Meeting 2

EAP
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SKIMMING
TECHNIQUE
Reading Skill-CPMK 2

Desi Antri Astuti, S.Pd., M.Pd.

Civil Engineering-Semester 1
Universitas Muhammadiyah
Surakarta
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01 Understanding the
definition of skimming
technique

TODAY’S 02 The reason why we

skim a text

CLASS 03 The benefit of

skimming.

AGENDA 04 The way to skim a text

05 Practice
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INTRODUCTION
Reading is an activity that cannot be separated in our
daily life. It requires some techniques. In order to be
able to read well, we can learn those techniques. The
purpose of reading is not just only to understand the
text, but sometimes we need to find specific information
in it. Especially in academic reading, it is very common
if we are asked to identify the main idea, understand
vocabulary from context and a writer’s point of view in
the text. There are several ways to read a text, namely:
. skimming, scanning, intensive reading, and extensive
reading. In this unit, we are going to discuss about
skimming technique
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THE MEANING OF SKIMMING

What is skimming?

Skim the text is the first thing you should do when you start to
read a new text. To skim means to 'read quickly' or to 'glance
through' a text. When we skim a text, we do not read the whole
text word for word. It is not important to understand the meaning
of each word when we are skimming. We can use many clues
which are available in the text to give us some background
information. The clues might be pictures or images related to the
topic or an interesting title.
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BENEFIT OF SKIMMING
Why do we need to skim?
The reason is …
We can use the skimming
technique when we want to get
the main ideas in the text. We
skim a text to quickly gather
the most important information
or ‘gist.’
What can we get by skimming?
The benefit of skimming …
Skimming helps us very quickly to
decide:
1. what the text is mainly about (the
topic and the main message)
2. the purpose of the writer
3. the information on the sections or
paragraphs might hold
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THE WAY WE SKIM
A TEXT
Step 1
We can skim the text by
running our eyes over
the text and look out for
key words while thinking
about any clues we have
found about the subject.
Step 2
Read the title, check
headings and subheading
to find out what the text is
about.
Step 3
Look at the illustrations to
give us more information
about the topic.
Step 4
We can read the first and
last sentence of each
paragraph. We do not need
to read every word or every
sentence. Let our eyes skim
over the text and look out
for the key words.
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EXAMPLE OF
SKIMMING ACTIVITIES
What activities do we usually do?

Example of skimming in our daily life are

when we skim a newspaper to quickly get the
general news of the day. If you like reading
magazines, you skim it to quickly discover
which articles you would like to read in more
detail. We often get brochure about something,
so we skim it to quickly get informed.
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EXAMPLE
Skim the text to answer the questions
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DISCUSSION
Answer these questions based on the text before.

1. Is the prospectus aimed at children or parents?

2. Would you use the prospectus to:
a. find directions to the school?
b. find out what time the school opens?
c. find out about school uniform?
3. As well as illness, which issues does the ‘Absence’ section deal with?
4. Does the prospectus give details of the curriculum?
5. You can find out about school clubs from this prospectus. True or false?
6. The prospectus tells parents about the issues of bullying. True or false?
7. Does the prospectus give parents information about school examinations?
8. Does the prospectus tell parents how to purchase second-hand uniform?
9. Does the prospectus tell you about school lunches?
10. The prospectus gives you the telephone number to call if your child is ill. True or
false?
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The quiz is available on Open Learning –

Learning activities – Practice – Skimming
practice.
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THANK YOU
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My references
Lougheed, Lin. 2008. 600 Essential Words for the TOEIC 3rd
Edition. USA: Barron's Educational Series.
Writing Routine Letters, Memos and Emails, p.183 (
https://www.pearsoned.ca/highered/showcase/hanson/pdf/978
0138002688_08.pdf
)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/skillswise/filling-in-a-form/zfvrp
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