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Question 26 must be answered based on the following excerpt.

In an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course, the reading component necessitates a careful balance between the development of specific reading skills and language proficiency. Several critical skills, as mentioned in T. Dudley-Evans and M. J. St John’s Developments in ESP: a Multidisciplinary Approach (1999) are essential to be learned or transferred into the new language.

Adapted from: YARKULOVNA, Saidova Surayyo. Developing reading skills and comprehension in English for Specific Purposes (2023). Available at: https://zienjournals.com/index.php/jpip/article/view/4215/3495

Regarding reading skills in the ESP context, it is correct to state that

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D) skimming and scanning are preliminary strategies that allow ESP readers to efficiently assess relevance and locate information.

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A) skimming and scanning are optional preliminary steps, as predicting and inferring alone provide sufficient understanding of both the content of the text and the author’s intentions.

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B) the primary purpose of skimming is to predict the author’s intent, while scanning is limited to identifying structural markers and headings.

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C) careful reading is an isolated skill in ESP that occurs independently of skimming and scanning, and its main goal is to memorize specific information.

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E) skimming, scanning, careful reading, and discourse-based strategies are independent skills; their order or integration does not significantly affect comprehension or application in ESP contexts.

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