In this section, read articles about a wide variety of topics. The articles are written for intermediate (CEFR level A2) learners.
You will improve your reading comprehension and develop your vocabulary on a diverse range of topics. Each article has a set of exercises to help you understand and use the language.
It was 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Oumar had been talking for more than one hour in a meeting with the cotton farmers. The meeting had been organised by the NGO he worked for...
If you go to a cinema in Europe or the US, it’s very unlikely you will see a film from Africa. There are films made in Africa. There are many documentaries about African wildlife that you can see on television...
Fatima has just got a job. A job! She dreamed of getting a job for a long time. She should be happy, shouldn’t she?...
Her parents and grandparents were cocoa farmers. Like all the neighbours in the small village where they lived, not far from Gagnoa...
No-one expected Sun Rovers to go further than the quarter final of the cup competition. Their opponents were Capital City, who people expect to become league champions this season...
Bakary is a young taxi driver in a town near Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d’Ivoire...
“Let’s dance”, sang the pop star, David Bowie. Did you know? When you speak English you use a lot of words from the languages of other countries...
Food waste is a big problem in Africa. Farmers in Africa harvest food but 50% goes bad before they can sell it. Why?...
Nigeria is the biggest country in Africa. Its population is 198,000,000, says the UN. It has the biggest population but 42% of its children don’t have enough to eat, says UNICEF...
People speak English in many different countries. The English language started in England, which is now a part of the UK...
