de SOS 
       to look for details in            Sitio web:                                 hurry.
       addition to the main              https://www.aacc.edu/tutoring/file/skimmin
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