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Ungraded reading material

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This page contains links to ungraded reading material on topics of interest. Some will be suitable for advanced students with minimal adaptation; some will require extensive grading.

grammar

articles
Why do some country names have 'the'? 

BBC news
 
 

functions

deductions / guesses
MysteryNet 

MysteryNet.com
 
 

vocabulary

American and British English
Britishisms and the Britishisation of American English 

BBC news
 
 
office speak / office jargon
50 office-speak phrases you love to hate  

BBC news
 
 
personality adjectives
Sleep position gives personality clue 

BBC news
 
 

writing

complaint
correspondence
10 old letter-writing tips that work for emails 

BBC news
 
 
email
Dear, Hi or Hey? How to start emails 

BBC news
 
 
tone
Why do CAPITAL LETTERS so annoy us? 

BBC news
 
 

skills

America
Why rednecks may rule the world 

BBC news
 
 
Britain
London 2012: A 12-part guide to the UK in 212 words each 

BBC news
 
 
business ethics
Children 'damaged' by materialism 

BBC news
 
 
children / childhood
Children 'damaged' by materialism  

BBC news
 
 
crime
MysteryNet 

MysteryNet.com
 
 
English language
How 'OK' took over the world 

BBC news
 
 
Why did LOL infiltrate the language? 

BBC news
 
 
The words English owes to India 

BBC news
 
 
How the internet is changing language 

BBC news
 
 
Does English still borrow words from other languages? 

BBC news
 
 
films
Drew's Script-O-Rama 

Drew's Script-O-Rama
 
 
The Internet Movie Database 

Internet Movie Database
 
 
future - life in the future
Tomorrow's cities 

BBC news
 
 
gender
Beyond 'he' and 'she': The rise of non-binary pronouns 

BBC news
 
 
health - physical
Doctor slang is a dying art 

BBC news
 
 
humour / comedy
'Funniest' jokes at Edinburgh Festival 

BBC news
 
 
image and self-image
Are suits on the way out? 

BBC news
 
 
information technology
Internet Explorer users have lower IQ 

BBC news
 
 
inventions / discoveries
language learning
Cute cats could be key to learning new languages 

BBC news
 
 
Cute cats could be key to learning new languages 

BBC news
 
 
memory
Cute cats could be key to learning new languages 

BBC news
 
 
mysteries
MysteryNet 

MysteryNet.com
 
 
names
Why do some countries regulate baby names? 

BBC news
 
 
optimism and pessimism
Quotes about optimism 

Goodreads.com
 
 
Quotes about pessimism 

Goodreads.com
 
 
personality
Sleep position gives personality clue 

BBC news
 
 
politics
Why rednecks may rule the world 

BBC news
 
 
presentations
The problem with PowerPoint 

BBC news
 
 
riddles
Bigriddles.com 

bigriddles.com
 
 
romance / relationships
10 Ways to Ruin a First Date 

yahoo
 
 
Is love just a chemical cocktail? 

BBC news
 
 
sexual attraction
Gaze 'key to facial attraction' 

BBC news
 
 
Partner choice 'shaped by father' 

BBC news
 
 
Right name 'improves sex appeal' 

BBC news
 
 
Face values applied to love game  

BBC news
 
 
sleep
Sleep position gives personality clue 

BBC news
 
 
social trends
Richer, healthier but not happier 

BBC news
 
 
stories
Eslreading.org 

eslreading.org
 
 
survival
Juliane Koepcke: How I survived a plane crash 

BBC news
 
 
taboos
When did the middle finger become offensive? 

BBC news
 
 
urban myths
Urban legends reference pages 

Snopes.com
 
 
work
Are you going forward? Then stop now. 

BBC news
 
 
Bad bosses may damage your heart  

BBC news
 
 

pronunciation

sounds
Changing native speaker pronunciation 

BBC news
 
 
The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité 

Ian D Allen
 
 
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Reading and vocabulary: workplace discrimination