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A Midsummer's Night's Dream - Simplified for EFL Students
(Nada AbiSamra)
By William Shakespeare
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(Language Net)
6 extracts each with comprehension, vocabulary and grammar exercises (CGI)
BBC News Online
Read news: World, UK, Business, Sci/Tech, Health, Education, ...
Children's Stories from Platypus Software
(Colleen Dick)
Free short stories designed for native-speaker children.
CLTA Free Web Activities - American Readings
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Route 66, War of the Worlds, Bruce Lee, Motown, Gettysburg Address, Baseball
Daily Word Messages
(Clark Offner)
Daily readings designed for ESL written by a Christian missionary in Japan You may jump directly to
This Week's Messages
,
Next Week's Messages
or
Last Week's Messages
.
EFL Asteroid
(Derrick Nault)
A monthly EFL newsletter for Korean students. (members.tripod.com)
Eldritch Press - Free Online Public Domain Books
American and English Literature and Translations
English Outlook - Fall 1998
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] (George Peknik)
An electronic magazine for advanced English students
English Outlook - Winter 1999
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Disability of Not Knowing English, English of Camping, Writing Resumes, ...
ESL Stories
Memories, My Drean, Life, The Oil Drum, Four Days at Sea, Unfortunate Life
Exchange Magazine
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Cookbook, World Cultures, Stories, Letters to the Editor, Pen Pals, Class Projects
Fluency Through Fables
(The Comenius Group)
6 fables: The Donky and the Goat, The Father and His Son, ...
Free Love Test - Love and Compatibility Test
(www.lovetest.com)
A test you can take for fun. Good reading practice.
HAND! (The Have A Nice Day Newsletter)
A monthly web publication of clean, funny jokes & quotes.
Holidays in the USA
Written for ESL students.
Interesting Facts About Ants
A reading about ants.
Lonely Planet On-Line
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Travel information. Read about other countries. Read about your own country.
Network - The Internet Magazine for Teachers and Learners of English
Part of the BBC World Service
Network SouthEast
(Language Net)
Reading exercises based on an advertisement. Graded by CGI.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming in Education
(Tom Maguire)
Activities for Students: Her Letters, Party, Music, Idioms (Reading, Writing & Vocabulary)
Road Safety Project
(Amalnet)
Articles, activities and links on road safety for ESL students.
Seattle, Washington, USA - A Resource Guide for New Immigrants
(Aviva Furman)
A guide designed for people living in Seattle or planning to live in Seattle.
SOON Online - Easy English Magazine
Stories, Interviews, Life and How to Survive It, Problems
Stories for Scouts
Stories often told around the campfire. You may have fun reading these.
Stories, Texts, and Reading Activities - Meet the Jacobson Family
(Judith Rohlf)
A text desribing a family and an activity in which students draw the family
The @LBE Electronic Web Site
@LBE E-zine #1
,
@LBE E-zine #2
,
Interviews with Familiar and Famous People
and more.
The Bear and the Two Travellers by Aesop
(Language Net)
A story with 4 CGI-graded exercises: Comprehension, Word Search, Parts of Speech, Verb Form
The New Internationalist in Easier English
(Chris Doye & Bob Keim)
Thought-provoking articles on global issues rewritten for learners of English.
The Sick Lion by Aesop
(Language Net)
A story with 4 CGI-graded exercises: Comprehension, Word Search, Parts of Speech, Verb Form
The Text Project
The purpose of the Text Project is to generate hypertext textbooks to teach various subjects over the network.
The Unofficial page of Foundation Studies, East Sydney Campus, Sydney Institute of Technology
(Bruce Laidlaw)
Stories
Topics Online Magazine for Learners of English
(Sandy and Thomas Peters)
Jan-March, 1999
and
8 other issues
.
U.S. Holidays
By the American Embassy Sofia USIS
University of British Columbia's Student Survival Kit
Designed for Japanese students visiting Vancouver. Good for others visiting Vancouver as well.
University of Virginia - English Electronic Text Center
Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, letters, newspapers, manuscripts, ...
Wacky Web Tales
(Houghton Mifflin Company)
'Mad Libs' - Fill in the blanks and let the computer write a story.
WINGS Electronic Magazine - For ESL Writing and Art
October 1995 to April 1996
WordBot - Helps you read English Web pages.
(Keith Golden)
Allows a user to click on words in any web page and get its meaning.
Write a Love Letter for Me
(The Cyrano Server)
Answer a few questions and this page will create a love letter for you. Fun for reading practice.
www.englishclub.net - Short Story - The Chapel by Stephen Lord
Set in the tropical island of Trinidad, this is a story of love and revenge.
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