Key aspects and strategies to develop scanning skills of learners.

1. Reading Techniques:
Scanning a text
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2. RECAP
•Reading is deriving meaning out of
text
•Skimming is fast reading of the text to
get the general idea of the text

3. Scanning
• Scanning is reading a text quickly in order to find specific information, e.g.
figures or names. It can be contrasted with skimming, which is reading
quickly to get a general idea of meaning
“Scanning,” 2019 retrieved from https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/scanning

4. What to read while scanning
• Specific information you are searching for
• Keywords, numbers, names
• Heading/titles

5. What scanning looks like
• Search keywords
• Reading less searching more
• Looking for specific words, names, numbers etc.

6. Scanning a text
• Rapidly moving eyes over text to locate specific details
• We already know what we are looking for

7. Read the text carefully and
answer the following:
• Ingredients required to make shortbread
biscuits
• How long will it take to cook?
• When are you supposed to turn on the
oven?

8. Read the text and answer
these questions
• If your child is ill, who should you
telephone?
• Who said children shouldn’t take
holidays during term time?
• Children can attend the dentist during
school hours? True/False
• Can girls wear stud earings?
• What color is the school tie?
• Children has to be in which school years
to attend archery?
• How often is the budget uniform shop
open?