The Comprehension B1 and B2 programs teach the many separate skills necessary to read content-area textbooks, learn new information, and respond to written questions that involve deductions and rule applications. Lessons focus on developing the background knowledge, vocabulary, and thinking skills needed to construct meaning from written text. Reasoning and analysis strategies are taught in content-rich contexts, enabling students to transfer these strategies to many subject areas. Games help students master important facts and vocabulary. By the time they finish the Level B programs, students have learned basic strategies that allow them to read for information in academic subjects and learn new facts and vocabulary.
Teaches: Literal and inferential skills, reading for information, writing skills, following sequenced instructions, analyzing contradictions, common information.