1. READING SKILLS IN MALAYSIA
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENGLISH
LANGUAGE CURRICULUM
SKIMMING AND
SCANNING
BY:
> FARAH EZZATIE MARZUKI
> EQAH VIANNIE LENTIM
> JE WEDNESDAY WELFRED

2. PURPOSE
• SKIMMING
 To get only the main
idea
 To know the general
overview
• SCANNING
 To locate a specific
facts or piece of
information
 Notice only the clue
words

3. TECHNIQUE FOR SKIMMING
1. Read the TITLE
2. Read the first paragraph completely
3. Look for the MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS
4. SKIP facts and details

4. TECHNIQUE FOR SCANNING
1. Analyze the ORGANIZATION OF
CONTENT before starting to scan.
THE
2. Scan for a SPECIFIC WORD, PHRASE,
NAME, DATE, OR PLACE NAME
3. When you find the sentence that has the
information you seek, READ THE ENTIRE
SENTENCE.

5. IN SCANNING, YOU MUST WILLING
TO SKIP OVER LARGE SCALE
SECTIONS OF TEXT WITHOUT
READING OR UNDESTANDING
THEM

6. HOW TO IMPLEMENT THESE READING
SKILLS IN THE CLASSROOM ?
 Students often like having races. Occasionally
ask students to see who can find the
information in a text first.
 Allow time for students to read the texts quietly
to themselves in class to practice their own
technique.

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8. Q: WHAT IS DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN SKIMMING AND
SCANNING ?