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Scanning and Skimming | Things About Speed Reading Nobody Tells You

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  1. greetings everyone and welcome back to the channel in today's video i'd like to talk about what some would consider the bread and butter of speed reading
  2. meaning the skimming and scanning techniques what are they useful for what are they not useful for as well as i like to take
  3. the opportunity to clean some misconceptions around them so with that being said let's get into it let's talk about skimming first this is
  4. usually referred to as going through the first sentence maybe the last sentence of a paragraph as well while the rest of it you cover
  5. in a non-uniform or non-linear way maybe just diagonal this is a neat way of exploring and understanding the main idea of a paragraph which may be
  6. contained in the first sentence and then the last sentence may contain a summary of sorts which may be also useful and gliding through or
  7. skimming the rest of the content may help you pick up an additional important pieces so this helps you determine whether or not this is worth your time
  8. it's in line with your study goals or you can skip this paragraph entirely or if it's worth your time you'll know so you investigate it with greater
  9. intent and in detail maybe now maybe later so this is skimming and then we have scanning as in identifying all the major points
  10. ideas in the text meaning titles subtitles maybe words that are involved italic quotes all the major things this is again cool because it helps you get a
  11. general idea of the text what is on focus what is explored and also provides you with points to create active recall
  12. materials meaning flash cards questions and answers so you test yourself it's a great way of identifying everything
  13. important and organizing structuring your learning sessions in accordance to the material okay so this is scanning and how it's useful and then we talked
  14. about skimming and how that's useful as well and i'll have these both summarized in the end of the video again for you what i'd like to talk about right now
  15. are the misconceptions most common ones related to these two which may result in misuse which may result in you not getting the
  16. results that you're expecting all right so let's talk about skimming first again here's the thing reading the first and last sentence of a
  17. paragraph in a normal speech 200 to 400 words per minute and then thinking whether or not you should read the rest of it
  18. does not mean that you read the paragraph 1000 words per minute it means that you read the first and the last sentence of the paragraph
  19. normal speed and the rest of it was a different cognitive process it was a decision-making thing it's thinking what
  20. you understood it's thinking whether or not you want to understand more and if yes what exactly are you going back for and
  21. read with greater intent none of this is related to reading speed the same thing is with scanning now recognizing titles all the keywords
  22. this gives you information about what's on focus in the text all the main ideas this is useful no doubt but gliding your gaze
  23. through the text and identifying words that are bolded italic maybe in caps doesn't mean that you're reading at a speed of 5 or 10 or 15 000 words per
  24. minute it does mean that you're good at noticing things that may be worth exploring later on
  25. but unless you're an expert in the field of the given text there's no way by scanning to gain a deep understanding of all the concepts
  26. mentioned in the text again unless you're an expert but if that's the case then reading this one text maybe is not the best use of your
  27. time in the first place best case scenario even if you're educated in a given field you should know that different authors use
  28. different words and differing expressions to signify different things philosophers are an amazing example of that they would have these
  29. endless descriptions of why did they choose to use particular words in a given context and what do they mean exactly by it and in the end of a
  30. chapter they would have a synthesis of these words and present you with a sentence so they convey exactly what they mean and even
  31. if you're able to locate all these words one by one and then read the synthesis in the end this doesn't mean that you understood the
  32. chapter at least not yet but it doesn't mean that you have the knowledge now to organize what you found and start
  33. understanding the text so to wrap things up skimming and scanning are great for gaining knowledge on how information and
  34. text is organized gaining basic understanding of key concepts and topics discussed in a text evaluating what is relevant
  35. or irrelevant to your studies so you go back and investigate what is important or completely skip that which isn't and great to use for generating active
  36. recall content flash cards questions and answers mind maps having said that they're not the tools for deep dive comprehension and understanding of
  37. a text and they do not allow you to read with thousands and thousands words per minute bottom line is this
  38. skimming and scanning are an amazing addition to careful intensive reading not a substitute and if anyone tells you otherwise
  39. that's not cool and you should point them to this video at any rate at this point i thank you sincerely for watching keep it bright and i'll see you all next
  40. time [Music]

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