| 1. Read and understand messages |
- A postcard from a friend
- A short friendly letter
- More difficult greeting cards (Congratulations
on the new job, retirement, graduation)
- Invitations such as weddings and
retirements
|
| 2. Read and understand instructions |
- Instructions about how to remove stains from
fabric
- Instructions on medicine labels
- Instructions for a long distance call
- Instructions for using the automatic teller
machine
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| 3. Read and understand information |
- Community carnival, sport announcements
- Menu from a popular family restaurant
- A simple notice (when and where new employment
classes/programs begin)
- An overdue payment warning
- A parking ticket
- A variety of work assignment and duty schedules
- Labels on common store products
- Classified ads/ job ads
- Items on sale in flyers
- Public library schedules or bus schedules
- A simple formal letter or announcement from an
office or agency
- A short news item
- A chart or graph then interpret the information
|
| 4. Read and interpret ideas and
feelings |
- Read short stories with a moral. Discuss whether
learners agree or disagree with the moral. Look for idioms that express
feelings. Compare these idioms and their perspectives with those in other
languages
- Participate in an interactive
survey/questionnaire, read questions and
- Collect information
- Read and report
- Summarize results
- Read statements on a relevant issue and indicate
opinion from a 1 – 5 range such as
|
| Strongly
disagree |
disagree |
no opinion |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
| agree |
strongly agree |
| 4 |
5
|
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Read the reduced payment options for this parking
violation.
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