This 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 address

• Phonics 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 Comprehension

Unit 2: Learning to Sound Out Words

Unit 3: Learning Word Patterns

Unit 4: Using Background Knowledge

Unit 5: Making Inferences and Predictions

Unit 6: Using Visual Imagery

Unit 7: Building Vocabulary and Using Context Clues

Unit 8: Understanding Question-Answer Relationships

Unit 9: Exploring Non-Fiction Texts

Unit 10: Reading for Main Ideas

Unit 11: Understanding What You Read

Unit 12: Recognizing Text Structures

Unit 13: Understanding Point of View

Unit 14: How to Read Maps, Charts, and Data Tables

Unit 15: Reading Long Passages

While 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.