Because you already scan many different types of material in your daily life, learning more details about scanning will be easy. Establishing your purpose, locating the appropriate material, and knowing how the information is structured before you start scanning is essential. The material you scan is typically arranged in the Читать дальше…
TIP >> Practice skimming by reading articles, reviews and summaries to get the main idea. Choose content that interests you, not only IELTS practice materials. Exercise 1 Skim the following article from The Guardian and answer the question. Question (Multiple Choice) What does the author want to communicate to the reader? Choose one letter A-D A. the Читать дальше…
Skimming is used for: pre-reading the text for the overall meaning, and to quickly check if you have located the correct part of a text. Let’s take an example of a newspaper here. While reading a newspaper, we usually read the headlines. If it attracts us, we read the entire Читать дальше…
There are two reading techniques – skimming and scanning – that use rapid eye movement and keywords to move quickly through text for slightly different purposes. Skimming is like snorkeling Skimming is reading rapidly in order to get a general overview of the material. Scanning is reading rapidly in order Читать дальше…
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