UFS 211-technique of skimming and scanning and summarizing

Skimming, Scanning and Summarizing

Skimming

Skimming requires you to determine the main idea through attention to signals the writer uses.  Use these techniques when skimming:

• Note titles and subtitles

• Read introduction and conclusion

• Read boldface type and italics

• Look at illustrations, charts, graphs, and figures

Scanning

Scanning requires you to locate specific detail mixed in with many other details.  Use these techniques when scanning:

• Read down the page (rather than across)

• Use a reading aid such as a bookmark to help keep your place if you need it

• Read table of contents and index to locate general information areas

• Read section and common headings to locate specific information areas.

Summarizing

Characteristics of Summaries

What does a summary include?

• The reader’s own words

• All the writer’s important ideas

What isn’t in the summary?

• The reader’s personal ideas or comments

• Specific examples and details

• Unnecessary words

TASK 9- summarize the task given by lecturer

American Families

        The American families now is different from Malaysian families because the husband in America not going to work but their wife is going out to work and the man in American called househusband. This troubling a American families because it’s not easy for they life; the man change all idea and ways because, they are different when work inside and outside house; working outside home usually everything must be hurry and time is important, working inside home the man cannot be hurry all time and make everyone unhappy. The househusband must be smart to show felling about something to children, like when the man angry and need to help or explain carefully to make the children understand easily, this are to avoid any complicated from the family. The househusband must doing the all the housework includes shopping and take cares their children. Unfortunately it was not easy things to learn and that’s way they act like other family. For the conclusion, being a househusband had to change the way he thinks about time, smart to spent time to make everyone happy.

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