What is scanning?
  • Quickly reading over a text to get the general gist.
  • Quickly reading over a text to find some specific information which is focused upon.
  • Taking the time to understand the whole text in depth.
What is skimming?
  • Quickly reading over a text to get the general gist.
  • Quickly reading over a text to find a specific piece of information which is focused upon
  • Taking the time to understand the whole text in depth.
Looking through a Google search list is an example of...?
  • Skimming
  • Scanning
Looking up the meaning of a word in the Dictionary is an example of...?
  • Skimming
  • Scanning
Looking through a magazine to check what articles to read is an example of...?
  • Skimming
  • Scanning
When you read the opening and closing of the paragraph or text, you are...
  • skimming
  • scanning
Skimming is mostly used while reading a newspaper or magazine.
  • True
  • False
If you reading a patient's case notes and needed to find some specific information, which reading strategy would be most useful?
  • Skimming
  • Scanning
Looking for your flight number at the airport information board is an example of...?
  • Skimming
  • Scanning
You find your name in the student's list. This is ...
  • skimming
  • scanning
  • none of them
We use skimming to?
  • Find facts
  • Know the general idea of an article
  • Find the details of an issue
  • Find specific information
People scan a text when they want to find ________ information.
  • important
  • different
  • specific
Getting the main idea of a text by glancing over it in a short time is called ________.
  • cramming
  • skimming
  • scanning
Which of the following does NOT involve skimming?
  • reading the initial sentence in each paragraph
  • looking quickly for words you're not familiar with
  • looking at photographs in an article
  • reading the first and last paragraph in a newspaper article
People are NOT scanning a text effectively when they ________.
  • look for content words or visual clues
  • read blocks of words
  • know what they are looking for
  • read every word in a text
People who find it helpful to use their _______ to guide their eyes would probably not find it easy when scanning text on a computer screen.
  • eyes
  • finger
  • head
  • knowledge
Reading a text quickly to find its general information is ...
  • skimming
  • scanning
  • both of them
Reading a text quickly to find specific information or details is ...
  • skimming
  • scanning
  • none of them
In scanning, specific information consists of ...
  • names
  • facts
  • numbers
  • all of them
You look through the list of English lecturers. This is ...
  • skimming
  • scanning
  • none of them
You look through the timetable of arrival flights. This is ...
  • skimming
  • scanning
  • both of them
You find your scores in the spreadsheet. This is ...
  • skimming
  • scanning
  • both of them
You read through the menu and look for your favorite tea. This is ...
  • skimming
  • scanning
  • both of them
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