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The Post-Truth World

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Protected Step 1 Stories April 3, 2020

ReadOasis Step 2 In November 2016, Donald Trump wrote some strange words on Twitter. He said that "millions of people... voted illegally." He meant that millions voted for Hillary Clinton. But they were not registered to vote, or they were not Americans. Why are these words strange? They are... Read more

The Price of Oil and the Pace of Freedom

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Protected Step 2 Stories April 2, 2020 0

Thomas Friedman of the New York Times says this. "As the price of oil goes up, the pace of freedom slows down." How can this be? In 1961, a Wall was built that divided Berlin. It separated East and West Germany. Over the years, hundreds of people tried to... Read more

Dear Skeptical Reader!

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Listen!Public Step 2 Stories TV Why Read Big April 2, 2020 0

ReadOasis: So this is our our second question with Dr. Richard Day. And this is from a student, and basically it’s this: What would you say to a student who doesn’t want to do ER because, let’s say, he or she wants to spend more time improving their listening... Read more

Seven Elements of Story Grammar (Step 2)

B1-Intermediate BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Protected Step 2 Stories March 31, 2020 1

ReadOasis Step 2 (Part 1) Harry looked at his best friends Ron and Hermione. He was not smiling. He was alone at his uncle’s house for the summer. And Harry's uncle, aunt, and cousin were mean. Ron and Hermione stayed with their group of friends, a group that Harry... Read more

The Nature of Time

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Listen!Protected Sciences Step 2 Stories March 23, 2020 0

ReadOasis Step 2 A man was trying to understand the nature of time. In prayer, he asked God, "How long is a million years to you?" God answered, "A million years is like a minute." Then the man asked this. "God, how much is a million dollars to you?"... Read more

Knowledge and Freedom

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Listen!Protected Step 1 Stories Styles March 23, 2020 8

ReadOasis Step 1 Be careful of the man who really knows how to be a fool. Alec Fronimites Knowledge is power. Through science, we have learned to fly. We make medicine and build great cities. We use the power of nature. And we fill our cities with energy. Through... Read more

Nice and Easy Quotes About Reading

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Public Step 2 Stories March 22, 2020 1

ReadOasis Step 2 To inspire us read more, it always helps to have a good role model. When I was a boy, my father read to me before I went to bed. I can still remember the books he read to me! In this way, my father showed me... Read more

Reading Out Loud to Children is Good

B1-Intermediate BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas News Protected Step 1 Stories March 21, 2020 1

ReadOasis Step 1 A recent study showed that reading out loud to young children is a good thing. Young children will have better language, reading, and writing skills at school if their parents read to them. These children will more likely develop a love of reading. And this can... Read more

Big Thinkers Win (Step 2)

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Protected Step 2 Stories March 18, 2020

ReadOasis Step 2 (Part 1) George turned over in bed and went back to sleep. The alarm kept ringing. It was noisy. The neighbors could hear it through the walls. It kept ringing, so George finally opened his eyes and looked at the clock. The green numbers shined: "9:17... Read more

The Good in Nature (Step 3)

B2-Intermediate+BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Listen!Protected Step 3 Stories March 17, 2020 0

By Max L. Knowles ReadOasis Step 3 In November 2004, the BBC News reported this extraordinary story. Near the North Island of New Zealand, lifeguard Rob Howes was training in the ocean water. He was with two co-workers and his young daughter. Then, like a frightful scene from a... Read more

Meaning to Live (Step 3)

B2-Intermediate+BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Protected Step 3 Stories March 8, 2020 0

ReadOasis Step 3 (Part 1) Viktor had just married Tilly. She was the love of his life. He was a young doctor in Vienna, Austria. And Viktor and Tilly should have envisioned a bright future together, but Nazi Germany was occupying Austria, and Viktor and Tilly were Jewish. In... Read more

Big Thinkers Win (Step 3)

B1-Intermediate BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Protected Step 3 Stories March 7, 2020 0

ReadOasis Step 3 (Part 1) George turned over in bed and covered his head with a pillow. The alarm clock had been ringing on and off for a long time. It was noisy. The neighbors could hear it through the walls. George finally opened his eyes and looked at... Read more

Where Did It All Come From?

B1-Intermediate BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Listen!Protected Step 2 Stories March 6, 2020 0

ReadOasis Step 2 A father and son are enjoying the night sky together. The moon and stars are shining brightly. The boy asks, "Where did it all come from?" The father answers simply, "God made it." "But Daddy, if God made it all, who made God?" This question has... Read more

The Blind Men and the Elephant (Step 3)

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Protected Step 3 Stories March 5, 2020 0

ReadOasis Step 3 (Part 1) Print by Hanabusa Itchō (1652–1724) Once upon a time, a long time ago, there were six blind men who stood by the roadside every day. Day after day, at the same place, they begged for food and money from the travelers and wanderers who... Read more

The Seven Habits Made Easy

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Public Step 2 Stories March 4, 2020

Max is running late. He hurries out the door of his apartment, holding a cup of coffee. Then he sees his bus. “It’s leaving!” he cries. Max starts to run, but he trips over a rock and falls. His coffee flies out of his hands and spills all over... Read more

Story Power

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Courses Ideas Movies Step 2B Public Step 2 Stories March 4, 2020

Dorothy looked up into the sky. And she started to sing. Her soft voice rose up gently in the air. Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high There’s a land that I’ve heard of once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue And the dreams that... Read more

Sticky Communication

A2-Beginner+BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Public Step 2 Stories February 28, 2020 1

The bell rang. Jim’s things were already in his red book bag, which looked brown under the white lights of the classroom. Zip! Zip! He closed the bag. He stood up and let out a sigh, “Ahhhh.” It was loud enough that other students and the teacher noticed. Jim... Read more

Inspire Reading With Posters

B1-Intermediate BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Public Step 2 Stories February 27, 2020 0

ReadOasis Step 2 (Part 1) A library is a building full of treasures. We keep these treasures in books. Books give us knowledge, entertainment, laughter, pleasure, new information, and power to change our lives. If reading is so important, how can we help people read more? Libraries and schools... Read more

The Love of a Patriot

B1-Intermediate BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Listen!Protected Step 2 Stories February 19, 2020 3

ReadOasis Step 2 (Part 1) Hope filled the air on that famous day in August 1963. Over 200,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Abraham Lincoln's giant statue looked down quietly on the great crowd as Dr. Martin Luther King walked up to the... Read more

Why Philosophy? (Step 1)

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Listen!Protected Step 1 Stories February 18, 2020 3

By Phillip WiseReadOasis Step 1 Philosophy is a way of thinking about the world, the universe, and people. Philosophy is abstract. It’s about ideas and thoughts, such as love, beauty, or truth. But philosophy also deals with the real world. Ethics is a part of philosophy, dealing with good and... Read more