Skimming and Scanning

Reading Strategies 

Lesson 2, Week 1

- Recap lesson 1, week 1

- Reading strategies:

*Skimming

*Scanning

- Evaluation

What do
you think
this article
is about?

What strategie did you use of the article about the Queen?

Skimming
why? how?

Skimming: Why?

• To determine whether it is useful to read a text

For instance,

• When you need an article for an assignment for school.
• When you want to read something interesting in a newspaper or magazine. 
• When you want to know the topic of a text, without having to read the whole text. 

Skimming: How?

• Read the title
• Read the headings
• Look at photos, tables, figures
• Read introduction/ first paragraph
• Read conclusion/ last paragraph
• Determine whether it is useful to read the whole text

Practise skimming

Abstract from Anne Frank's Diary

Answer the following questions:

1. You are looking for a diary entry about arguments in the house. Is this article useful to read and why (not)?
2. What is Anne's worry about this new problem arising in their hiding place? 

Scanning
why? how?

Scanning: Why?

• Looking for words in a dictionary
• To find specific information in a text
• It is a useful way to find dates, names, statistics, facts, etc. without having to read the whole text

Scanning: How?

• Always keep in mind what you are looking for
• Run your eyes over several lines at a time
• Stop when you found the facts, names, dates, words, statistics, etc. that you were lookking for and read this part more carafully

Practise Scanning