Contemporary's Reading Basics is a TABE correlated series targeting toward the adult learner who needs to improve basic reading skills. This program provides detailed lessons through a Workbook and engaging stories and articales in the correlating Reader, allowing students to practice using the reading skills just learned. The Intermediate 2 level is aimed at TABE level "D" - reading levels 6.6 - 8.9.

"[This] program helps adult learners improve their skills in each of the four components of reading: alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary development, and comprehension."--Page 4 of cover.

Intermediate English Comprehension - Book 1 ****Now with access to 45 minutes of AUDIO**** Do you want to understand written AND spoken English like a native speaker? Then this bestselling series is for you!Each book contains 15 interesting articles on topics such as: history, religion, the natural world, science, travel, food and more. English teacher and author Stephen Harrison will help you improve your reading AND listening comprehension. Whether you are studying English for pleasure, work, travel or an exam, you will understand English easier and faster. Each book includes:● Access to 15 AUDIO files with different native accents. ● 15 fascinating short articles.● Glossaries which include key words with explanations.● Comprehension questions about each text.If you want to improve your reading AND listening comprehension, buy this book today!

Many language books are boring—this one is not. Written by a native English speaker who learned Spanish the hard way—by trying to talk to Spanish-speaking people—it offers English speakers with a basic knowledge of Spanish hundreds of tips for using the language more fluently and colloquially, with fewer obvious "gringo" errors. Writing with humor, common sense, and a minimum of jargon, Joseph Keenan covers everything from pronunciation, verb usage, and common grammatical mistakes to the subtleties of addressing other people, "trickster" words that look alike in both languages, inadvertent obscenities, and intentional swearing. He guides readers through the set phrases and idiomatic expressions that pepper the native speaker's conversation and provides a valuable introduction to the most widely used Spanish slang. With this book, both students in school and adult learners who never want to see another classroom can rapidly improve their speaking ability. Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish will be an essential aid in passing the supreme language test-communicating fluently with native speakers.

The Reading Basics Intermediate 1 Reader includes 15 high-interest nonfiction articles that cover topics including mummies, Doctors Without Borders, vampire bats, Frederick Douglass, killer bees, and more! Three graduated reading levels within each book are organized into three units of five lessons each. Key words are defined in the margins; six exercises per lesson strengthen comprehension and critical reading skills.

All series volumes have been developed in accordance with performance-based principles and methodology -- learner-centeredness, contextualization, use of authentic materials, function/task-orientedness, balance between skill getting and skill using, and integration of speaking, listening, reading, writing, and culture.