Reading Skills: Skimming & Scanning — B1 Lesson
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B1 ⏱ 5 min
👁️ Reading Skills: Skimming & Scanning
At a busy restaurant, I read 30 guest requests in 2 minutes. In English, the same reading skill saves you hours.
📖 Two Essential Reading Skills
🏃 Skimming — read quickly for the GENERAL IDEA. You don’t read every word.
🔍 Scanning — search for a SPECIFIC PIECE of information (a name, date, number). Ignore the rest.
📄 Practice Text
SKIM: What is the text mainly about?
SCAN: What is the maximum altitude?
SCAN: What is the official language?
Reading quickly to find a specific fact is called ____________.
Reading quickly to get the main idea is called ____________.
⏳ Speed Challenge
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