Improve your reading skills-scanning

1. Scanning is very fast reading.
 You scan when you want to find
information quickly.
 You scan a list, telephone book,
an advertisement, a newspaper article, a
web page etc

2. How do you scan?
 You move your eyes quickly over the page
 You don’t read all the words
 You read only the words that help you find
the information

3. Scanning exercises
 Help you learn how to find information faster
 Teach you how to move your eyes more quickly across
the page
 Will help you recognize words faster and move your eyes
more quickly across the page
 This will help you read faster and with better
comprehension
 This will help you in your everyday life, at school and at
work

4. Important!
 You don’t need to read everything or try
to understand everything.
 You only need to look for the words that
help you understand answer the question.

5. Remember BEFORE you read
 Look at the title
 Look at any pictures
 Look at any headings
 ASK YOURSELF
 “What is this text about?”
 Link up with whatever knowledge you
have about this topic.

6. title
headings

7. Scan the Marathon results to get
the answers.
 1. Where did the winner come from?

9. Know what you are scanning for!
 2. What were the places of the two
Kenyan runners?
 You would look in the country column first
and then the place column for the
answer.
 3. What was the time for Paula
Radcliffe?
 You would look for Paula Radcliffe and
then in the time column.