English Reading, Teaching and

Learning - Resource Booklet

Here is another resource booklet. I have divided it into 5 sections.

Section 1 provides some articles and background materials on reading pedagogy

Section 2 provides listing of sites of generic nature that include materials for most level
and other areas than just reading, though I have provided the direct link to reading
materials.

Section 3 deals with websites suitable for elementary level reading

Section 4 deals with websites relevant for intermediate level reading

Section 5 deals with websites targeted at advanced learners and finally the last section

Section 6 provides links to mediafire resources mostly course books for all levels

Section 1 Reading Pedagogy

Teaching reading.
http://www.nadasisland.com/reading/

How to teach ESL reading.

http://www.yourdictionary.com/esl/How-to-Teach-ESL-Reading.html

teaching reading to adult English language learners – staff development programme.

http://www.valrc.org/publications/pdf/teachingreading.pdf

Pedagogy of reading materials for teacher training.

http://materialsdesign.pbworks.com/Reading-Materials

Reading comprehension requires the knowledge of words and the world.

http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/spring2003/AE_SPRNG.pdf

10 ways to exploit reading texts

http://www.english-zone.com/files/reading.pdf

15 ways to simplify reading texts – useful guidance

http://edition.tefl.net/ideas/read/simplify-reading-texts/

Section 2 General websites on reading

One of the best sites on most things ESL, not least reading
http://www.michellehenry.fr/compr.htm

Simplified version of classic texts – mainly young learners

http://www.eslreading.org/

Aesop’s fables 655+ some with audio

http://aesopfables.com/

Practice reading English with these ESL short stories from American folklore, retold by
S.E. Schlosser. Some short stories have an ESL listening component. There are stories
under other categories.
http://www.americanfolklore.net/esl-reading.html

Kid’s corner featuring Beatrice Potter. You will find each Potter story presented page by
page with a lovely original illustration and the text. Click and you will turn the page. You
find the classics including Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, and Two Bad Mice.
http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm

An excellent site with plenty of reading texts for beginners to advanced students.
http://www.eslgold.com/reading.html

Interesting reading site – 4 classic characters.

http://sites.google.com/site/100listeler/esl-reading

Reading list for different level of learners.

http://members.tripod.com/~AliMcJ/AliBabaB-5.html

English language activities, exercises and tests – with lots of activities on reading.
http://www.world-english.org/

Reading skills test

http://wserver.scc.losrios.edu/~matric/assessment/ESL_StudyGuide.pdf

Reading with gloss, poems with gloss, true/false quizzes. Multiple choice questions, story
building, text reconstruction and cloze exercises - excellent
http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/reading/reading.html

This site provides very interesting activities for all skills including reading.
http://betsylavolette.com/?page_id=23
Original stories, poems, essays, and articles. They are most appropriate for upper
elementary through middle school years.
http://www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm

Various levels of wide variety of reading texts.

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/readingpassageindex.htm
This site also covers a variety of levels and topics on reading – good for children.
http://edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension.htm

Another interesting site that has lots of pps/ppt presentation and covers reading extensive
with activities fir kids and guidance for teachers.
http://languagearts.pppst.com/readingcomprehension.html

The main site full of reading Webquests for all levels – excellent.
http://www.edu-negev.gov.il/bs/makif7/english/

Reading texts on British culture – good selection for all levels.

http://www.saberingles.com.ar/reading/index.html

This British site has tons of reading materials for all levels – really worth a browse.
http://www.skillsworkshop.org/l2lit.htm

Some excellent links to further sites for reading resources.

http://www.trip1.org/reading.htm

Stories archive from CNN – always handy.

http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html

Free printable short stories by theme – children’s literature

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/short-stories.html

Offers collection of short stories for inspiration for everyone form many different genre.
http://stories-shortstories.blogspot.com/

reading skills lesson plans for all levels.

http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?
sectionType=listsummary&catid=59408&docid=146280

Excellent site with lessons on all skills and all levels – a must visit.
http://developingteachers.com/plans/lessonplan_index.htm

Another excellent reading site with variety of reading ideas and activities.
http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/skills/reading.htm

Extra reading and writing activities.

