Top Sites
- English for New Immigrants in the USA What new immigrants need to know in the United States
- American Culture and Customs Excellent free online ESL reading materials
- A Young Couple's Life in the USA An ESL novel to help you learn various aspects of American life
For Beginners
- 365 Short Essays For ESL learners who want to finish English study within a year
- 100 Free Short Stories Practice answering yes/no, wh- questions, and dictation
- 100 Essays: America Is Great For ESL students to practice reading and learn about America
- This is America Mini-novels describing American life
- The 100 American People To introduce 100 well-known American people to English learners
- Start Reading for Children (1) Simple present tense, 50-word passages for children to start reading
- Start Reading for Children (2) 100 more 50-word passages for kids to improve English through reading
- Start Reading for Children (3) 100 longer reading passages to increase children's English level
- English for Children (1) 100 short stories (50 words each), simple present tense, with audio
- English for Children (2) 125 easy short stories for children to practice reading and listening
- English Level 1 Simple present tense, 50-word passages for beginners + audio & exercises
- English Level 2 Short passages for beginners + audio & exercises
- English Level 3 Short essays for beginners + audio & exercises
- English Level 4 More short essays for beginners + audio & exercises
- English Level 5 200-word essays for beginners + audio & exercises
- English Level 6 250-word essays for beginners + audio & exercises
- Super Easy Reading 1 100 short stories (50 words each), simple present tense, + audio
- Super Easy Reading 2 51 essays (100 words each), easy to understand
- Short Stories for Beginners (1) 200 short stories + audio & exercises for ESL/EFL beginners to practice reading and listening
- Short Stories for 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 Beginners
- Easy Reading 200 easy stories for beginners. Some stories are the same as the stories in the Short Stories for Beginners
Learning Strategies
- Key to College Success About 10 pages of sincere advice about how to be successful in American college
- Study Skills Guides Time management, note-taking, test taking, active listening, stress management, researching, and memorization
- Study Skills & Strategies Top resources for information on study skills, study strategies
- Study Skills for Students Study skills checklist, 10 habits of highly successful students
- How to Learn English Covers motivation, dictionaries, pronunciation, input, and more
History and Culture
- Holidays in America Description of all the holidays from January to December
- Biography Read biographies, and watch interviews and video clips
- Bible Gateway All different versions of the Bible in English and other languages, in text or pdf format
- Movie Guides Detailed synopses of popular movies with an extensive glossary of vocabulary and various cultural references
- This Day in History Some interesting things that happened this day in history
Dictionaries
- Cambridge International Dictionary An excellent online dictionary for English learners with simple definitions and translation
- Longman Dictionary The quickest and easiest way to look up any word, simple and clear definitions for English learners to understand
- Dictionary.com The largest free online dictionary with definitions and pronunciation
- A Picture Dictionary Learn vocabulary by seeing the image and hearing the pronunciation
- Acronym Finder The world's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations
Quotes
- Proverbs by Subjects The most popular proverbs in different categories
- LIBQUOTES 100% Sourced Quotations, famous authors, hand-picked quotes, and popular topics
- The Quotations Page The largest and oldest Quotations Page on the Web with about 30 categories
- Finest Quotes A huge collection of inspirational quotes, thoughts of greatest minds in history
- Literature Quotes Quotations from the great works of literature
- Inspirational Quotes Read quotes and sayings from famous people in history
- Einstein Quotes Collected quotes from Albert Einstein
Public Domain Books
- The Gateway to the Classics One of the best online collections of classic literature for children and the young at heart
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer An adaptation of a Mark Twain classic, appropriate for low-intermediate to intermediate learners
- Public Domain Books Free books from a variety of different authors
Jokes
- Jokes in English With text and mp3 audio from manythings.org
- Jokes Collection Jokes submitted by ESL/EFL instructors at iteslj.org for classroom use
- Jokes in Levels Videos of three levels for English learners to view
Award-winning Essays
- Impossible Puzzles By William W. L. Li, an MIT graduate, who came to the United States from China at seven. He wrote this award-winning essay when he was thirteen
- How Has Technology Improved My Life The essay written by Yilin Wang from Arcadia High School won the Best ESL Essay Award at CATESOL 2015 Annual Conference