ELT365 · Day 167 — Reading: Skimming

Idea — Skimming means reading quickly for a general impression — what the text is about, its tone, its structure. Readers skip freely and skip often.

Example — Reading the first sentence of each paragraph to decide if an article is worth reading fully — that is skimming in action.

Try — Give a 500-word text. Task: read it in 90 seconds and write one sentence summarising it. No looking back. Discuss what was caught and what wasn’t.

Independent project; not affiliated with, endorsed by, or accredited by Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Confers no qualification.