Answer: a. Hit something. In conclusion, the scanning technique means reading quickly to find the specific
information you need from the text. It can be done by moving your eyes down the text by zigzag of sweeping motion.
2.7 The Advantages and Disadvantages of Skimming and Scanning Techniques
In this research, the advantages and the disadvantages of skimming and scanning techniques are based on Malcolm 2008 and Beale
’s 2007 theories. They are explained respectively as follows:
2.7.1 Skimming Technique
- The Advantages of Skimming Technique.
1. It can help the students to locate the general information they need
quickly. In skimming a text, the students do not need to read all the words in the passage, so they will get the information quickly because they can
skip unimportant words in the text. 2.
It helps the students to use their time effectively. It can be done because by doing the skimming technique, the students are able to find the
information they need very quickly, thus they can minimize their use of time.
3. It can work well to help the students review the materials they have read.
In this point, the students will be able to recall the important parts of the text they read.
- The Disadvantages of Skimming Technique
1. By doing skimming technique, the students only get the general idea from
the text they read. It makes them miss the detail information from the text that can cause confusion and misleading impression from the students.
2. The skimming technique is far less effective in making sense of complex
discussion and detail arguments. It can occur because by applying the skimming technique, the students cannot get all the information. Because
of the limited information they get, they are not able to produce detail arguments and do complex discussion from the text they read.
2.7.2 Scanning Technique
- The Advantages of Scanning Technique
1. It can make the students easier in gaining the specific information from the
text which may be scattered in the text they read. This point means that by doing the scanning technique, the students will be able to gain the specific
information they need from the text easily because they have known and focused on the key words of the information they need.
2. It can help the students to use their time effectively. The same as
skimming, in scanning a text, the students do not need to read all the words stated in the text. Thus, they will not waste their time in reading all
the text. 3.
It makes the students read purposively and help them to avoid distracters in the text they read.
- The Disadvantages of Scanning Technique
1. Scanning can become a monotonous activity and it is not appropriate for
long periods of studying. In doing the scanning technique, it is very easy for the students to lose their concentration.
2. In doing scanning, it can cause misunderstanding in comprehending the
content of the text. It cannot be denied that it is very important to read all the text as a whole in order to get the right comprehension of the text.
Misinterpretation of the content of the text is very possible to happen in doing scanning.
2.8 The Practice of Teaching Reading Comprehension at SMP N 1 Silo,
