READING

Top Sites

• 365 Short Stories for ESL Learners. ONE STORY A DAY, YOUR ENGLISH WILL BE GREAT! THE best ESL reading materials online! Free for everyone to use.

• Daily Lessons. A new English lesson each day, provided by English, Baby!

• Adult Learning Activities. California Distance Learning Project. A free site to build your reading and life skills.

• 100 free short stories for ESL learners. Practice answering yes/no questions, wh- questions, asking questions, and dictation.

For Beginners

• English for Children (1). 100 easy short stories for kids who have just started to learn English.

• English for Children (2). 126 easy short stories for children to practice reading and listening.

• English for ESL/EFL Beginners (Simple Present Tense). 30 New Short Stories, 50-Word Long.

• Short Stories for ESL/EFL Beginners (1). 200 easy stories for ESL/EFL beginners to practice reading and listening.

• Short Stories for ESL/EFL 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 the stories in the Short Stories for ESL/EFL Beginners.

• Easy Reading. 200 easy stories for beginners. Some stories are the same as the stories in the Short Stories for ESL/EFL Beginners.

• 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 college. You must read it if you are preparing to study in the U.S.

• Study Skills & Strategies. Top resources for FREE information on study skills, study strategies and study aids.

• Study Skills for Students. Study skills checklist, 10 habits of highly successful students.

• Antimoon.com - Learn English effectively. Articles on how to learn English effectively, based on the experiences of successful learners.

History and Culture

• Holidays in the U.S.A. Description of all the holidays from January to December.

• Biography. Reading biographies, watching 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 kinds of versions of the Bible in English and other languages, in text or pdf format.

• The English Learner 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.

Quotes

• The Quotations Page. The largest and oldest Quotations Page on the Web with about 30 categories such as Great Leaders, Sarcasm, and Wisdom.

• Finest Quotes. A huge collection of inspirational quotes, thoughts of greatestminds of history.

• Literature Quotes. Quotations from the great works of literature. You can search for quotations in a number of different ways.

• Inspirational Quotes. Read quotes and sayings from famous people in history.

• Einstein Quotes. Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein.

• Quotes To Live By. Inspiring quotations that are positive and thoughtful.

Public Domain Books

• A Christmas Carol. The famous novella by English author Charles Dickens.

• Christmas Stories. Classic works from Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library.

• Public Domain Books. Completely free books from a variety of different authors, collected here for you to read online.

Other Sites

• Impossible Puzzles. By William W. Li, an MIT graduate, who came to the United States at seven. He wrote this award-winning essay when he was thirteen.

• Jokes in English. With text and mp3 audio from manythings.org.

• Using Jokes and Humor to Learn English. Joe's Jokes - Read, Listen, and Learn English. A great way to increase your vocabulary!

• Jokes Collection. Jokes submitted by ESL/EFL instructors at iteslj.org for classroom use.