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Test Prep Book For TABE 13 and 14 Reading Test Level EThis 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 addressPhonics 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 ComprehensionUnit 2: Learning to Sound Out WordsUnit 3: Learning Word PatternsUnit 4: Using Background KnowledgeUnit 5: Making Inferences and PredictionsUnit 6: Using Visual ImageryUnit 7: Building Vocabulary and Using Context CluesUnit 8: Understanding Question-Answer RelationshipsUnit 9: Exploring Non-Fiction TextsUnit 10: Reading for Main IdeasUnit 11: Understanding What You ReadUnit 12: Recognizing Text StructuresUnit 13: Understanding Point of ViewUnit 14: How to Read Maps, Charts, and Data TablesUnit 15: Reading Long PassagesWhile 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.
