Interactive exercises help students improve their English language and literacy skills.

Students read and respond to short texts. Real-life topics include family literacy, employment skills, civics, health, consumer economics, social skills, and technology.

The software is self-paced and self-correcting. Students receive help and contextual feedback throughout.

Scores are kept in a record management system, allowing both students and teachers to view and print results.

The questions, answers and explanations of the program can be spoken aloud by using the Merit Text Talker.

Designed for English language learners and adult literacy students.

Curriculum

Set 1: Real World Reading Skills, Skill Levels 4 - 5; For beginners. High interest content.

Set 2: Real World Reading Skills, Skill Levels 5 - 6; Intermediate level, more complex vocabulary and sentence structure. High interest content.

• Each set contains 32 texts and 150 questions.
• Contextual 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.
• Content can be spoken aloud by using the Merit Text Talker.

Students will...

• Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words by using other words or phrases in the text as clues.
• Learn the correct pronunciation of vocabulary words.
• Extract salient information from texts.
• Use vocabulary and organizational patterns to infer meaning from text.
• Demonstrate comprehension of a text by writing sentences using key words.

User Guide

• Real World Reading Skills Software Program Manual
  (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)