OK, I’m going to set a time limit, I want you to read the text quickly, don’t worry about any words you don’t know, just try to get a general understanding.’ If you have done an initial training course such as the Trinity CertTESOL or the CELTA, you will recognise these gist reading instructions, and you have probably uttered them yourself on many occasions. The idea of skim reading or reading for gist is considered to be a fundamental part of the reading process in ELT – coursebooks encourage it, initial training courses still insist on it, in . . .
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