Reading skills is a set of techniques which are used to
make the process of reading more effective, and more
streamline. these are 1. Skimming 2. Scanning 3. Speed reading 4. Active reading 5. Detailed reading Skimming is a reading skill in which we give a glance to the text for the purpose of genuinely understanding the idea Scanning the purpose of scanning is to look for specific words, ideas and facts. In scanning we do not look for the general idea of the text but specific key words . It helps the reader to find and comprehend the idea.