Websites to Practice Reading on Your Own
LEVEL 1
http://www.eslreading.org/ (use beginner links)
http://www.eslfast.com/ (365 very short stories / read along with
native speakers)
http://www.cdlponline.org/ (articles on family, health, housing, school,
nature, technology, etc. /read along with native speakers and in some
cases, watch a companion video)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/ (ESL news from BBC)
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/on-this-day/ (Learn what happened on this day of any year!)
Level 2
http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/esl-reading/ (folklore and ghost stories from all 50 States)
http://www.how-to-study.com/ (80 great study skill articles on note taking, test taking, etc.)
http://science.howstuffworks.com/ (engineering, science, and the environment)
http://www.biography.com/ (historical figures through articles and companion videos)
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ (sports news)
Level 3
http://thisibelieve.org/ (read along with native speakers)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues (read about issues in the U.S.)
http://www.wired.com/wired/ (past, current, and future technology trends)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciammag/ (science)
http://www.engineering.com/ (library of engineering topics / engineering games and puzzles)
Vocabulary section of website:
http://www.ontrackreading.com/wordlists/consonant-sounds-by-spelling (spelling help)
http://www.uefap.com/vocab/select/selfram.htm (General Service List--2000 common English words)
http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/ (corpus)
http://www.uefap.com/vocab/select/selfram.htm (Academic Word List)