Reading Resources

Websites with activities and tips

• Practice Activities for Reading Classes
  • English 0312 – English as a Second Language: Reading I
  • English 0890 – Critical Reading for College Success
• Reading Comprehension Skills
• Vocabulary
• Sources of Information for Readers

Practice Activities for Reading Classes

• Activities for English 0312 – English as a Second Language: Reading I
  • Englishpage.com has grammar, verb, and vocabulary exercises, as well as a reading room, a listening lounge, and dictionaries.

• Activities for English 0890 – Critical Reading for College Success
  • Reading and All That Jazz has quizzes, objectives, journal questions, links, and exercises.

Reading Comprehension Skills

• Excelsior University has an "Online Reading Comprehension Lab."

Vocabulary

• Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary has a dictionary, thesaurus, and other features.

Sources of Information for Readers

• The Community College of Rhode Island Library has many sources of information, including periodical databases for finding articles and other electronic resources (reference sources, career information, practice tests and skills improvement, etc.)