Basic Reading Skills

We apply scanning primarily to read...

• Notice board

• Annual Report

• Encyclopedia

• Flight schedule

• Tabloid

We do not usually...

• Develop a first impression

• Develop a reaction/ response

• Develop sharp awareness of information

• Develop critical opinion

To trace the progression of an argument, we usually...

• Skim

• Read across details

• Scan

Scanning is a skill to apply to...

• Generate impression

• Locate information quickly

• Quickly discover the main point of a piece

We ignore certain parts when we are .......................

Skimming is required with...

• Familiar texts

• Unfamiliar texts

• Critical texts

• All kinds of texts

Skimming is conducted...

• Taking enough time

• Quickly

• Very quickly

• At the initial stage of reading

Skimming is...

• Presumptuous

• Not absolutely confirm

• A natural process

While reading for details - process; we...

• Locate the specific information/ data, transfer the information

• Trace specific points/ bits of specific information across a length of text and connect the dots

• Trace specific points/ bits of specific information across a length of text and connect the dots to form the required explanation

• Answer in our own words

Scanning is the natural consequence of...

• Purposeful reading

• Response to set activities

• Having a short-term goal

• Pleasurable reading