A Skimming – aims to appropriate oral skills; scanning – aims to appropriate writing and reading skills.
B Skimming – aims to grasp the details of the text; scanning – aims to grasp the general idea of the text.
C Skimming – aims at a general understanding of the text; scanning – aims at a more detailed understanding of the text being read.
D Skimming – aims to understand the text as a discursive genre; scanning – aims to recognize the theme of the text.
E Skimming – aims to appropriate multiple texts together; scanning – aims to appropriate a specific text to relate its themes.