http://www.oup.com/elt/catalogue/teachersites/incredibleenglishkit/reading/?cc=es

Topic based reading and vocabulary worksheets.

http://www.tefl.net/esl-lesson-plans/esl-worksheets-tbw.htm

Collection of dozens of sites around reading and other themes.

http://www.ipl.org/kidspace/browse/rzn0000

Sample chapters from Mary Glasgow magazine - interesting

http://maryglasgowmagazines.com/teacher_resources/36637

A range of texts have been selected from the coursebooks. There are several ways
teachers can exploit these texts. For example, blanking out words can create gap fill
exercises for developing comprehension, vocabulary or grammar skills.
http://gatewaytoenglish.com/g2e/reading_texts.asp

Some really interesting stuff here.

http://www.readinglady.com/
http://www.readinglady.com/index.php?
module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=2&MMN_position=4:4

100’s of printable activities on every imaginable theme. Great. Links to many other sites.
http://www.mrsjonesroom.com/themes/alphlist.html

Section 3 Elementary reading

One of the premier websites for developing children’s reading skills – very diverse
topics, a must visit.
http://www.starfall.com/

100 easy reading short texts for ESL beginners

http://www.rong-chang.com/supereasy/
http://www.rong-chang.com/easyread/

World food
http://www.esl-galaxy.com/reading/World%20Food%20maze.pdf

Present simple reading

http://www.esl-galaxy.com/reading/food%20text%20maze%20tom%20eats.pdf

Tom’s daily routine

http://www.esl-galaxy.com/reading/Tom%20daily%20routines.pdf

Reading for ESL students

http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~lfried/stories/stories.html
beginning English reading comprehension
http://esl.about.com/od/beginnerreadingskills/Beginning_English_Reading_Comprehensi
on.htm

Original stories, poems, essays, and articles. They are most appropriate for upper
elementary through middle school years.
http://www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm

Short reading sample texts on general elementary topics – you can develop your own
exercises for them.
http://www.edu-negev.gov.il/bs/makif7/english/Texts%20for%20Reading
%20Comprehension.doc

Good selection of reading texts for grade 1 to 4 - Students read the article, paragraph, or
story.
http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/comprehension.html

Comprehension grades 1 to 5 online

http://www.learningtarget.com/CompList.htm

Free teacher reading comprehension worksheets for elementary to grade 5

http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/reading_comp/

Rebus reading
http://www.highlightskids.com/Stories/Rebus/rebusRoundup_Top.asp

Printable reading activities for beginner and elementary

http://aaw.hct.ac.ae/lrc/online/resources/white/english/reading/index.htm
http://aaw.hct.ac.ae/lrc/online/resources/yellow/english/reading/index.htm

Everyday life touchstone unit 4

http://www.cambridge.org/elt/touchstone/images/pdf/WB1U4.pdf

Good collection of readings for children of all ages – fantastic site

http://www.dandi.me.uk/

Short stories, classics, novels, non-fiction, poems – great collection of reading texts
http://www.bygosh.com/kidsstories.htm

Emergent readers – reading for children – a must bookmark.

http://www.jmeacham.com/emergent.readers.htm#seasons.weather

This page contains play scripts, performance notes and casting slips, illustrated stories,
exercises to go with the story.
http://www.storiestogrowby.com/

Good for young learners – many topics covered

http://www.kidsturncentral.com/topics.htm

Fun way to get kids interested in reading – free membership required.

http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/ewe_preview.html

Sample unit reading activities.

http://www.charlesbridge.com/client/client_pages/downloadables.cfm

In English workbook - elementary

http://www.hvlibrary.org/esl/workbooks/Unit%203%20-%20%20IN%20ENGLISH
%20Workbook.pdf

Lessons based on fairy stories and traditional tales

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/englishC4.htm
This is the mainsite with lessons for young primary stage learners.
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/english.htm

Printable stories by theme – very good.

