Materials for Extensive Reading

Free downloadable materials

Self-study materials for learners

Evaluation of materials

Links to publishers' material for extensive reading

  • Black Cat - CIDEB

  • Cambridge University Press

    "...an exciting new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English."

  • E-books World

    World Wide Readers (E-books) edited by Brian Tomlinson & Alan Maley

  • Easy Readers

  • Macmillan (Heinemann)

    The site includes free downloadable worksheets for their titles

  • Oxford

    Contains useful info: "What are graded readers", "How are readers graded?", "Some ideas for using graded readers" and "Setting up a class library".

  • Penguin

    Contains downloadable teacher's notes and worksheets in PDF format

  • Renaissance Learning

    Features the "Accelerated Reader" system with computerized quizzes and record tracking for over 22,000 titles.

  • Richmond Publishing

    Offers free graded readers downloadable as PDF files

  • SRA Reading Labs

    Not "extensive reading material" per se but often used in conjunction with extensive reading programs

  • See Rob Waring's page for some other possibilities