1.1 Pre-view task_Skimming for General Idea

  • Match the words with definitions:
    1. Skimming
    2. Gist
    3. Strategy
    4. Relevant
    5. Cognitive overload
    6. Inference
    7. Prediction
    8. Selectivity
    9. Structure
    10. Pattern

  • Definitions:
    a) The main or general idea of a text
    b) A plan or method used to achieve something
    c) Reading quickly to understand the general meaning
    d) Important and connected to the topic
    e) A situation when the brain gets too much information to process
    f) A conclusion based on evidence and reasoning
    g) A guess about what will happen or what a text will say
    h) The act of focusing only on important information
    i) The way something is organized or arranged
    j) A repeated or recognizable form or design