5. WHAT IS SCANNING?
A method to locate a specific
fact or piece of information
in a text.
6. WHY SCANNING?
We scan for finding
a specific
• Name
• Date
• Statistics
• Fact
HOW TO SCAN?
•Keep in mind what you are
searching for
•Anticipate the form of
information (numbers,
proper nouns)
•Analyze the organization of
the content
7. EXTENSIVE READING
• Reading “rapidly” reading “book after
book”.
• For pleasure and to develop general
reading skills.
• You will do this by yourself outside of
class.
8. INTENSIVE READING
• Reading in detail with specific learning aims and tasks.
• This is what we will do in class.
• Short texts.
• Helps students to develop reading skills, vocabulary
and grammar knowledge.
• Detailed meaning from the text.
