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READING PASSAGE

USING SKIMMING TECHNIQUE

Chapter 1

Introduction

1.1 Background of study:

We use skimming when you’re trying to decide if a book in a library or bookshop is right for you. In this careful reading, you may find it helpful to skim first to get a general idea but then go back to read in detail. Use a dictionary to make sure you understand all the words used. With skimming, you can master the contents of the book is generally well within a short time to prepare for more demanding reading of concentration for a book with a thickness of 100 pages, you may need to do skimming about 5-7 minutes. And 5 minutes spent was going to be very helpful in understanding the overall context of the reading material.

1.2 The formulation of problems:

1.      What is skimming?

2.      What is the purpose of skimming?

3.      What is the function of skimming?

4.      How to do skimming?

1.3 The purpose of writing:

We write this to fill the reading duty completely.

CHAPTER 2

Understanding Skimming Technique

2.1 Definition of skimming

Skimming is the most rudimentary type of reading. Its object is to familiarize you as quickly as possible with the material to be read. You may use it for entire books or for shorter sections. You leaf through the material looking at titles, subheadings, illustrations, maps, and charts. You are trying to become familiar with the subject matter. Remember, both speed and comprehension depends on familiarity. The more comfortable you are with the manner in which the material is presented, the faster you will move through it and the more you will retain. Two to three minutes is ample time for a chapter, ten to fifteen minutes for a book.

Skimming may also be used to search out certain short passages you have lost. Your eye should race over the pages looking for clues which will help you narrow down the probable location. Though you feel completely lost, the act of skimming will refresh your memory and lead you to the passage. Trust your memory. If it says upper left-hand corner, look there first. With practice you can develop a memory which will allow you to recall the exact location on a page of a piece of information. After that, patient speed will do the rest. Skimming before you start is valuable for any type of reading, even pleasure reading, except perhaps for mysteries.

Skimming is used to quickly identify the main ideas of a text. When you read the newspaper, you're probably not reading it word-by-word, instead you're scanning the text. Skimming is done at a speed three to four times faster than normal reading. People often skim when they have lots of material to read in a limited amount of time. Use skimming when you want to see if an article may be of interest in your research.

There are many strategies that can be used when skimming. Some people read the first and last paragraphs using headings, summarizes and other organizers as they move down the page or screen. You might read the title, subtitles, subheading, and illustrations. Consider reading the first sentence of each paragraph. This technique is useful when you're seeking specific information rather than reading for comprehension. Skimming works well to find dates, names, and places. It might be used to review graphs, tables, and charts.

2.2 Purpose to skimming

Many have interpreted as a mere skimming raking leaves, whereas the true sense is a set of reading skills systematically to obtain efficient results, for various purposes, such as the following:

1. To recognize the reading topic. If you go to a bookstore or library and would like to know what the discussion in the book you choose it, you do skimming a few minutes (or browsing). Skimming to see the material to be read, just to know the material, also made people to vote for articles in magazines and newspapers (clippings).

2. To know people's opinions (opinions). Here, you already know the topics covered, you need the author's opinion on the matter. For example, writing a newspaper editorial; you may simply read the first paragraph or the end of which usually contains the conclusions made by the author (editor).

3. To get the important part that we need without having read the whole thing. You need to look at those materials to choose a good idea, but not read in full.

2.3 Function of skimming

Skimming is also usefull a reading proces. As for some the reasons, why skimming can be done without having to worry too much loss of meaning is:

a. Most words have only a few key word into the structure forming.

b. The reading materials is thick enough, not all parts have the same difficulty level.

c. There are certain word  that are very important an instrumental in shaping the structure of the sentece subject and predicate.

Chapter 3

Closing

3.1 Conclusion

1.      Skimming means looking for general and main ideas,in important point in reading quickly.

o   The purpose of skimming:

o   To recognized the reading topics.

o   To know people’s opinions.

o   To get the important part that we need without having treat the whole thing.

o   To find out the organization of writing, the order of the main idea and how it all arranged in the unity of mind and look for links turf reading it.

o   For refresher ever read, for example for preparing for exams or before delivering a lecture.

2.      The function of skimming:skimming is also useful in many other reading processes.

3.      There are 5 steps to do skimming.

                                                                                         

Reference

All pages Copyright © 1998 Hunter College Reading/Writing Center.

http://www.flinders.edu.au/SLC.     

Mikulecky,Beatrice.1996.More Reading Power.United States ofAmerica:Longman.

Writing User-Friendly Documents (U.S. National Performance Review).