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Orpheus Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

Skimming and scanning

in connection with reading skills, what is the difference between skimming a text and scanning a text?
  

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Skim: read superficially and skippingly. scan: examine closely.

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Skim: read superficially and skippingly.
scan: examine closely.
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Maj, what do you mean by reading superficially and skippingly??
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Maybe what i mean is that you are looking for specific words, information. You aren't interested in reading the whole text. That's why you might want to make jumps over irrelevant information.
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Also, I would like to add. Skimming is when you just want to get a quick (rough) overview of the text without worrying about the details. On the other hand, scanning is when you examine the text quickly, but closely and methodically.
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assalamoalaikum

plz gave me the difference of skimming scanning if any one want to help me.bye
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Hi,

You don't like the explanation that people gave earlier in this thread?

Best wishes, Clive
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