文档介绍：Unit Two

Techniques for Efficient Reading
Lesson 4
Skimming: Reading for Main Ideas
This unit introduces some techniques that can make an
appreciable difference in how well you read and how
much you remember. In fact, these techniques—
prereading, making connections and predictions, and
monitoring prehension—can make an
immediate, significant improvement in your reading
efficiency.
Research reveals that effective reading is not a single-
step process, but plex set of skills involving
activities before, during, and after reading. Here is a
partial list of some of those skills.
Before Reading:
1. determine the subject of the material
2. determine how the material anized
3. define your purpose of reading
4. decide what you need to remember from the
material
During Reading:
1. identify what is important
2. determine how key ideas are supported
3. identify patterns of thought
4. draw connections among ideas
5. anticipate what is e next
6. relate ideas to what you already know
During and After Reading:
1. identify the author’s purpose of writing
2. analyze the writer’s technique and language
3. evaluate the writer’petence or authority
4. ask critical questions
5. evaluate the nat