te-form focused around a sequence of events Yes, that's right. I guess what you want to get is, 読むことができて、書くこともできます。 Is this "sequence of events"? Yes and no. Here, you're arranging two items that you can do （読む and 書く). That て sounds like "and" to me. Then sequence of events? 雪が溶けて、川になる。 Snow melts (the first event). This event, in turn, results in forming a river -- this is the second event after the first. They're step 1 and 2. You know the context is just the key to judge if て is used to achieve "sequence of events". So don't worry.

Hi, David, I don't know about te-form cause I am not Japanese teacher, but as a native Japanese, I would say like this. 例１（日本語を）読むことも書くこともできます。 例２（日本語の）読み書きができます。 Best regards, Kyoko