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/short-stories.html

Printables and nursery rhymes – a good all round site as well.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/literature

Selection of cartons and comics from newspapers –great fun

http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/comics.htm
100s of free resources for reading. The site has others great stuff.
http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/cll/index.html

For kindergarten – very interesting.

http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/literacy.html

Learning to read with stories, jokes, songs, games and more. Very good indeed.
http://www.mightybook.com/

Children’s digital library full of stories and activities.

http://www.storyplace.org/storyplace.asp

Section 4 Intermediate reading

Traditional Reading Practice (main idea, details, and inference)
Adapted from Interesting Deaf Americans. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University.
Reading on theme of deafness
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/main/reading.html

365 ESL short stories – for intermediate students

http://www.eslfast.com/

100 free short English stories for ESL learners with grammar, comprehension and
dictation exercises
http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/

Reading skills practice -interesting

http://eslus.com/LESSONS/READING/READ.HTM

Excellent site with texts for all levels but this is for intermediate and upper-intermediate.
Interactive.
http://www.agendaweb.org/reading/comprehension_easy_interm1.html

Practice intermediate reading texts, short stories and novels. Excellent for adult students.
http://www.miguelmllop.com/practice/intermediate/readingcomprehension/readingcompi
ndex.htm

Reading passages with exercises

http://home.earthlink.net/~eslstudent/read/readdo1.html

Printable reading activities for lower intermediate and upper-intermediate

http://aaw.hct.ac.ae/lrc/online/resources/green/english/reading/index.htm
http://aaw.hct.ac.ae/lrc/online/resources/orange/english/reading/index.htm

The site hosts abundant information on the most famous books studied in literature
classes or read for your own pleasure(summary, plot analysis, character sketches, themes,
quotes etc.). Another section is on poetry. You go deeper and deeper and with each click
you discover something new and useful. Excellent website bookmarked in esl printables
by baiba.
http://www.shmoop.com/literature/

Lesson plans and reading on environmental issues.

http://www.rustletheleaf.com/lessonplans1.html

Section 5 Advanced reading

5 minutes reading texts – great for self-study
http://www.5minuteenglish.com/reading.htm

Excellent site for reading lessons on many different topics.

http://www.eslflow.com/readinglessonplans.html

Classic English reading stories for advanced students with exercises. Other sections of
the sites has many other reading texts for all level of ESL learners
http://www.englishclub.com/reading/

Reading on health and science topics

http://amarris.homestead.com/reading.html

Here are links to some of the best English quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help
you improve your reading skills. They range in difficulty from elementary up to advanced
and contain a variety of activities and sometimes contain audio versions of the story for
you to listen to.
http://englishenglish.com/reading_skills.htm

Good materials for advanced level

http://www.esl-lounge.com/level6reading.shtml

Reading passage
http://pf.ujep.cz/attachments/057_KAJ_prijimacky2007reading.pdf

Reading comprehension texts with questions. Good selection of texts.

http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/comp/readcomp.htm

Sample of medical texts

http://www.cambridge.org/elt/goodpractice/readingtexts.htm
Free online novels of Jennifer L. Armstrong + 100s of other novels covering different
genre.
http://www.free-online-novels.com/

Another site with lots of online novels – various genre.

http://www.woodcock88.seriouslyinternet.com/Free_novels_online/free_novels_online.ht
ml

Reading comprehension question bank.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7006008/Reading-Comprehension-Exercises

Jigsaw reading and writing – life style

http://custom.buyitsellit.com/1268/jigsawRandWsample.pdf
https://www.esl-library.com/pdf/StoreSamples/JigsawR&R-SAMPLE.pdf

Reading activities links for advanced levels

http://aaw.hct.ac.ae/lrc/online/resources/red/english/reading/index.htm

Good collection of stories for advanced students

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/romanceindex.html

A well-known site that provides plenty of news stories – mostly for advanced students.
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

Reading online
http://www.aj.cz/read.htm

Articles for level 3 English learners

http://www.penguindossiers.com/archive-frameset.asp

Section 5 Books and other resources

Reading and vocabulary work

Building fluency 1, 2, 3, and 4

http://www.mediafire.com/?mmkim3fyzzb

http://www.mediafire.com/?zjmik2guywq

http://www.mediafire.com/?m0mumwnqnyj

http://www.mediafire.com/?mn4nwluikmz

Building vocabulary 3, 4, 5, 6
http://www.mediafire.com/?ymolk3axxgd

http://www.mediafire.com/?mfgoz4dnwen

http://www.mediafire.com/?wlvdfgwinmi

http://www.mediafire.com/?twwnwf42gqk

Channel beginner full set

http://www.mediafire.com/?mzmmw0twten
http://www.mediafire.com/?5tzm4jcjym2
http://www.mediafire.com/?uwnzdw1wyxm
http://www.mediafire.com/?dlijmyntntx
http://www.mediafire.com/?uxodwhgwxml

