Scanning: By: Nur Syafiqah Binti Adam

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SCANNING

By : NUR SYAFIQAH BINTI ADAM

What is meant by scanning?

Scanning is a fast reading technique. It's a way of reading to look for specific information in a text.

HOW TO SCAN

* State the specific information you are looking for.


* Try to anticipate how the answer will appear and what clues you might use to help you locate the answer. For example, if you were looking for a certain date, you would quickly read the paragraph looking only for numbers.

* Use headings and any other aids that will help you identify which sections might contain the information you are looking for.

* Selectively read and skip through sections of the passage.


* In a dictionary or phone book, use the 'header' words to help you scan. You can find these in bold type at the top of each page.

* If you are reading for study, start by thinking up or writing down some questions that you want to answer. Doing this can focus your mind and help you find the facts or information that you need more easily.

Example of scanning
The Newspaper to quickly get the general news of the day Magazines to quickly discover which articles you would like to read in more detail Business and Travel Brochures to quickly get informed

How is 'skimming' different to 'scanning'?


The term skimming is often confused with scanning. Remember: Skimming is used to obtain the gist (the overall sense) of a piece of text. Example : Use skimming to get the gist of a page of a textbook to decide whether it is useful and should therefore be read more slowly and in more detail.

Scanning is used to obtain specific information from a piece of text. Example : Use scanning to find a particular number in a telephone directory.

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