Skimmi

ng &
Scannin
g
Individual
Task

Ika
Puspitarini
 The Rules
o Fi nd 4 articles ( they ca n
be taken from magazines,
newspapers, books)
o The articles must in PD F,
not from a we bsite.

A A From a
Newspap Magazin website
er e
o L ook for the n ew w ords
in the articles. Write
them down.

The example is in
the next slide
Skimmi
ng &
Scannin
g
Individual
Ta s k

Ika
Puspitarini
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Vo c a b
u lary li
st
skimming.
Article 1
Steps
1. Look at the title, illustration, and headings.
2. Then, without reading the article, guess what it is
about.

Title
heading
heading
illustration
heading
heading

heading
heading heading
What do you
think the text
is about?
 For the first article,
the title and the
headings

I Iguess,
guess,the
thearticle
articleisisabout
abouthow
howcheating
cheatinghappens
happenson onthe
the
Baseball
Baseballgame.
game.This
Thischeating
cheatingisn’t
isn’ta anew
newthing
thingininthe
the
game,
game,because,
because,ininthe
thearticle,
article,the
thetitle
titleisis“Baseball’s
“Baseball’slatest
latest
cheating
cheatingscandal”
scandal”andandall
allthe
theheadings
headingsexplained
explainedhowhowthethe
cheatings
cheatingshappened,
happened,who whodiddidthe
thecheatings,
cheatings,the theimpacts
impacts
ofofcheating
cheatingononthe
thegame,
game,andandsosoon.
on.
Article 2
Steps
Look at the title, illustration, and headings.
Then, without reading the article, guess what it is about.

What do you think

the text is about?
 For the first article,
the title and the
headings

InInmy
myopinion,
opinion,the
thearticle
articleisisthe
thesupply
supplyofofvaccines
vaccines
for
forCOVID-19.
COVID-19.From Fromthethetitle
titleand
andthetheheadings,
headings,itit
can
canbe
beconcluded
concludedthatthatthe
thearticle
articleisisabout
aboutthe
the
progress
progressofofvaccines’
vaccines’production,
production,who whoproduces
produces
most
mostand
andwho
whouses
usesmost.
most.
Scanning.
Article 1 (Table of Content from a magazine)
Steps
1. Look at the keyword, what do we want to find out?
2. Then, go the part of the text that contains the
keyword.

I’dI’dlike
liketotoknow
knowmore
more
about
about how make overthe
how make over the
bath room
bath room
The
Thekeywords
keywordsare
are“make
“make
over”
over”and
and“bathroom”
“bathroom”

I’dI’dlike
liketotoreinvent
reinventmy
my
kitchen.
kitchen.What Whatpagepageshould
should
I Iopen?
open?
The
Thekeywords
keywordsare
aretoto
reinvent”
reinvent”and
and“kitchen”
“kitchen”
Article 2 (Index from a book)
Steps
1. Look at the title, illustration, and headings.
2. Then, without reading the article, guess what it is
about.

I’dI’dlike
liketotoknow
knowmore
more
about auxiliaries
about auxiliaries

The
Thekeywords
keywordsisis
“auxiliaries”
“auxiliaries”

I’dI’dlike
liketotolearn
learnabout
about
conditionals.
conditionals. Whatpage
What page
should
shouldI Iopen?
open?

The
Thekeywords
keywordsisis“conditionals”
“conditionals”
So, the steps for
scanning are

1.1. We
Wemust
mustknow
knowwhat
whatwewe
are
arelooking
lookingfor,
for,because
because
ititwill
willbe
bethe
thekeyword.
keyword.
2.2. Just
Justscan
scanthe
theplace
placeand
and
find
findthe
thepart
partthat
that
contained
containedthe
thekeyword.
keyword.
Thank you