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by Coaching for Better Learning (Author)
Test Prep Book For TABE 13 and 14 Reading Test Level E
This student reading textbook prepares adult learners for the TABE 13 & 14 Level E reading test and vocational training admission tests. It includes exercises that help adult education and workforce programs, and their learners meet the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) reading expectations.
The reading exercises and answer keys in this textbook cover TABE 13 & 14 Level E and College and Career Readiness (CCR) reading standards and content. For example, the reading comprehension exercises address
- Phonics and word recognition.
- Key ideas and details.
- Craft and structure.
- Integration of knowledge and ideas.
The textbook is divided into 15 sections as follows:
Unit 1: Suggestions for Better Reading Comprehension
Unit 2: Learning to Sound Out Words
Unit 3: Learning Word Patterns
Unit 4: Using Background Knowledge
Unit 5: Making Inferences and Predictions
Unit 6: Using Visual Imagery
Unit 7: Building Vocabulary and Using Context Clues
Unit 8: Understanding Question-Answer Relationships
Unit 9: Exploring Non-Fiction Texts
Unit 10: Reading for Main Ideas
Unit 11: Understanding What You Read
Unit 12: Recognizing Text Structures
Unit 13: Understanding Point of View
Unit 14: How to Read Maps, Charts, and Data Tables
Unit 15: Reading Long Passages
While phonemic awareness and decoding skills help learners recognize and pronounce words, reading goes beyond pronunciation. Reading means understanding the meaning behind the words.
Therefore, this textbook serves as an instructional guide for developing reading comprehension strategies and skills to help adult learners become more active, strategic and purposeful readers. These strategies will also help them understand and remember what they read.
Reading is an active thinking process. Therefore, this book encourages learners to actively engage with texts by predicting, making connections and inferences, asking and answering questions, and completing comprehension activities.
