reading for fun

If you'd like to read more in your own time, take a look at these web links - they cover topics found in the natural English student's books. Some of the links also have audio material, so you can practise your listening too.

By reading regularly, you can improve your speaking, listening, and writing, and also your vocabulary and grammar.

You could keep a 'reading diary', as a record of the things you've read and the new words you've found.

Choose texts which interest you, and which are not too difficult. The important thing is to enjoy your reading - then you can have fun and improve your English at the same time.

Happy reading!


choose a unit

 

unit one  
jobs and work

www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/
onelife/word

  travel and holidays

www.mykindofholiday.com

www.bbc.co.uk/holiday

www.guardian.co.uk/travel/
askatraveller

www.youreable.com

train journeys

www.orient-expresstrains.com

www.classictrainjourneys.com

 

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unit three  

music

www.bbc.co.uk/music

www.bbc.co.uk/music/profiles

 

TV programmes

www.bbc.co.uk/tv

www.itv.com

www.channel4.com

 

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unit five  

clothes and style

www.bbc.co.uk/lifestyle/style

 

careers / jobs

www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/
onelife/work

www.bbc.co.uk/science/
humanbody/mind/careers/
index.shtml

supermarkets and shopping

www.sainsburys.com

www.guardian.co.uk/shopping

bars and restaurants

www.beerandpub.com

www.london-restaurants.com

www.restaurant-guide.com

 

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unit seven  

relationships

www.bbc.co.uk/health/relationships

 

different cultures

www.bbc.co.uk/society

story of a book or film

www.bbc.co.uk/arts/books

www.bbc.co.uk/films

www.guardian.co.uk/books

www.guardian.co.uk/film

 

complaining

www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog

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unit nine  

driving

www.bbc.co.uk/lifestyle/motoring

www.dvla.gov.uk

 

teenagers

www.youthlaw.co.nz

 

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unit eleven  

biographies

www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic
_figures

www.amillionlives.com

 

shopping

www.bbc.co.uk/kent/do_see/
shopping/index.shtml

 

your money

www.bbc.co.uk/business/
money

www.ft.com

www.guardian.co.uk/money

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