中国大学MOOC: When skimming a news story, we read only the lead to get the main idea.
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- Scanning is to read quickly to get the gist (the main idea). While, skimming is to read to locate specific information.
- 中国大学MOOC: Skimming is used to get the main idea of the text and scanning is for specific information only.
- Determining the main idea. The main idea of the story is that_____.
- Skimming means reading quickly to get the main idea of the text.
- 中国大学MOOC: Theme is the general idea of a story, and the setting can reinforce this idea.