Texts do not need to be read out loud round the class. Allow time for students to read the texts quietly to themselves in class to practise their own technique.Make sure the students realise that understanding every word of a text is not always necessary.Occasionally ask students to see who can find the information in a text first. Before the students read a text ask them whether they think they need to skim or scan it depending on the task.Start by explaining the difference between Skimming and Scanning to the students (Give them the example of a telephone directory and a chapter of a history/science textbook).Students who find reading in English discouraging may be helped by knowing that they do not have to read and understand every word of a text.
SKIM AND SCAN HOW TO
As the students become more confident of their reading ability in the mother tongue and in English they will learn how to approach texts with different reading skills depending on the purpose of the text and the purpose they have for reading it. For example, we skim through a report to have a rough idea of what it says but we scan a page of the telephone directory to find a particular name or number.
Scanning means looking at a text to find some particular information. Skimming means looking at a text or chapter quickly in order to have a general idea of the contents. These are practised at the start of each theme, using the cover page tasks.
Skimming and Scanning are two different reading skills.
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