Breaking News English - Practice Exercises & Quizzes

Hello colleagues, At Breaking News English you can find a wide range of newsy nonfiction topics-- for example, on health, technology, world news, lifestyle, environment, people/gossip-- for reading and listening. The articles are available at various levels of English -- although I would say that low intermediate is about the lowest available level. What's great about this website is that there are numerous practice activities related to each news story as well as quizzes that learners can complete online. The activities include "dictations, multiple choice, drag and drop activities, crosswords, hangman, flash cards, matching activities and a whole lot more."

If you have used this website or recommended it to students, let us know about your experience. If this is a new site to you, please check it out and let us know your thoughts.

I've uploaded one example assessment activity from the site to this message-- a fill-in-the-gap activity for a reading on daylight savings time.

Cheers, Susan Finn Miller

Moderator, Assessment & Adult English Language Learners CoPs