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From the point of view of a student of English, this website provides a collection of readings of different lengths on a variety of topics. Students are free to choose which material to read and work on from the main page where it is possible to organize the readings according to several criteria. From the point of view of the ELT practitioner, this website provides a collection of readings, each coupled with detailed lexical coverage analyses. All readings provide access to their corresponding analyses via a link in the top-right corner of the reading's page.

LoudLit.org is committed to delivering public domain literature paired with high quality audio performances. We pair together great literature and accompanying audio. Putting the text and audio together, readers can learn spelling, punctuation and paragraph structure by listening and reading masterpieces of the written word. Read and listen via your web browser or on your mp3 player. Regardless of how you enjoy the audiobooks (audio books), they are free.

Asian and Pacific Speed Readings for ESL Learners Twenty passages written at the one thousand word level

Learn to read, write, spell & speak English with phonics & Instant Sound

A reading and vocabulary site for students. Vocabulary and reading exercises based on authentic (American) texts. Intermediate +.

Very entertaining and pretty good with the facts. To get all the jokes, you probably need to study Shakespeare, read the King James Bible, take a course in the history of English and maybe one in linguistics (like sociolinguistics). Hilarious! Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/video/The-History-of-English-in-10-Minutes.html#ixzz1wRRBUph2

Text and video about how to do speed reading

Smories are free original stories for kids, read by kids. 50 added every month.

Read faster (you can paste in your own texts too).

University preparation - grammar, speaking, reading, vocabulary, listening, writing.

Welcome to the English Corner, a site for intermediate and advanced students of English as a foreign language. You will find English grammar exercises, grammar rules, vocabulary games, interactive crossword puzzles, ESL reading exercises, collocations, and more.

This site provides classic literature with accompanying audio narration. Includes novels and poetry that can be read on line.

This site provides classic literature with accompanying audio narration. Includes novels and poetry that can be read on line.

The Study Zone is for students of the English Language Centre (ELC) at the University of Victoria. Includes grammar and reading exercises. Good for self-study.

Free English Language Learning Materials - reading, activities, vocabulary

Twurdy uses text analysis software to "read" each page before it is displayed in the results. Then Twurdy gives each page a readability level. Twurdy then shows the readability level of the page along with a color coded system to help users determine how easy the page will be to understand.

A simple tool to save web pages for reading later.

EFLMEDIA - site which has links to numerous other sites - grammar, vocabulary (and awl), reading, pronunication, listening.

The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The archive is used by people who wish to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers.