Reading Courses

Understanding IELTS: Reading

752 reviews

Find out what you need to know about the IELTS Reading test and learn techniques and strategies to improve your test performance.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Paid Course

TOEFL Reading and Listening Sections Skills Mastery

276 ratings at Coursera

This course prepares non-native speakers of English to take the reading and listening sections of the TOEFL iBT exam. This course takes a close look at every type of listening and reading question that you may encounter on the test and provides effective…

• Coursera
• 8-9 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 16th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

IELTS Reading Section Skills Mastery

212 ratings at Coursera

Whether you have taken the IELTS test before, you will benefit from completing this course on the reading section of the exam. The lessons in this course will improve your overall skills in reading and prepare you for every type of question in this secti…

• Coursera
• 5-6 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• 16th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Teach English Now! Second Language Reading, Writing, and Grammar

2122 ratings at Coursera

In this course, you will learn ideas for teaching reading and writing courses, and how to include grammar instruction within them. Learn how to help students with differing types of reading problems and how to implement both intensive and extensive read…

• Coursera
• 22 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 16th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of London International Programmes;  UCL Institute of Education

Teaching EFL/ESL Reading: A Task Based Approach

463 ratings at Coursera

This course explores ways of teaching reading skills in English as Second and Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) using a task-based approach. You will be introduced to the concept of task and the key principles of task-based language teaching (TBLT) and learning…

• Coursera
• 23 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 23rd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

GMAT Reading Comprehension Passage Explanations

This course explains questions in GMAT Reading Comprehension Passages. You will get explanations of passages such as Speech Recognition, Alvarez Hypothesis, Demotic Greek and Katharevousa, Environmental Regulations, Colonial Feminism, The Arctic Curlew,…

• YouTube
• 2-3 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

GMAT Reading Comprehension Practice

Join me, Kevin, for another dive into the Official Guide to the GMAT. This is a series which will cover questions in the reading comprehension section of the book.

• YouTube
• 2-3 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Creative writing and critical reading

This free course, Creative writing and critical reading, explores the importance of reading as part of a creative writer’s development at the postgraduate level. You will gain inspiration and ideas...

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

It is widely recognised that supporting children to become capable and engaged readers plays an important role in their future success. Reading empowers; it facilitates education and employment, ...

• OpenLearn
• 24 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past

How do we know what people read in the past, and how they read it? This free course, History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past, is the first in a series of tutorials ...

• OpenLearn
• 2 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe

How have famous books been read and received by audiences in the past? This free course, History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts a case study of Robinson Crusoe,...

• OpenLearn
• 1 hour of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee

Have you ever wondered about the reading tastes and habits of famous writers in the past? This free course, History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading Elizabeth Barrett ...

• OpenLearn
• 1 hour of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

This free course, History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past, consists of a series of essays, drawn from material contained in the Reading Experience Database, that illustrate ...

• OpenLearn
• 1 hour of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Just Reading and Writing in English | 生活英语读写

1 review

Learn how to read and write in English in the context of lectures and academic texts. 以读促写，以写辅读！掌握正确的阅读技巧和写作技巧，让你实现一次英语读写的飞跃！

• edX
• 2-4 hours a week, 15 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Basel

Literature in the Digital Age: from Close Reading to Distant Reading

41 ratings at FutureLearn

Learn new ways of interpreting literary texts, from time-tested methods to computer-assisted practices such as distant reading.

• FutureLearn
• 4 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)