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.

Pricing for Reading / Vocabulary ESL Advanced Skills Pack Curriculum
Represents a substantial discount compared to purchasing programs separately.

Program Versions	Price	License Terms
Home Version	$189.00	Use on one computer. Record keeping for 2 students.
1 Station: Stand-alone	$475.00	Use on one computer. Record keeping for 42 students.
5 Pack: 1 Station: Stand-alone	$1,665.00	Use a 1 Station: Stand-alone version on up to 5 separate computers.
5 Stations: Networkable	$2,975.00	Use on a network with 5 concurrent users. Record keeping for 1,000 students.
10 Stations: Networkable	$5,059.00	Use on a network with 10 concurrent users. Record keeping for 1,000 students.
Site License	Contact Us	Use on a network with more than 10 concurrent users. Record keeping for 1,000 students.

School, Government, and Institutional Purchasing Information:

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, Sets 1-2: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info
Vocabulary Fitness, Set 2: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info
Vocabulary Stretch, Set 2: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info

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