Active readers make use of different reading
strategies to help them save time and cover a lot of
ground. Their purpose for reading should determine
which strategy or strategies to use.
Avery useful strategy involves running our eyes very
quickly over large chunks of a text. It allows us to pick
up some of the main ideas of the text without paying
attention to detail. It is a fast process. We do not
actually read the text in total. We may read a few
words of each paragraph, perhaps the first and last
sentences, in order to get the main ideas of the text.
The above definition refers to the following reading
strategy: