Skimming

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

SKIMMING

What is skimming?

1. Reading titles and subheadings
2. Look for specific information
3. Reading the first and last sentence of a paragraph
4. Reading intensively

Skimming, what is it?

A reading strategy that helps us find the main idea of a text- fast!

Why skimming?

To read and understand faster!

- Know what kind of reading it is.

    examples: fiction story, news article or a blog. 

- Get the main idea fast, especially for long texts.

- Decide if the text is important or interesting for you to read. 

When do we skim?

- Before we read for details.

- When we have a lot to read but not much time. 

How do we skim?

Only read the important parts!

- Read the title, subtitles and subheadings to find out what the text is about.

- Look at the illustrations to give you more information about the topic.

- Read the first and last sentence of each paragraph.

- Don’t read every word or every sentence. Let your eyes skim over the text and look out for key words.

- Continue to think about the meaning of the text.

What is the main idea?

What is the main idea of the text?