Editorial principles
This site is for people who want to pick up English by reading real news — not by memorizing word lists.
Why this exists
Words stick better when you meet them inside a story you already care about.
Useful English is woven in so you can learn while you read, not after.
How English slips in
You read the story in your own language, so the meaning is always clear.
The English words placed inside those sentences pick up their meaning from the context around them — no dictionary trip, no mental switch.
How reading stays smooth
A sentence should read cleanly whether you see the English word or your own language — so we pick words and fit them in grammatically, with the right particles, articles, or endings on both sides.
That way, flipping between languages with a hover or tap never breaks the flow of the sentence.
What matters most
- A reading flow that feels natural.
- Vocabulary you will actually use again.
- A clean, quiet page with no distractions.
- Writing kept simple so learners can follow the story easily.
What's intentionally not here
- No quizzes, no leveled decks, no spaced-repetition schedule.
- No pronunciation buttons or voice playback.
- No streaks, no points, no "day 47" counters.
- The bet is simple: read stories you actually care about, and let vocabulary take root by showing up again tomorrow — and the day after.
What you will not find here
- Dark patterns designed to keep you glued to the screen.
How these stories are made
Source events come from reputable news outlets. Each story is rewritten for language learning — simpler sentences, cleaner structure, useful English vocabulary woven in.
The rewrite is drafted by a large language model and then passed through automated quality checks: translation accuracy against the source, reading level for the target language, and how each English word fits grammatically into the sentence around it. We do not publish articles that fail these checks.
What this means in practice: the prose on this site is AI-assisted. We disclose that openly because we think it matters. The editorial decisions — what counts as a useful word, how strict the reading-level bar is, what never gets rewritten away from the source — are ours, not the model's.
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Built and maintained by the RunEnglish team. We welcome feedback — reach us anytime at the contact below.
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