Scannen

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

This class 

Reading strategies

- Skimming

- Scanning

Skimming

‘’Reading a text quickly to get a general idea of meaning.’’

Skimming

Read the text for 10 seconds

Find out:

- What kind of text this is?

Skimming

• What kind of text is it?

An article

• How can you tell?
  

Title

Introduction

Sources

Why use Skimming

• What kind of text am I reading:
  

A letter, advert or article

• What is the function:
  

To inform

To entertain

Scanning

‘’Scanning is reading a text quickly in order to find specific information, e.g. figures or names.’’

This strategy is used to quickly find information in a text

Practice question

• According to the writer, how often do Londoners eat out?
  

Every day

4 times a month

4 times a week

• Keywords in question?:

Eat out

Week / month

According to the writer, how often do Londoners eat out?

1. Every day
2. 4 times a week
3. 4 times a month

Practise reading

• What is the text about?

10 seconds

What is the text about?