About this notebook

Any Text in Levelsis a free reading room for language learners. Every day it takes real material — news from the BBC, a painting from the Met's open collection, a classic film, a great book, a famous quote, a historical event — and rewrites it at all six CEFR levels, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (mastery), in English, German, French and Spanish.

Reading things you actually care about is the most reliable way to grow a language. The problem is that real texts are usually too hard, and learner texts are usually too boring. This site removes that trade-off: you read today'sstories, at a difficulty you can genuinely handle, and move up a level whenever you're ready — the story stays the same, only the language grows with you.

What the levels mean

The levels follow the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), the scale used by language schools and exams across Europe:

A1

Beginner — very short sentences, only the most common words.

A2

Elementary — simple past and future appear, sentences stay short.

B1

Intermediate — relative clauses and everyday news vocabulary.

B2

Upper intermediate — full grammar, common idioms, real news register.

C1

Advanced — rich vocabulary and sophisticated sentence structure.

C2

Mastery — the text a skilled native writer would produce.

Not sure where you stand? Open any story at B1. If it feels effortless, go up; if you stop more than a few times per paragraph, go down. The Comparebutton shows two levels side by side, which is the quickest way to feel the difference. There's also a practice page for every language and level — start from English, German, French or Spanish and pick your level from there.

What's in the notebook

• Newsthree real stories from the world's news, every day
• Daily Artone famous painting, looked at closely
• Film Clubone great film, discussed without spoilers
• Book Clubone great book, introduced invitingly
• Quotesone famous line, translated and explained
• On This Dayone historical event from today's date

Coming from News in Levels?

If you know sites like News in Levels, the idea here will feel familiar — real news, simplified so learners can actually read it. This notebook takes that further: six CEFR levels instead of three, four languages instead of one, and news is just one shelf — art, film, books, quotes and history get the same treatment, each with a word notebook and comprehension questions built in.

How to work with a text

Every story comes with the tools of a good exercise book: tap any word for a dictionary definition, study the word notebook under the text, then test yourself with the comprehension questions. You can also print any story as a clean worksheet, compare two levels side by side, or read the same story in another of the four languages.

Who makes this

The site is built and maintained by Mustafa Gül, a language learner himself. The rewriting is done with AI under strict level constraints, from real, credited sources — every story links back to where it came from. It's free, has no ads and no sign-up; if it helps you, you can buy me a coffee. New texts arrive every morning — also via the RSS feed.