Reading & Vocab Sites

News Websites for English Learners

• ESOL News Oregon  (Tim Krause) – Read about the news in Oregon.  Articles for different levels with practice activities. 

• Breaking News English - 7 reading levels + practice activities

• Easy English News  (Elizabeth Claire) - Look at the top to find this month's newspaper.  Includes stories written by students. (Might require a subscription.)

• News in Levels - Level 1 uses 1st 1000 words in English, Level 2 uses 1st 2000 words, Level 3 uses 1st 3000 words

• The Times in Plain English - Free internet newspaper.  It has stories from The New York Times, but the English is easier.

Reading Websites for English Learners

• Newsela (newsela.com) – Many topics and levels.  Free, but you need an account.

• ELC Study Zone (University of Victoria)
  Lower Intermediate (330) - Reading
  Intermediate (410) - Reading

• National Geographic - Life
  Interactive Reading Practice - Beginner/Elementary

• Commonlit (commonlit.org) – Many topics and many levels.

• Reading Skills for Today's Adults - Many levels, topics about daily life

• British Council – Reading – Reading practice for different levels of students.

• Reading Library (Center for the Study of Adult Literacy) -  3 levels and many topics. 

Vocabulary Websites

• Learning Chocolate - Lots and lots of vocabulary

• Agenda Web - Vocabulary, word skills, grammar, reading

• Vocabulary Videos (Lanternfish ESL)

Dictionaries

• Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

• Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

• MacMillan Dictionary

Parts of Speech

• Grammar Gorillas (Funbrain.com)

• Parts of Speech (ELC Study Zone)

• Matching Pairs: Parts of Speech Game (English Club)

• Sortify (Brainpop)

• Word Invasion (Academic Skill Builders)

• Parts of Speech: Asteroids Computer Game (ABCya)