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- 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
- Super Easy Reading. The easiest short stories on the Web, written for ESL/EFL Level-1 students.
- Easy Reading. Easy, short stories written for ESL beginners.
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.
- Antimoon.com - Learn English effectively. Articles on how to learn English effectively, based on the experiences of successful learners.
- English Help, Advice and Tips. An article that talks about improving listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar.
- Expert English Teacher. Articles on English language learning, answering the questions you have.
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 an 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.
Public Domain Books
- Online Children's Stories. Many stories from well-known children's books. They are easy and interesting to read.
- Public Domain Books. Hundreds of books you can free download or open to read.
Other Sites
- Impossible Puzzles. By Wen Lash Li, who came to the United States when he was seven years old. He wrote this award-winning essay when he was thirteen.
- ESL: Reading. Reading materials for Teachers and Students of English as a Second Language.
- Simple English News. All kinds of news in simple English.
- Using Jokes and Humor to Learn English. Joe's Jokes - Read, Listen, and Learn English. A great way to increase your vocabulary!