Reading Skills EAP

Annotation is.....

Skimming is....

Scanning is....

Summary is....

Paraphrasing is....

Inferences are...

Title of the reading is important because:

• it can tell us about the main idea of the text

• it has the main idea of the text in it

• it is not important

• what is a title???

Why are sub-headings important?

• what is a heading?

• are they like subtitles?

• they are names of sections

• they can tell us about the supporting points of a text

First sentence of a summary must have:

• author's name

• author's name, text title, and main idea

• title

• main idea

What is the significance of transition words/phrases in a text?