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English Reading Practice for Beginners 📖 Slow & Read-Along (A1–A2)

English reading practice for beginners — short texts about everyday life, each read slowly and highlighted word by word, so your eyes and ears follow together.

Levels A1–A2. No grammar rules and no translation: pictures carry the meaning, so you learn the words the way you learned your first language.

Every lesson follows the same 5 steps:

  • 5 key words, taught with pictures
  • The whole text, read slowly, one sentence at a time
  • 4 comprehension questions — the answer sentence is shown afterwards
  • The whole text again, a little faster
  • A picture word-check to finish

21 videos · by ESL Desk

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  19. English Reading Practice for Beginners — 6 New Everyday Topics in One Video (A1–A2)

    Lessons 13–18 of English Reading Basics, in one video — almost 13 minutes of slow, easy English to read along with first and then listen to on repeat. 📖 Everyday English — A1–A2 Beginner

    Six short texts about everyday life, each read slowly and highlighted word by word, so your eyes and ears follow together. Every sentence sits right on the picture, so nothing covers what you are reading about, and there is a pause of a second and a half after each one — long enough to read the line again yourself before it changes.

    No grammar rules and no translation: pictures carry the meaning, so you learn the words the way you learned your first language.

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  20. English Reading Practice for Beginners — 6 More Everyday Topics in One Video (A1)

    Lessons 7–12 of English Reading Basics, in one video — 12 minutes of slow, easy English to read along with first and then listen to on repeat.

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  21. English Reading Practice for Beginners — 6 Everyday Topics in One Video (A1–A2)

    Lessons 1–6 of English Reading Basics, in one video — 12 minutes of slow, easy English to read along with first and then listen to on repeat.

    Watch on YouTube →