IELTS Reading Skills: How To Skim, Scan and Read for Detail Effectively

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This video shows you the IELTS reading skills you need to succeed in IELTS reading. Discover how to increase your IELTS Reading band score by learning the reading skills of how to skim, scan and read for detail/comprehension/understanding effectively. Using a real IELTS reading paper I will show you the exact process you need to go through to master these core reading skills.
Skimming, scanning and reading skills for detail/comprehension are particularly important reading skills in IELTS as it allows you to answer the questions without having to read the entire text through first. Instead you can simply dip in and out of different sections in order to locate the correct answer. Good luck with your test!

[@Ayla-pc3dg]

This so helpful I often straggle with homework,classwork even exam just waste of time reading the whole text and trying to undertand every word then end up confused

[@sujithjose5330]

Reading very difficult for me and I wrote ielts already. I didn't get good score in reading but this lesson give the main ideas and thank you sir. God bless you

[@IELTSfreeway]

Thank you, I'm glad it helped, good luck for your test!

[@gha-hg2rj]

Ur such a nice teacher.
Actually, I was terrified for some reason; for me after applying all theses these skills, I didn't know what a single word means( here it's: benign), that definitely means I won't determine the righ answer. That's not fare when a whole question relied on a single word without being able to guess its meaning from the context

[@namgaming5426]

The answer is true, as the last sentence of passage 2 states, 'this is a benign variation'. 'Benign' means not harmful , which is similar to 'healthy.' Thus, the answer is true.

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[@futurehopeobioma670]

Wao! Your explanation of skimming, scanning and detailed reading is quite comprehensive.

[@englishlearner2988]

Thanks alot sir
This helped me understand better
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[@fatemehabibinia1959]

it was so helpful thanks a bunch.

[@KingaFairy]

Really helpful and concise explanation. Thank you!

[@muhammadhabib6546]

Hello, Your detailed description of skimming is awesome, but I am doubtful about your example. IT was not the right location, the actual location is "but become alert and focus by evening". As a question uses "CAN STILL HAVE". Is it?

[@IELTSfreeway]

Hi Muhammad, the key word is 'benign' which means harmless or normal (something like that). You'll notice that the purple box around that paragrpah means that I had to rad it all in detail to work out the answer. The red line indicates the sentence I initially skimmed through and thought might be helpful to find the answer. In this case, it wasn't the answer, which is why you need to read for detail around the place you think the answer may be. I hope that is helpful. Good luck!

[@tommyvuong3399]

thank you a lot sir, this video actually helped me

[@joecheen5330]

Does the meaning of healthy equals benign?

[@SameehaDorotheaZagra]

thank you so much sir, this is so helpful!

[@Teri_meharbani]

Why it is not given ?

[@yusufielts2466]

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[@tusharkaushik933]

Its working...Thanks alot

[@kazmeensayyed3068]

Not given is the answer???

[@InquisitiveMan1995]

No! It’s true. Try to understand the meaning of the question.

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