alleryLooking through a telephone directory for one number is:
ASkimming
BClose reading
CScanning
DReading aloud
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Scanning
1. Scanning means searching a text such as a list or directory for particular information.
2. NCERT names it as a reading sub-skill.
3. Skimming gets the gist, and close reading studies a short passage in detail.
**Why not the others:** Skimming looks for the gist, close reading studies a brief passage carefully, and reading aloud is speaking the text.
_Source: NCERT, Position Paper of the National Focus Group on Teaching of English (2006), section "3.7.1 Evaluation", PDF p. 26 (ncert.nic.in/pdf/focus-group/english.pdf)_
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