Reading / Vocabulary ESL Advanced Skills Pack Curriculum

• 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.
  

Concepts covered:

• Work with passages on civics, government, health, transportation, American culture, history, and technology
• Listen to words, sentences, passages, questions, and tips
• Build an advanced English language vocabulary
• Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words by using contextual clues
• Learn the correct pronunciation of vocabulary words
• Extract the most salient information from reading passages
• Draw conclusions from text
• Distinguish between fact and opinion
• Respond to readings by writing sentences to show understanding
• Practice applying vocabulary skills to new contexts
• Boost recognition of prefixes, roots, suffixes, and word origins
• Master commonly confused words
• Work on a single concept, or in a mixed-practice format

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.

Reading / Vocabulary ESL Advanced Skills Pack consists of the following titles:
(listed alphabetically)

• 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.

Reading / Vocabulary ESL Advanced Skills Curriculum consists of 3 separate software programs that have been effective in improving students' reading and vocabulary skills.

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

Buy A Home Version Now: Check the program(s) you wish to purchase and press "Add To Cart." Reading / Vocabulary Curriculum - $189.00   More about Ordering from Merit Software: CDs ship within 24 hours. Download links are sent immediately. All Merit products are backed by a 30-day satisfaction guarantee. View complete Home Version details School / Institutional / Government users: How to Purchase a 1, 5, 10 and Site Program Version Program Versions Networking Our Software

SCHOOL, GOVERNMENT and INSTITUTIONAL PRICING INFORMATION: Represents a substantial discount compared to purchasing programs separately. Program Versions Price Home Version $189.00 1 Station: Stand-alone $475.00 5 Pack: 1 Station: Stand-alone $1,665.00 5 Stations: Networkable $2,975.00 10 Stations: Networkable $5,059.00 Site License Contact Us All versions of Merit programs come with the Teacher Program Manager which allows for student record keeping.