Sometimes you don’t have time to do everything. In these cases, skimming helps you understand the overall points of the text and its relevance to your course without bogging you down.
There may also be times when your professor wants you to understand the big picture, not all of the little details. You’ll become better at determining what parts of the text are most important.
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Knowing when and how to skim will help you become a more efficient, strategic reader. Even if you’re going to do a more detailed reading of the text, skimming as a form of previewing can help you better comprehend what you read. You need the “big picture” or main points when you’re reading. Skimming is extracting the essence of the author’s main messages rather than the finer points. Instead of closely reading every word, focus on the introduction, chapter summaries, first and last sentences of paragraphs, bold words, and text features.
When skimming, deliberately skip text that provides details, stories, data, or other elaboration. Skimming is a strategic, selective reading method in which you focus on the main ideas of a text. Do you ever feel like you spend way too much time reading? Do you have trouble determining which parts of a text are the most important? Do you wish you could collect information from books in a quicker and more efficient way? If so, consider skimming the next time you sit down to read a text.
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