3 - Adequate Competence at Reading Simple Texts

General description

Learner's understanding of written text is expanding with her/his knowledge of the language itself (vocabulary, structure, etc.), in addition to the improving awareness of the sound-symbol relationship and spelling conventions in English due to exposure.
.Able to read a simple passage within a familiar, predictable context of daily personal life: simple narrative of routine events (e.g. stories written and read in class); simple descriptive prose about people, places and things; set of instructions.
May require re-reading and clarification.
Understands purpose and general idea of text in prose and other texts.
Able to phonetically decode and sound out all familiar and unfamiliar words.
Can read unsimplified authentic texts rarely and usually with great difficulty; very short news items with literal language and no idiom, weather forecast, sales promotion coupons and flyers.
Can find specific, more detailed information, mostly in formatted text with clear layout.