reading text quickly to get a general idea of what it’s about
Skimming is the first step performed before even looking at any question It should take around 2~3 minutes
Time is Limited
- Read the first and last paragraph quickly
- Generally in Academic the first paragraph is the introduction and the last is the conclution
- Read the first and last sentence of each paragraph quickly
- Skip any vocabulary you can’t understand
GOAL
The goal is to get a general idea of al long part of text