A course for English speakers starting at a 7th to 8th grade reading level, Advanced SkillBuilder: Reading 2 offers learners a chance to learn tangible strategies to improve reading comprehension skills while sharpening critical thinking skills. Throughout the course, learners use different strategies of reading, such as skimming and scanning, to fi t a wide variety of reading materials, including instructions, warranties, leases, ads, brochures, and articles. This self-guided course allows learners to work at their own pace, while also providing audio support from teachers. The overall objective is to propel learners to read at a secondary school reading level upon course completion.
Competencies for this course are based on CASAS.
Unit 1: Using and Creating Information
- Make inferences and draw conclusions from complex texts
- Compare details from different parts of a text to answer questions
- Locate key words in a variety of information questions
- Skim texts to determine the general meaning or subject matter of complex texts
- Scan texts to fi nd details and facts in complex texts