2 - Developing Competence at Reading Simple Texts

General description

Learner's understanding of written text is severely limited by her/his knowledge of the language itself (vocabulary, structure, etc.), in addition to the limited exposure to the sound-symbol relationship and spelling conventions in English.
May be literate in the same alphabet (may know and recognize all the familiar letters in print, both upper and lower case).
Sight recognition is limited to familiar words.
Reads silently and can correctly sound out short, syntactically and lexically simple sentences, isolated words and simple learned phrases whose forms and meanings are familiar (memorized or recognizable); they relate to everyday needs in predictable contexts.
Limited ability to phonetically decode and sound out unfamiliar words.
Can read personal and place names ( offices, stores, other businesses).
Can find specific information, mostly in simple formatted text with clear layout.