This learning module, one of a series of 127 performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing on specific professional competencies of vocational teachers, deals with the task of assisting students in developing technical reading skills. Addressed in the individual learning experiences included in the module are the following topics: the importance of technical reading in vocational programs (fusing the teaching of reading and content, assessing student needs and abilities, using additional resources, and understanding the reading process); development of vocabulary exercises (context clues, structural analysis, oral vocabulary instruction, and word puzzles and games); development of comprehension skills (levels of comprehension, strategies in reading for main ideas and details, and techniques for questioning and for helping students recognize patterns); development of graphics reading exercises; and formulation of a plan to teach technical reading skills (reading and analyzing materials, using a text analysis chart, introducing reading materials, and developing a study guide and enrichment activities). Each learning experience contains an objective, one or more learning activities, and a feedback activity. The module provides student teachers with the opportunity to examine case studies; develop instructional materials, exercises, and a teaching plan; and assist students in developing technical reading skills in an actual teaching situation. (MN)