Test Prep Book for TABE 13 and 14 Reading Test Level D (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798349506895)

This textbook is designed to prepare adult learners for the TABE 13 & 14 Level D reading test and vocational training admission reading tests. It presents 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 of this book cover TABE 13 & 14 Level D and College and Career Readiness (CCR) reading standards and content. For example, the reading comprehension exercises address:

• The integration of knowledge and ideas.
• Key ideas and details.
• Craft and structure.
• Vocabulary acquisition and use.
• Evaluating arguments and multiple texts.

The book is divided into 20 sections:

• Unit 1: Suggestions for Better Reading Comprehension
• Unit 2: Vocabulary Acquisition and Reading Comprehension
• Unit 3: Activating Background or Prior Knowledge
• Unit 4: Making Inferences and Predictions
• Unit 5: Reading for Main Ideas
• Unit 6: Summarization
• Unit 7: Patterns for Organizing Texts
• Unit 8: Understanding Figurative Language
• Unit 9: Denotation and Connotation of Words
• Unit 10: Identifying Primary and Secondary Sources
• Unit 11: Message and Theme
• Unit 12: How to Evaluate an Argument
• Unit 13: From Comprehending to Critiquing
• Unit 14: Reading Long Passages
• Unit 15: Reading Skills Self-Evaluation
• Practice Tests 1
• Practice Tests 2
• Test Answer Keys
• References
• Contact Information

Lastly, this textbook is designed as an instructional guide for developing reading comprehension strategies and skills in adult learners. It offers reading strategies to help learners become more active, strategic and purposeful readers. These strategies will also help learners understand and remember what they read.