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

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!

[gha-hgrj]

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

[IELTSfreeway]

Check it out if you like my style of teaching :)

[Ayla-pcdg]

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

[namgaming]

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.

[sujithjose]

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

[muhammadhabib]

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?

[englishlearner]

Thanks alot sir
This helped me understand better
Love and support from Kathmandu Nepal 🙏

[joecheen]

Does the meaning of healthy equals benign?

[tommyvuong]

thank you a lot sir, this video actually helped me

[futurehopeobioma]

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

[KingaFairy]

Really helpful and concise explanation. Thank you!

[SameehaDorotheaZagra]

thank you so much sir, this is so helpful!