VOA has added an Articles section with activities for reading, listening, and vocabulary. Here are the sections included (articles can be under more than one topic. For example, a famous scientist's invention might be under People in America, In the News, and Science and Technology):
The VOA (Voice of America) has expanded its offerings and has a number of great additions for English learners. Here are some of them:
Wordbook: Alphabetical listings of vocabulary for specific purposes. These include:
Here are stories from NPR and Marketplace Money that are about jobs:
Digital Disruptor- Read how the Internet has effected one person's life who grew up with the Internet
Newroom Disruption- How has technology effected newsrooms?
Where did the January jobs come from? - What areas of the economy are growing?
Here's a matching exercise on asking a bank employee about information. Click on the attachment.
Oxford University Press has online activities for their texts. Here's the Step Forward site's page.
The California Distance Learning Project has stories about jobs and work.
www.manythings.org is a great site with lots of activities especially for beginners and advanced beginners.
The California Distance Learning Project has stories with activities, sound, and some video on critical areas of adult life, including work.
Voice of America Special English provides news, culture, and history stories read slowly with accompanying text.
Marshall Adult Education Center's Reading Skills for Today's Adults has graded reading lessons on life skills topics. There are two levels covering grades 1-8, Level 1 (grades 1-4.5) and Level 2 (grades 5-8). There are printed versions of the readings for teacher use.
