Advantages and Disadvantages of Skimming Technique

Reading  through  scanning  technique  has  some  advantages  and  disadvantages.  It
can be explained as follows:
Advantages of skimming Technique
  It  will  make  students  aware  of  the  benefits  of  the  information  available  in
reading materials both authentic and inauthentic because this technique also
prepares the students to be independent reader.
  It will make students aware of reading strategy  is used to find the stated and
unstated information in certain text as this technique does not only focus on
asking the students to do reading test but also focus on equipping the students
with the technique used in different texts.
Disadvantages of skimming technique
  It  will  take  time  if  the  teacher  does  not  allocate  the  time  appropriately.
Moreover, if the students have many problems in reading and the teacher does
not prepare for the solution, the teacher will need time to think of the various
solutions.
  It  will  possibly  make  the  teacher  need  to  prepare  students  to  face  the
possibility of the occurance of many question types.