Introduction to Reading in the Primary School Skimming And Scanning

WEEK 3
Azfar Afandi Bin Ahmad Nazri Asyraf Siddiq Bin Mohd Said Harzuwani Binti Wahab Kamarunasrul Naim Bin Kamaruddin Lee Li Wen Marcini Anak Minggu

Requires a greater degree of reading and word recognition skills Looking at a text or chapter quickly in order to have a general idea of the contents A tool in which the author's sequence can be observed

Skimming

3 types of Skimming
Preview Skimming Overview Skimming Review Skimming

Preview Skimming
A thorough reading Used: in selecting a book in surveying a chapter before reading or studying in finding appropriate material for use in research.

Method: Read the first paragraph. The headings. First sentences of later paragraphs and sections.

Overview Skimming
Reading text more thoroughly than you do in preview. Method: i. read the first paragraph ii. the headings iii. first sentences of paragraphs iv. aware of paragraph patterns, and clue words.

Review Skimming
Occurs after reading To re-familiarise yourself with material you have previously skimmed. Method: i. Try to remember as many of the ideas and details clearly. ii. to note significant details - names, places, terms. Example: You may be trying to establish in your mind a sequence of events.

Reading some general question in mind

When it can be used?

To build student confidence

In making decisions on how to approach a text

Role of the teacher

Before the students start reading, the teacher should guide students to ask themselves the following questions:
What kind of audience was the text written for? Was it, for example, the general public, technical readers, or academic students? What type of text is it? Is it, for example, a formal letter, an advertisement, or a set of instructions? What was the author's purpose? Was it , for example, to persuade, to inform or to instruct?

 The teacher should make the following clear to students before assigning a skimming exercise:
the purpose of the exercise how deeply the text is to be read

Role of the student

Students read through the text in the following manner:
Read the title if any. Read the introduction or the first paragraph. Read the first sentence of each of the following paragraphs. Read any headings or sub-headings. Look at any pictures or phrases that are in boldface or italics Read the summary or last paragraph.

What is Scanning?

When Scanning is used???

Used often with technical, scientific or professional materials Valuable skill for second language learners to develop (do not require a detailed read of a text.)

Role of Teacher
Selects passages (do include specific information.) Use authentic materials (commonly scanned in real life) Ask students before they scan a text to note how the information is organized in the text. Remind students that as they read carefully to find the required information(pay particular attention to titles and keywords)

Role of the Student

Forms questions before reading.

Aware of the graphic form that the answer may take

Looks for contextual clues.

Similarity between Skimming and Scanning

Similarity
Skimming and scanning are reading techniques that use rapid eye movement and keywords to move quickly through text for slightly different purposes.

Differences between Skimming and Scanning

Difference
Skimming
rapidly covers a great deal of material to get the main idea pre-reading reviewing reading

Scanning
rapidly covers a great deal of material to locate a piece of fact for finding a specific name, fact and so on without reading the entire article.

frequent use
1000 words per minutes

skip large part of text

1500 or more words per minute

Difference
Steps: title introduction or lead-in paragraph Steps: keep in mind what you are searching for

first paragraph completely

relation between subheading 1st sentence - last sentence

anticipate the form of info, numbers,

proper nouns analyze the organization

dip in text for clue words, proper

nouns, capitalized words final paragraph completely

-if brief, may scan in single search

-if lengthy, may need to skimming to determined which part.