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News lesson resources for ESL teachers
Newslish turns one real news story a day into an English lesson at three CEFR levels: easy (A2–B1), standard (B1–B2), and advanced (C1–C2). Each lesson has the adapted article, audio, five key vocabulary words, and a short quiz. Reading the daily lesson is free, so a whole class can work from the same story at different levels.
Three free tools for lesson preparation
None of them needs an account, and students can use them too. The level checkers run in the browser; the simplifier uses an AI model on our server.
Text Level Checker
Paste any article to check whether it fits your class before you hand it out: CEFR estimate, readability scores, and per-word difficulty highlighting.
Build word listsWord Level Checker
Paste a vocabulary list and get every word grouped A1 to C2, a fast way to build levelled word lists for a unit.
Adapt textsText Simplifier
Rewrite a hard article at A2 or B1 so the whole class can read the same story at their own level.
Embed the checkers on your school site
Both level checkers can be added to any webpage with one iframe snippet, for a class portal, a department page, or a teaching blog. The widget stays up to date automatically and shows a small "Powered by Newslish" link.
Find each student's level
The free placement test takes about two minutes and needs no account. Students can take it at home and bring their CEFR level to class, so you know which lesson level (easy, standard or advanced) to assign.
Why adapt the news at all? In our June 2026 sample of news headlines and summaries, 93.9% were estimated at B2 or above, which is hard going for most intermediate learners without adaptation.
Newslish has no ads, and none of the tools require a login or student accounts.