Online Reading Resources

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Reading Strategies and General Practice

• Good general menu with reading skills/strategies and cloze lessons/exercises: http://www.eslflow.com/readinglessonplans.html
• Reading links:
  • http://towerofenglish.com/reading.html
  • https://thoughtco.com/improve-reading-skills-1210402
  • Levels and categories for reading practice at the direct links listed below:
    • Beginner Reading Skills (14)
      http://esl.about.com/od/beginnerreadingskills/
    • Reading - Advanced (17)
      http://esl.about.com/od/readingadvanced/
    • Reading - Intermediate (11)
      http://esl.about.com/od/readingintermediate/
    • Reading Comprehension Quiz (28)
      http://esl.about.com/od/readingcomprehensionquiz/
    • Reading Lesson Plans (8)
      http://esl.about.com/od/readinglessonplan1/
  • Reading strategies and leveled reading practice:
    http://eslgold.com/reading/
  • Everyday English: Sample Receipt: https://thoughtco.com/beginner-english-continue-daily-habits-routines-1212136
    http://kweto.com/etjaichi/nicolascueto/

Dialogues

• http://esl.about.com/library/lessons/bllisteningplans.htm

Short Passages

Everyday English - interesting listening topics at three levels with transcripts, questions and answers:

• https://www.talkenglish.com/listening/listenbasic.aspx

Stories

• Illustrated and retold by art students at the University of Massachusetts (short traditional and modern retellings with cute illustrations):
  https://www.umass.edu/aesop/fables.php
  
• Crime short stories for advanced level. Teacher's link-study questions/games/activities (for some stories), reader's forum:
  http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/crimeindex.html
• Humorous stories. Teacher's link-study questions/games/activities (for some stories), reader's forum:
  http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/humourindex.html

Reading for Content

• Full text of great literature classics - A teaching and educational website:
  http://www.book-worm.org/
• http://www.englishclub.com/reading/classic-reading.htm
• Takako's Great Adventure Readings with audio, comprehension questions and vocabulary explanation: http://towerofenglish.com/internationaloubccatakakoindex.html
• News archive by categories: (one or more follow-up activities/instructor page in side menu):
  http://towerofenglish.com/literacynetcnnsfarchives.html