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Teaching Reading
Top Sites
English for New Immigrants in the USA
-- What new immigrants need to know in the United States
American Culture and Customs
Excellent free online reading materials for intermediate learners
A Young Couple's Life in the USA
A novel written to help English learners understand various aspects of American life
365 Short Essays for ESL Learners
ONE SHORT ESSAY A DAY, YOUR ENGLISH WILL BE GREAT! The best ESL reading materials online! Free for everyone to use
100 Free Short Stories
Practice answering yes/no questions, wh- questions, asking questions, and dictation
100 Essays: America Is Great
Essays written for ESL students to practice reading
This is America
Mini-novels describing ordinary people's life in the United States
The 100 American People You Should Know
Essays on 100 well-known Americans for English learners to read
For Beginners
Start Reading for Children (1)
Simple present tense, 50-word passages for children to start reading
Start Reading for Children (2)
100 more 50-word passages for kids to improve English through reading
Start Reading for Children (3)
100 longer reading passages to increase children's English level
English for Children (1)
100 short stories (50 words each), simple present tense, with audio
English for Children (2)
125 easy short stories for children to practice reading and listening
English Level 1
Simple present tense, 50-word passages for beginners + audio & exercises
English Level 2
Short passages for beginners + audio & exercises
English Level 3
Short essays for beginners + audio & exercises
English Level 4
More short essays for beginners + audio & exercises
English Level 5
200-word essays for beginners + audio & exercises
English Level 6
250-word essays for beginners + audio & exercises
Super Easy Reading for ESL Beginners 1
100 short stories (50 words each), simple present tense, + audio
Super Easy Reading 2
51 essays (100 words each), easy to understand
Short Stories for Beginners (1)
200 short stories + audio & exercises for ESL/EFL beginners to practice reading and listening
Short Stories for Beginners (2)
200 more easy stories for ESL/EFL beginners to practice reading and listening
Super Easy Reading
200 easy stories for beginners. (Some stories are the same as in Short Stories for Beginners (1)
Easy Reading
200 easy stories for beginners. Some stories are the same as in Short Stories for Beginners (2)
Star Fall
A free public service to motivate children to read with phonics
Learning Strategies
Key to College Success
About 10 pages of sincere advice about how to be successful in American college
Study Skills Guides
Time management, note-taking, test taking, active listening, stress management, researching, and memorization
Study Skills & Strategies
Top resources for information on study skills, study strategies
Study Skills for Students
Study skills checklist, 10 habits of highly successful students
How to Learn English
Covers motivation, dictionaries, pronunciation, input, and more
History and Culture
Holidays in America
Description of all the holidays from January to December
Biography
Read biographies, and watch interviews and video clips
Presidents of the United States of America
Biographies of 43 USA Presidents
50 States of the United States
Introduction to all the 50 states. Also learn the pronunciation of names of the states
Introduction to the United States of America
Online Culture Lessons by Paul Sparks
Bible Gateway
All different versions of the Bible in English and other languages, in text or pdf format
Movie Guides
Detailed synopses of popular movies with an extensive glossary of vocabulary and various cultural references
This Day in History
A short passage each day describing a historical event in American history
Dictionaries
Cambridge International Dictionary
An excellent online dictionary for English learners with simple definitions and translation
Longman Dictionary
The quickest and easiest way to look up any word, simple and clear definitions for English learners to understand
Dictionary.com
The largest free online dictionary with definitions and pronunciation
A Picture Dictionary
Learn vocabulary by seeing the image and hearing the pronunciation
Acronym Finder
The world's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations
Quotes
Proverbs by Subjects
The most popular proverbs in different categories
The Quotations Page
The largest and oldest Quotations Page on the Web with about 30 categories
LIBQUOTES
100% Sourced Quotations, famous authors, hand-picked quotes, and popular topics
Finest Quotes
A huge collection of inspirational quotes, thoughts of greatest minds in history
Literature Quotes
Quotations from the great works of literature
Inspirational Quotes
Read quotes and sayings from famous people in history
Einstein Quotes
Collected quotes from Albert Einstein
Public Domain Books
The Baldwin Project
Bring yesterday's classics to today's children
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
An adaptation of a Mark Twain classic, appropriate for low-intermediate to intermediate learners
Public Domain Books
Free books from a variety of different authors
Jokes
Jokes in English
With text and mp3 audio from manythings.org
Using Jokes and Humor to Learn English
A great way to increase your vocabulary!
Jokes Collection
Jokes submitted by ESL/EFL instructors at iteslj.org for classroom use
Jokes in Levels
Videos of three levels for English learners to view