Reading & Listening Lessons

Easy-to-follow reading and listening (receptive) ESL lesson planning flowchart with games, activities, and lesson stages!

Websites for Reading & Listening Lessons

Active Reading and Learning

Lots of interesting activities with free materials

breakingnewsenglish.com

Reading and listening activities divided into 7 levels which focus on current affairs.

eslfast.com

Many short stories in text and audio formats for a range of levels.

esl-lab.com

Listening tracks with interactive quizzes for a range of levels.

insertlearning.com

Insert instructional content on any web page with this Chrome plugin.

listenaminute.com

Lots of recordings on interesting topics with handouts and online quizzes.

openlibrary.org

Tons of free ebooks viewable interactively in-browser.

Simple English Listening

A podcast (with videos) on interesting topics with graded language.

rewordify.com

Simplify text with a click of a button! Great for grading language and identifying complex vocabulary.

Ted (Education): ed.ted.com

Lessons built around the best speakers in the world discussing interesting topics with practice activities.

Ted: Under 20s

Talks from scientists, musicians, innovators, activists — all under the age of 20. Watch these amazing wunderkinds.