Channel elementary set

http://www.mediafire.com/?mmenzk4ud1g
http://www.mediafire.com/?r2njez2qdwg
http://www.mediafire.com/?hjy0xwiyjoq
http://www.mediafire.com/?2d3mnj2nmdm
http://www.mediafire.com/?zfmmwztgzwk

Literacy strategies grade 4-12

http://www.mediafire.com/?eoffzqjjjd4

Reading comprehension materials

Reading pasasages with key

http://www.mediafire.com/?hkrihoynh4n

Dream team tests

http://www.mediafire.com/?m1wdmmjojto

ESL teachers activities book

http://www.mediafire.com/?ymonztyodnm

Reading comprehension skills level 3

http://www.mediafire.com/?kyf03nzynmx

Reading comprehension 7
http://www.mediafire.com/?dtkygy2jlwk

Reading skills
http://www.mediafire.com/?mrewtjdyvan

100 hundred moral stories

http://www.mediafire.com/?ehjvzted15o

A beginner guide to critical reading

http://www.mediafire.com/?0ocnyi4hjxc

Beyond true stories

http://www.mediafire.com/?3mr3gm2ntjb

English file elementary test booklet

http://www.mediafire.com/?nmimauu0lmg

Thematic activities sample

http://www.mediafire.com/?dmngy5e1y2o

Timesavers read and react

http://www.mediafire.com/?dnvy0y3drll

Reading
Building reading skills for TOEFL IBT
http://www.mediafire.com/?xa4ylmlymin

English through reading

http://www.mediafire.com/?emjimyzdmyn

Inside reading 4
http://www.mediafire.com/?ymynzly3qzl

Inside reading teacher guide

http://www.mediafire.com/?wybotewcmum

Inside reading 4 cd rom

http://www.mediafire.com/?ctdqnrmztvg
Inside reading 4 test generator cd rom
http://www.mediafire.com/?ctdqnrmztvg

Natural english reading

http://www.mediafire.com/?wybotewcmum

Reading and learning difficulties

http://www.mediafire.com/?xmgjykkoal5

Reading assessment and instructions for all learners

http://www.mediafire.com/?ezdymgmowmt

Reading and writng

http://www.mediafire.com/?1zjyzmwtl1k

Start reading book 1

http://www.mediafire.com/?1zjyzmwtl1k

Stories for reading comprehension 1

http://www.mediafire.com/?znjimimzmnm

Teaching reading to adult language learners

http://www.mediafire.com/?njzjcuzlmxu

Timesavers reading (intermediate and advanced)

http://www.mediafire.com/?zndjq3kkfu4

Timesavers read and react

http://www.mediafire.com/?dnvy0y3drll

Short stories
http://www.mediafire.com/?gyjymz4jqom

Short stories for English courses

http://www.mediafire.com/?m5yny0tyydy

Short story book

http://www.mediafire.com/?zym4g4hnwvz

Reading comprehension success

http://www.mediafire.com/?ytektc2fnyj

Reading comprehension 7
http://www.mediafire.com/?dtkygy2jlwk
Some general reading stuff

Barbie reaching enrichment

http://www.mediafire.com/?nnij4nindzx

lauraingallswilder 1
http://www.mediafire.com/?ggmlygrmxjg

lauraingallswilder 2
http://www.mediafire.com/?znkuzyfjjmt

Achieving excellence in preschool literacy

http://www.mediafire.com/?zmh0xnnnmk4

Acting lessons for teachers

http://www.mediafire.com/?iymzgzilmgz

Assessing social and personal development

http://www.mediafire.com/?jlnl2jgynxe

Updates

Fables, Fairy tales, Stories and Nursery Rhymes

http://ivyjoy.com/fables/index.shtml