Which way of reading is used to find a particular piece of information in a text ?

Reading sub-skill refers to the well-planned reading approach which helps the learners to comprehend and perceive the meaning of the text effectively. There are different kinds of reading sub-skills and 'scanning' is one of them.

Key Points 

Scanning:

• It involves quickly glancing through the text to find out a particular or specific piece of information. It is used when looking into a dictionary, invoices, catalogs, etc.
• It involves going through a text in search of a specific piece of information; such as searching for a specific name, date, word, phrase, figures, or percentage.
• For example, going through an advertisement in the newspaper to look for a job vacancy. It is a reader-driven process and the text is processed at the surface level rather than at the deep structure level.

Hence, it could be concluded that Scanning is used to find a particular piece of information in a text.

Additional Information

• Skimming is one of the reading techniques which focuses on reading rapidly to get the gist of the text. It looks at the keywords of the text for a general overview. It ignores or skips unnecessary information to get the main idea.