Easy Reading Websites for Adult Learners

 

City Family Magazine

"City Family was a magazine for immigrant and working families. It went to visitors to health centers and other places in New York City. It is now on the Internet as Cityfamily.org".

http://www.cityfamily.org

 

CNN Learning Resources

Recent CNN articles on current events and an extensive archive of articles on compelling contemporary topics (such as abortion, gun control, euthanasia) in a full version and an edited, easier-to-read version.

http://literacynet.org/cnnsf

 

First Find

Easy to find, easy to use Website in plain & simple English

(There are many navigation lists to get through, so you might want to locate the sites you wish learners to use ahead of time.)

http://www.firstfind.info/

 

The Key

A newspaper for new readers

http://www.keynews.org

 

The Learning Edge

The Learning Edge is a new, interactive, on-line newspaper for adult literacy students.

http://www.thewclc.ca/edge

 

The Northern Edge Newspaper

Another interactive newspaper for adult literacy students

http://www.nwt.literacy.ca/northernedge/Neissue3/index.html

 

Nutrition Inquiry Map

http://www.alri.org/nutrimap/example.html

 

Rebecca's EZ Page

Web lessons on a variety of topics: health , including headaches and lead paint poisoning; housing, including landlord and tenant rights and responsibilities; workers' rights, lessons which aim to teach the crux of those laws using carefully chosen vocabulary and pictures to illustrate the words; and others

http://www.alri.org/ltc/ezpage/index.htm

 

More Websites

 

NIFL Technology Special Collection

Links to many great sites organized by the following categories:

http://www.altn.org/techtraining/teatut.html

 

Maryland Adult Literacy Resource Center

 

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