4 skills of reading

Reading Skills :different kinds of reading - with exercise

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Here are four different kinds of reading.

* Skimming - running the eyes over quickly, to get the gist
* Scanning - looking for a particular piece of information
* Extensive reading - longer texts for pleasure and needing global understanding
* Intensive reading - shorter texts, extracting specific information, accurate reading for detail.

Exercise

Using these descriptions, how would you read the following? Match the different types of reading with the categories below. Decide which one requires you to skim or to scan the text. Which one needs detailed Intensive reading? What type of text do you read Extensively - for pleasure?

Write down your answers - then click on the “answer” to check them.
The ‘What’s On’ section of the local paper:

* Skimming
* Scanning
* Extensive
* Intensive answer

The correct answer is: Scanning
A novel:

* Skimming
* Scanning
* Extensive
* Intensive answer

The correct answer is: Extensive (or Intensive for revision, perhaps)
A newspaper:

* Skimming
* Scanning
* Extensive
* Intensive answer

The correct answer is: Skimming, Scanning for specific information, Intensive if we find it.
A text in class:

* Skimming
* Scanning
* Extensive
* Intensive answer

The correct answer is: Intensive
A poem:

* Skimming
* Scanning
* Extensive
* Intensive answer

The correct answer is: Extensive
The telephone directory:

* Skimming
* Scanning
* Extensive
* Intensive answer

The correct answer is: Scanning
A postcard:

* Skimming
* Scanning
* Extensive
* Intensive answer

The correct answer is: Intensive
A train timetable:

* Skimming
* Scanning
* Extensive
* Intensive answer

The correct answer is: Scanning
A recipe:

* Skimming
* Scanning
* Extensive
* Intensive answer

The correct answer is:Intensive
A travel brochure:

* Skimming
* Scanning
* Extensive
* Intensive answer

The correct answer is: Skimming for interest, Scanning for particular resort, Intensive for detail.