Reading Skill Scanning and Skimming Scanning Very highspeed

Reading Skill: Scanning and Skimming

Scanning Ø Very high-speed reading Ø Whan you scan, you have questions in mind. You don’t need to read every word, only words that answer your questions. Ø Benefit: you skip over unimportant words so that you can read faster.

SCANNING • State the specific information you are looking for. • Anticipate how the answer will appear & what clues you might use --> to help you locate the answer. • For example, if you were looking for a certain date, you would quickly read the paragraph looking only for numbers. • Selectively read and skip through sections of the passage.

Scanning in Everyday Life Finding a name in a telephone directory. Finding a certain medicine in a long list.

Exercise – Look at Ad 1. Read the questions and scan. • How many different beverages are advertised? • Is pink lemonade on sale? • Which pizza is cheaper? • Which juice is 100% natural?

SKIMMING • the process of reading --> only main ideas within a passage --> to get an overall impression of the content of a reading selection. • The main idea usually is located in the first sentence

• Read the title. • Read the introduction or the first paragraph. • Read the first sentence of every other paragraph. • Notice any pictures, charts, or graphs. • Notice any italicized or boldface words or phrases. • Read the summary or last paragraph.

• My most valuable possession is an old, slightly warped blond guitar--the first instrument I taught myself how to play. It's nothing fancy, just a Madeira folk guitar, all scuffed and scratched and finger-printed. • The body of the Madeira is shaped like an enormous yellow pear, one that was slightly damaged in shipping. The blond wood has been chipped and gouged to gray, particularly where the pick guard fell off years ago. • No, it's not a beautiful instrument, but it still lets me make music, and for that I will always treasure it.