WKU Reading Ascent Session 4｜Local Reading Strategies: Targeted Scanning

💡This Session's Theme

Local Reading Strategies: Targeted Scanning

This session will focus on Local Reading Strategies, introducing students to practical ways to read selectively while learning how to use clues such as keywords in questions, signal words, synonyms, and paragraph structure, as well as techniques such as scanning and skimming, to quickly and accurately locate and extract specific information from a text.

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DETAILS

📍 SLAC 504
⏰ 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 2026.11.12 (Thursday)
📖 First-year students; Anyone interested in improving their English reading skills

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Introduction to WKU Reading Ascent

WKU Reading Ascent is a reading series jointly organized by WKU Library and the College of Liberal Arts. Drawing on the Library's graded reading collection and additional reading materials recommended by the team, the series features instructor-led reading sessions, reading strategy sharing, text discussions, and practical exercises. Through these activities, students can find a reading pace that works for them and gradually strengthen their English proficiency.

Content & Layout丨GU Mengmeng & YE Yingtong
First Review | James McDougall
Second Review |  HU Linxiao
Third Review丨REN Yuanyuan