Procedures and Instructions (A7201)

This 1993 Cindy Award Winner in Education interactive multimedia training program consists of five lessons. This program trains participants to improve reading and writing skills on the job through instruction and practice with realistic workplace applications. The program also includes a diagnostic pretest which can be used to place participants at the appropriate lesson in the program.

Audience: This program is excellent for employees in all disciplines who need to improve their ability to understand what they read and to write more closely.

Prerequisites

This lesson is designed to improve existing reading and writing skills. Participants should know the letters of the alphabet, simple phonics, and basic word comprehension.

Description

This lesson uses typical workplace procedures and instructions to provide help with reading comprehension and writing skills. Reading skills addressed focus on sentence level comprehension as well as vocabulary improvement using word structure and context clues. Writing skills focus on choosing a main idea and sequencing. The lesson also explains how to use the dictionary as a reading/writing reference.

Objectives

Identify the main idea and relevant details in a sentence. Determine the meaning of a new word using the root words, prefixes, and suffixes. Write complete sentence directions.
Sequence a list of sentences properly. Use a dictionary to determine the spelling, pronunciation, and meaning of a word.