National Geographic 6-12 Catalog 2008-2009 - (Page 5) Program Authors David W. Moore, Ph.D. Professor of Education, Arizona State University Deborah J. Short, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate, Center for Applied Linguistics Alfred W. Tatum, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director of UIC Reading Clinic, University of Illinois at Chicago Josefina Villamil Tinajero, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Professor of Education, University of Texas at El Paso Gretchen Bernabei, Teacher Northside Independent School District, San Antonio, Texas Level C Reading Level 3.0–4.5 Language Proficiency: Intermediate Level D Reading Level 4.0–5.5 Language Proficiency: Early Advanced Level E Reading Level 5.0–6.5 Language Proficiency: Advanced Build Reading and Writing Power The students who begin in these levels have more advanced language proficiency and have learned to read, but they need intensive work to build academic vocabulary and language, to learn reading strategies, and to develop skill in comprehension, literary analysis, and writing. Language development lessons promote the use of more complex language functions and grammar. They greatly expand vocabulary and develop facility with non-literal language. Reading skills and strategies spiral across the levels and are taught with text at increasingly higher reading levels. 5
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