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RECOMMENDED
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I N T H E C O M P U T E R L A B : |
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Speed Reader |
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Great program for practicing reading and improving your
reading speed.
For level 3 and 4 students, click "Preferences" on the
Main Screen first, and choose topics for reading -
"Literature"
and "Speeches" are for levels 5 and 6
only; all the other readings are okay for levels 3 and 4.
You can choose a warmup game first (Reading Warmups or
Eye Max game); then, timed reading is very good. |
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SPEED
READER CONTENTS (PDF) |
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Versatext |
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This program looks old, but it's still very good; it has
lessons chosen by Spring teachers, with timed
readings, |
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vocabulary help, and comprehension quizzes
VERSATEXT CONTENTS ACC
VERSATEXT CONTENTS AUR |
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Focus on Grammar (4 levels) |
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Choose your level and grammar point, then choose the Reading
section; it includes comprehension questions |
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5 6 |
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and
related listening activities. |
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Ace Reader Pro (AUR WinterPark only) |
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Sign in with "Student" and password 123456. Over 60
games, lessons, and assessment tests at different levels. |
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5 6 |
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O N T H E I N T E R N E T : |
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Spring WebRoom NEWS Page |
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over 60 links to read news in English - Colorado, USA, and
world news websites, including your country! |
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5 6 |
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"Spring Views" magazine |
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online magazines of student writing from Spring
International Language Center, Arapahoe |
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5 6 |
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about.com reading center |
> grammar lessons,
quizzes, and links to other pages and websites - explore! |
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5 6 |
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ESL
- "Super Easy Reading" stories |
> 100
one-paragraph stories; no exercises or listening |
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ESL
- "Easy Reading" stories |
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116 one-paragraph stories, with listening (MP3); no
exercises |
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ESL -
Intermediate Short Stories |
> 265
short stories with slow and regular listening, (MP3 and
RealPlayer), plus vocabulary help, crosswords, etc |
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3 4 5
6 |
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ESL - 365 Intermediate
short stories |
> 365
short stories with listening, plus vocabulary help,
crosswords; some also have comprehension quizzes |
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3 4 5
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ESL -
High Intermediate Short Stories |
> 100
high intermediate - advanced stories with listening,
vocabulary help, comprehension quizzes, and more |
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"How Stuff
Works" |
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Read and learn - hundreds of topics, like animals,
computers, food, health, money, science, etc. |
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Movie Guide
for English Learners |
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Do you like movies? This is an amazing site!
Over 100 movie guides with characters, plot, idioms, quotes,
etc. Wow! |
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NY Times News Summaries for Students |
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Today's news stories in easier form, with vocabulary help,
quizzes, and more |
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3 4 5 6 |
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Phonics Games & Lessons |
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Dozens of games and lessons to help you improve your English
reading |
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Project Censored -
Sonoma State Univ. |
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Well-researched news stories that U.S. media ignore every
year, with links to support. Great for research! |
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Reader's Digest magazine online |
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magazine stories, jokes, fun |
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Reader's
Theater |
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40 short play scripts you can read or act out loud |
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Scholastic News Online |
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hundreds of news stories written for students |
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Simple English News (UK) |
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VERY short news stories on many, many current topics - some
with listening (British accents) |
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Teen Ink online magazine
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online magazine (also print version) written by teens, with
articles, reviews, fiction, sports, opinion, more |
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Upfront student magazine - NY Times |
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news, current issues, debate topics, opinion, and more |
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Suggestions? Broken
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tom@spring.edu
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