Reading: Skimming & Scanning: B1 Lesson 2: Efficiently Locating Multiple Pieces of Specific Information Across Paragraphs

CEFR Level: B1 (Intermediate)

Target Reading Sub-skill: Skimming & Scanning

Specific Focus: Efficiently Locating Multiple Pieces of Specific Information Across Paragraphs

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What You Will Learn

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Identify keywords in questions to guide your scanning.
• Scan different paragraphs of a text to find answers to multiple questions.
• Quickly locate specific details (names, numbers, reasons, places) in a longer text.
• Understand that you don't need to read every word to find specific information.

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Hello Cambodian Learners!

Imagine you have a schedule for a festival in Battambang, or an article about famous places in Cambodia. If you need to find out when the festival starts AND where the main stage is, you need to scan for two different pieces of information. Today, we'll practice finding multiple details from different parts of a text. This is a very useful skill for studying and for finding information in everyday life!

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Scanning for Multiple Details

When you need to find answers to several questions from one text:

1. Read all the questions first: Understand what kind of information you need to find (names, dates, reasons, etc.).
2. Identify keywords: For each question, pick out the most important words (keywords) to look for in the text.
3. Scan the text for these keywords: Move your eyes quickly. You might need to scan the text several times, once for each piece of information, or look for multiple keywords at once.
4. Read the relevant sentence(s) carefully: Once you find a keyword, read the sentence(s) around it to get the answer.

Example Text: Click the paragraphs to hear them.

A Weekend Market Adventure

(P1) Last Saturday, Sreyneath and her brother Piseth went to the Central Market in Phnom Penh. They wanted to buy some souvenirs for their cousins visiting from the countryside. Sreyneath was looking for a traditional Khmer krama scarf.

(P2) The market was very busy. Piseth saw many interesting things, but he was most interested in the food stalls. He bought some delicious fried noodles for lunch. The noodles cost 5000 Riel.

(P3) Sreyneath finally found a beautiful blue krama. It cost 12000 Riel. They left the market in the afternoon, around 2 PM, feeling happy with their purchases.

Questions:

1. Who went to the market with Sreyneath? (Answer: Piseth - from P1)
2. What did Piseth buy for lunch? (Answer: fried noodles - from P2)
3. What color was the krama Sreyneath found? (Answer: blue - from P3)
4. When did they leave the market? (Answer: around 2 PM - from P3)

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Practice Time!

Activity 1: Find Multiple Details

Read the article below. Then, answer the questions by typing your short answers in the boxes. You might need to find answers in different paragraphs.

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Quick Quiz!

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Great Job!

You are getting better at scanning longer texts for multiple pieces of information! This is a key skill for efficient reading and research.

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