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ESL Advanced Skills Pack English language learning software that makes it happen! For pricing information, click here. Consists of a group of Merit Software programs bundled together, selected to target reading, vocabulary, grammar, and listening and speaking skills. The complete series contains a wide variety of teaching activities that have been proven effective in increasing students’ English language proficiency. Content is relevant to real-life situations. Topics include civics, government, health, transportation, American culture, history, and technology. The software is self-paced and self-correcting. Students advance as they demonstrate readiness. Scores are tracked in a record management system that allows teachers to view and print detailed reports. The questions, answers and explanations for most of the programs can be spoken aloud by using the Merit Text Talker. “Excellent … students like using it. We love that students are placed in specific areas of need.” - Mt. San Antonio Community College, Walnut, CA Overview The ESL Advanced Skills Pack is comprised of the following two curriculum components: Reading / Vocabulary and Writing / Grammar Personalized help and feedback engage students of all ages. Students choose from a menu of reward animations and sounds. All student work is stored in the Teacher Program Manager. Contents can be spoken aloud by using the Merit Text Talker. Grammar/Writing ESL Advanced Skills Pack Curriculum Concepts covered: Recognize common errors in word usage Identify parts of speech in context sentences Identify common writing problems Use pre-writing strategies Correct faulty sentence structure Review basic punctuation Write clear, descriptive sentences Organize ideas Develop a paragraph Practice proofreading Reading / Vocabulary ESL Advanced Skills Pack Curriculum Concepts covered: Listen to words, sentences, and questions Identify sequence of details Draw inferences from text Draw conclusions Understand vocabulary from context Use contextual clues Increase word recognition Differentiate fact from opinion Recall facts and details Each of the Merit Software Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/2003/XP programs in this package requires 5 to 8 MB RAM. About 150 MB hard disk space is required if all of the programs are installed. All programs also require a minimum screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels.

LEARN MORE ABOUT: Overview Try A Demo Purchase INDIVIDUAL SUBJECTS ALSO AVAILABLE: Reading / Vocabulary ESL Curriculum Grammar / Writing ESL Curriculum MERIT SOLUTIONS FOR: Elementary School Middle School High School College Prep Special Ed - Learning Disabilities Workplace Adult Literacy - GED Prep ESL Beginning ESL Intermediate ESL Advanced-TOEFL Prep RELATED PRODUCTS: Basic Skills Pack - Complete Curriculum Basic Skills software that works! Language Arts Bundle for College Prep Language Arts software that works! ESL Midlevel Bundle - Complete Curriculum ESL software that gets results! TOEFL Prep Bundle Covers the key problem areas on the TOEFL exam. Business Bundle Job-related communication software that works!

• Developing Critical Thinking Skills for Effective Reading, Sets 1 and 2
  Helps students improve reading comprehension.
• Vocabulary Fitness, Set 2
  Builds students understanding of commonly misused words.
• Vocabulary Stretch, Set 2
  Helps students with word recognition, meanings, and origins.

The Grammar / Writing ESL Advanced Skills Pack consists of the following titles:
(listed alphabetically)

• Basic English Fitness, Set 2
  Helps students cope with troublesome points of English grammar.
• Grammar Fitness, Set 2
  Helps students cope with troublesome points of grammar and usage.
• Grammar Shape-Up
  Students learn to master the parts of speech.
• Paragraph Punch
  Guides students through the steps of writing a paragraph.

Evaluation versions of all of the programs may be downloaded by clicking the 'Download Demo' link for the corresponding program (each program approximately 10 MB).

Reading / Vocabulary ESL Advanced Skills Curriculum:

• Developing Critical Thinking Skills for Effective Reading: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info
• Vocabulary Fitness, Set 2: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info
• Vocabulary Stretch, Set 2: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info

Grammar / Writing ESL Advanced Skills Curriculum:

• Basic English Fitness, Set 2: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info
• Grammar Fitness, Set 2: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info
• Grammar Shape-Up: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info
• Paragraph Punch: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info