Academic Skills 1.session 2

Scanning

• You want to find a specific piece of information (a string of characters - digits or letters; e.g. dates in text, names in lists).

• You want to find information that is relevant to your purpose (for example, if you want to find out what the text says about being rich)

• You want to get the idea(s) expressed in a specific sentence.

• You want to find information which the text suggests but which is not directly stated in it. You want to understand the text thoroughly by finding for implied ideas.

Inferencing

• You want a quick estimate of what a text is overall about - what the gist of ​​the text is. You try to find and read only the main ideas.

• You want to find information that is relevant to your purpose (for example, if you want to find out what the text says about being rich)

• You want to find information which the text suggests but which is not directly stated in it. You want to understand the text thoroughly by finding for implied ideas.

• You use this skill for study or some similar purpose. You want to understand the main ideas and details in the text. You want to understand the connection between ideas.

Skimming: You want a quick estimate of what a text is overall about - what the .................. of ​​the text is. You try to find and read only the main ideas.

Careful local reading

• You want to find information that is relevant to your purpose (for example, if you want to find out what the text says about being rich)

• You use this skill for study or some similar purpose. You want to understand the main ideas and details in the text. You want to understand the connection between ideas.

• You want to find information which the text suggests but which is not directly stated in it. You want to understand the text thoroughly by finding for implied ideas.

• You want to get the idea(s) expressed in a specific sentence.

Search reading

• You use this skill for study or some similar purpose. You want to understand the main ideas and details in the text. You want to understand the connection between ideas.

• You want to find information that is relevant to your purpose (for example, if you want to find out what the text says about being rich)

• You want to get the idea(s) expressed in a specific sentence.

• You want to find a specific piece of information (a string of characters - digits or letters; e.g. dates in text, names in lists).

Careful global reading

• You use this skill for study or some similar purpose. You want to understand the main ideas and details in the text. You want to understand the connection between ideas.

• You want to find a specific piece of information (a string of characters - digits or letters; e.g. dates in text, names in lists).

• You want a quick estimate of what a text is overall about - what the gist of ​​the text is. You try to find and read only the main ideas.

• You want to find information that is relevant to your purpose (for example, if you want to find out what the text says about being rich)

Scanning: you go through the text very .....................

You read the whole text slowly and carefully by reading each sentence and the text from the beginning to the end.

• inferencing

• scanning

• Careful global reading

• skimming

Where in the text is content "X" mentioned in any form?

• Careful global reading

• Careful local reading

• Search reading

You read one sentence of the text slowly.

• Careful local reading

• Scanning

• Careful global reading

• Inferencing