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Collection of apps that teach you to read alphabets/characters. You earn bigger fireworks by choosing the correct readings.

Learn to read Spanish by reading news articles with English translations. You can also listen to the Spanish sentences. Writing practice with other learners and native speakers.

Read the news in English at 5 reading levels, which correspond to different numbers of lexemes. Take quizzes on the content.

Letras para volar is "un programa de fomento a la lectura para niños y jóvenes. Es el primer proyecto de colaboración internacional entre la Universidad de Guadalajara y la Fielding Graduate University." On the website they provide a section of "Lecturas," which are Mexican leyendas given in written form as well as in audio format. In this way, students can read and listen to the story, either at the same time or one before the other. You could use these leyendas for reading practice, listening practice, and cultural exploration.

Reading Russian Short Stories is an open resource by Filip Zachoval that contains stories written in Russian by different authors in the 20th and 21st centuries, each accompanied by questions and assignments. The collection is designed for learners of Russian, including heritage learners. There are numerous texts that are suitable for novice-high or intermediate-low learners. However, the majority of these texts are more suitable for learners who have reached or are about to enter higher levels of language competence, i.e. students at intermediate and advanced levels.

Online books in English for extensive reading, including audio, quizzes, and teacher resources.

Phonics & vocabulary. Videos demonstrating how to read English words.

Stories for children who are beginning to read English. They can listen and read while viewing pictures.

Write and read books. Collaboratively write books.

1000 non-fiction English reading passages aligned to common core standards with comprehension questions.

Tools for learners, teachers, and researchers. Learners can take tests, use concordance tools for reading, writing, and grammar. Researchers and teachers can determine the number of words at different frequency bands, etc. Limitations: English and French only

A free study tool for reading and writing kanji. This is a Japanese kanji dictionary that includes animations of writing the characters.

Formerly "FlaxReader" The system keeps tracks of words learners click during reading and uses data to provide learner with vocabulary review exercises. Also, helps learners find text in their target language at the right difficulty level. Limitations: Mainly for Spanish, some support available for other languages.

Create and read bilingual books. Type and record your voice, draw pictures. Available on the web and as an iPad app.

Вітає Українська is a resource for intermediate-level Ukrainian that integrates the features of a traditional textbook with the authentic language content and interactivity of the web. Activities include cultural readings with mouse-over glosses, audio recordings, embedded videos, structured activities using Ukrainian websites, and self-graded comprehension checks.  The materials are organized as thematic modules, which can be used in any order or as stand-alone supplements to more traditional classroom instruction.  The self-graded comprehension checks also make the materials ideal for those who wish to improve their Ukrainian through self-study.

Supplementary materials for beginning Spanish that focus on issues of cultural identity of Spanish speakers in the United States. They are intended as a bridge between paper-based textbooks and Acceso, the online curriculum for second year Spanish developed at the University of Kansas. The modules are designed to be covered in two class periods each and include glossed readings, extensive multimedia content, flash-based comprehension questions and activities that leverage Web 2.0 tools.

Read parallel translations of books in English and Japanese.

Add a soundtrack to a book or your own writing. You can upload a file of yourself reading the text aloud, or you can choose music and sound effects from the available tracks.

Module on literature circles for ESL and foreign language teachers.

Reading passages with comprehension questions for beginner through advanced ESL learners.