The programs contain a wide variety of interactive learning activities that have been effective in advancing students reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills relevant to TOEFL success.

The bundle will familiarize students with the type of content they will see on the exam. Lessons are self-paced and self-correcting. Voice support is available with most of the programs.

Student scores are tracked in a record management system that allows instructors and students to view results and print reports.

Reading

• Accu-Reading, Set 2
  Helps students master specific reading skills.
  
  
• Developing Critical Thinking Skills for Upper Grades, Sets 3 and 4
  Helps students improve reading comprehension.
  
  
• Vocabulary Super Stretch, Sets 1 and 2
  Helps students with word recognition, meanings, and origins.
  
  
• Science Reading for College Prep
  Sharpens students ability to interpret science texts.
  
  
• Social Studies Reading for College Prep
  Sharpens students ability to interpret social studies texts.

Structure / Writing

• Essay Punch
  Takes students through the steps of writing an essay.
  
  
• Grammar Fitness for Upper Grades, Sets 3 and 4
  Helps students master troublesome points of grammar.
  
  
• Write It Right, Sets 1 and 2
  Helps students view and correct problem problems in writing.

Listening

• The TOEFL Prep Bundle includes the Merit Text Talker to help students understand English as it is spoken in college and university settings.

Reading
Concepts covered:

• Determine main idea of passages
• Identify sequence of details in reading passages
• Draw inferences from text
• Draw conclusions by choosing salient information from text
• Understand vocabulary from context by choosing contextual clues
• Increase vocabulary recognition
• Differentiate between fact and opinion
• Recall facts and details
• Understand, analyze, and interpret written materials based on work-related topics

Structure / Writing
Concepts covered include:

• Build knowledge of English language grammar
• Recognize common errors in word usage
• Understand parts of speech
• Practice proper use of verb tenses
• Recognize problems in sentence structure
• Practice grammar in conversational form
• Work on grammar in a single-concept or mixed-practice format
• Write clear and descriptive sentences
• Express ideas coherently and fluently in paragraph form
• Improve writing style and sentence structure
• Improve word choice
• Proofread for punctuation and spelling
• Save and publish finished work

Listening
Concepts covered include

• Learn proper pronunciation and intonation of North American English
• Listen to words, sentences, passages, questions, and help messages
• Learn the correct pronunciation of vocabulary words

Language Arts: Writing Skills
Concepts covered include:

Recognize and practice the elements of essay writing Use pre-writing strategies Organize ideas Write clear, descriptive sentences Focus writing on a central topic Support and elaborate on ideas with details and facts Develop relationships among ideas Develop and organize paragraphs

Use and understand an effective organizational pattern Practice proofreading and editing Identify common problems in writing, usage, and punctuation Analyze and revise drafts to strengthen writing Build writing strategies and skills for work-related communication

Mathematics: Computation and Problem-Solving Skills
Concepts covered include:

Practice the basics of algebra Work with formulas Use operations with integers Simplify expressions Solve multi-step equations Apply algebra to solve word problems Break down word problems into steps Relate word problem language to math

Use key words to choose operations and set up equations Work with real life word problems Interpret information from graphs Analyze data tables Use ratios, proportions, and scales

Science
Concepts covered include:

• Practice problem solving questions
• Develops conceptual understanding of science concepts
• Review passages with illustrated content
• Covers life science, physical science, earth science, and space science

Social Studies
Concepts covered include:

• Measures concepts from history, geography, civics and government, and economics
• Covers comprehension, application, analysis, and evaluation questions
• Learn to comprehend charts, maps, tables, political cartoons
• Uses U.S. historical documents as source materials

Program Versions	Price	License Terms	Item #	Buy It Now
Home Version	$295.00	Use on one computer. Record keeping for 2 students.	MeritTPB	Download Version CD-ROM Version
1 Station: Stand-alone	$769.00	Use on one computer. Record keeping for 42 students.	MeritTPBb
5 Pack: 1 Station: Stand-alone	$2,695.00	Use a 1 Station: Stand-alone version on up to 5 separate computers.	MeritTPBc
5 Stations: Networkable	$4,829.00	Use on a network with 5 concurrent users. Record keeping for 1,000 students.	MeritTPBd
10 Stations: Networkable	$8,215.00	Use on a network with 10 concurrent users. Record keeping for 1,000 students.	MeritTPBe	Please Contact RMLearning
Site License	Contact Us	Use on a network with more than 10 concurrent users. Record keeping for 1,000 students.	MeritTPBf	Please Contact RMLearning