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Intermediate Reading on the Web?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:04 pm
by Ock
Can anyone tell me some web sites where I might find reading material suitable for comprehension at an intermediate level? Most stuff is too difficult. Perhaps news in a simplified form? Any suggestions, pse?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 9:04 pm
by Lorikeet
These are some sites I suggest to my students. (They are adults, but some of these, although intended for junior high or high school kids, are still interesting for adults.):
Planet Yak
http://216.247.63.129/index.htm
News Stories
http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/week.html
Ghost in the Museum (a choose-your-own-ending story)
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/3941/ghost1.html
Nasreddin Stories
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/ ... /index.htm
Easy Stories
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/ ... /index.htm
Harder Stories
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/ ... /index.htm
Current Events
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/current/index.html
and finally, if you want to check out my website, I have some short readings I use for my class.
http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~lfried/stories/stories.html
If anyone else has any to add, I'm always looking for more.
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 9:43 pm
by Ock
Thanks for your prompt response.
All the links seem promising - and I enjoyed reading the items from your own website.
My students are all French and mostly pensioners - I think the item about Liberia might be the one I'll start with. However, I couldn't see any more news items on that site. Do they just put them up one at a time?
Perhaps someone else will come up with more suggestions.
Thanks again.
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 10:32 pm
by Lorikeet
Yes it does appear that the one site doesn't archive its stories. Too bad. The only thing you have to watch for is that they don't change the site before you use it!
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 9:49 am
by Ock
The other day someone told me about the following:-
www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
The texts are intended for children but the language is *not* childish.
I find the historical ones VG - there's one about the construction of the Empire State Building. Another good point is that they are short.
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:08 pm
by sita
Hi !
I encourage my students to post on my site.
http://www.fun2learnmore.de/modules.php ... es_Archive
Best wishes
Siân
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 6:27 pm
by Lorikeet
Oh Ock--I use that website all the time. My students like it very much. (They range in age from 18 to 80.) The site it put out by the Library of Congress. There are a lot of websites that are written for Middle School to High School students that are suitable for adults.