From analysis to interpretation, English Reading 3 focuses on the reading skills of (1) Skimming, and (2) Scanning. Both reading skills are of seminal importance to student engaging in academic study of language-analysis, and literature-understanding via potential interpretation and meaning. Such skills help identify, isolate and highlight the deeper structure of text by means of making inferences, use of journalistic slang, determining relevance, advancing reservoir of vocabulary, and engaging in brainstorming and debate techniques.