PET Training Handout 1

Match each skill with its description/definition

Reading a text very quickly to get the

A SURVEYING general understanding and to activate
1 your schematic knowledge

Reading a text and working out the

meaning of vocabulary from the
B SKIMMING
2 surrounding context and information
given.

Reading a text in order to discover the

writer’s opinions or feelings from the
C SCANNING
3 language and way it has been
expressed or presented.

D READING FOR DETAIL / CLOSE Reading a text in order to understand

READING 4 the more complex meaning.

Looking at a text very quickly before

reading to get an idea of lay-out: title,
E INFERRING MEANING
5 pictures, graphs, headings which helps
with PREDICTION

Reading a text with the specific

F DEDUCING MEANING purpose of extracting information such
6 as numbers, facts, words etc.

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