This month's featured news stories

EU to end its oddest policy from BBC Learning English Words in the News (Intermediate +)

Plans to increase the amount of agricultural land under production.  Read and listen to the news story, learn some vocabulary, then do a comprehension quiz.

Bush's language mistakes from Simple English News (Beginner)

Read and listen to this very short news article.

News links

Here are some links to recommended websites with news articles and activities.

BBC Learning English - Words in the News (Intermediate +)
Read and listen to news articles from the BBC, with vocabulary definitions for the difficult words and comprehension activities.

Breaking News English (Intermediate +)
News articles written for students of English.  Read the articles and listen to the podcasts.

Simple English News (Beginner)
Read and listen to short simple news articles.

Voice of America Special English (Intermediate +)
Read and listen to news articles produced for English learners. 

ESL Business news (Intermediate +)
A weekly podcast of international business news read in slow, clear English. Listen to the podcast and follow along with the accompanying script.  The site is not producing new podcasts at the moment, but archive podcasts are available.

Think Spain news (Upper Intermediate +)
News about Spain in English.  Click on the headlines on the left to read the stories.