ELC 121

WEEK 2
01 SKIMMING 04 WH QUESTIONS
Introduction to skimming Introduction to wh questions

TRANSITIONAL
02 SCANNING 05 SIGNALS
Introduction to scanning The usage of transition
words/signals

CONTEXTUAL
03 CLUES 06 RECAP
Introduction to contextual Recapping what we’ve
clues learned
01
SKIMMING
What is skimming?
 WHAT IS SKIMMING?
● It previews the text for the learner
● To quickly go through the text just to get the main ideas and a general

summary of the content

● Is detailed as it provide more comprehensive account of the text
 Skimming
LOOK FOR

Captions
Headings
Sub-headings Proper nouns
Key words and
phrases Boldfaced/italicised
First and last
paragraphs words
 SKIMMING
Don’t read every word

Don’t read every sentence

Let your eyes move quickly

TIPS Keep thinking about the
meaning
 EXERCISES

Links/exercises are provided

on Google Classroom
02
SCANNING
What is scanning?
 WHAT IS SCANNING?
Rapidly covers the entire text to identify a specific fact or piece of
information
Used to find specific names, statistics, places and dates
 Scanning
PAY ATTENTION
TO

Letters Sequence connectors

Numbers (first, second, or
finally)
Steps
 SCANNING

Do not read entire text, skip

if necessary.

Only read the entire

TIPS sentence if the sentence has
the information that you
seek.
 EXERCISES

Links/exercises are provided

on Google Classroom
03
Contextual
Clues
What are contextual clues?
WHAT ARE CONTEXTUAL CLUES?
● Contextual clues are pieces of information that you can find in a

sentence or a text book which help you to guess the meaning of the
unknown words.
 WARM-UP ACTVITY
Whenever my mother prepares
food for the family, she never
forgets to add different
seasonings such as pepper, spice,
garlic and ginger.
People who are obese or
overweight must take care of
their health by eating a healthy
diet and exercising regularly to
maintain their body weight and
to stay fit.
COMMON TYPES OF CONTEXTUAL
CLUES
Please refer to the notes given
in google classroom
04
WH
QUESTION
S
WH QUESTIONS

Please refer to the notes given

in google classroom
05
TRANSITI
ONAL
SIGNALS
TRANSITIONAL SIGNALS

Please refer to the notes given

in google classroom
 RECAP
SKIMMING
SCANNING
CONTEXTUAL CLUES
WH QUESTIONS
TRANSITIONAL SIGNALS