About ESL Reading

ESL Reading has been providing free graded reading materials for English language learners since 2002. ESL Reading has links with Extensive Reading, the British Council and many other organisations promoting language learning through reading.

ESL Reading features in the recently published, Tips for Teaching with Call: Practical Approaches to Computer -Assisted Languag Learning (2008, Pearson/Longman).

Some texts are original while others are adaptations of classic stories. All the materials are graded by vocabulary, grammar and readability.

  • original stories and simplified versions of classic texts.
  • all texts specially prepared for English language learners
  • graded by vocabulary, grammar & readability
  • full PDF print-friendly short stories
  • short texts ideal for classroom use
  • glossary
  • activities to accompany texts
  • free access to Encyclopedia Britannica premium service articles
  • all text simplified and graded according to level
  • links to some of the best podcasts for English language learners
ESL Reading is edited by Kieran McGovern, described in Extensive Reading in the Second Language Classroom (Cambridge, 1998) as being 'amongst the best writers of language learner materials in English’.