2.READING AND WRITING
2.READING AND WRITING 1. a STRATEGIES OF READING: SKIMMING AND SCANNING • Skimming and Scanning are useful skills of reading. • It helps us to read effectively and precisely. • Readers skim through description and focus on the passage which is more relevant to the assignment or a term paper. • The required information will then be read intensively. • skimming gives an overall grasp of the text and to gather the required information Skimming Methods When you are reading using the skimming skills you will mainly use the following • Titles, subtitles or the headlines • Contents • Introduction • Synopsis Chapter beginnings • Paragraph • Bold/Italicised words • Review questions • Conclusion This strategy of skimming will be useful to write a term paper. SCANNING • A reading skill to gather a specific piece of information in a text. • Reader discards a lot o