Mustansiriyah University College of Engineering Highway and Transportation

Mustansiriyah University College of Engineering Highway and Transportation Engineering Department Postgraduate Studies Master in Transportation Engineering Academic English I Lecture 2: Unit 1: International Students , Reading (pages 6, 7) Presented By: Dr. Abeer K. Jameel

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Unit’s contents

Answers: 1. Skimming and scanning 2. Extensive reading 3. Intensive reading

What is the reading type is suitable for looking for the year of construction of the first bridge in the world? What is the suitable reading type for following the methodology of a lab test? What is the suitable reading type to read an email from the University you ae waiting a response from it? What is the suitable reading type to find the number of vehicles registered in the official office in Iraq?

Material Type Why? How? Textbooks To make notes Read intensively Novels For pleasure Read extensively emails For messages from friends Scan then read intensively Search engine finds To find information scan Journals To look for interesting articles Skim Reports To find information Skim then intensively timetables To find time of something scan Dictionary To find a word scan Instruction manual to find out how sth works Intensively