Skimming and scanning

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skimming Failure to teach skimming and scanning skills is postulated as the reason many reading programs fail to produce flexible- readers Evidence is presented that

skimming Price skimming is a strategy where a company will list a product as high as possible, gradually lowering the price until it meets a market average  Skimming is a form of reading in which the reader reads the text fast in order to get the subject without paying particular attention to unnecessary detail