For ESL Teachers ·
What you'll accomplish
Paste in a URL, choose a reading level, download a ready-to-print worksheet. That's the whole workflow. Diffit takes any article, current event, or health information flyer and produces a simplified, leveled version with comprehension questions in under 2 minutes — replacing the 45 minutes you'd spend simplifying it manually.
What you'll need
What you should see: A clean interface with a text input area and options for source type (URL, YouTube, text, etc.)
Diffit works with multiple input types. For ESL teachers, the most useful are:
Option A. URL (fastest): Find an article on a news site or educational website. Copy the URL from your browser address bar. Paste it into the Diffit URL field.
Option B. Paste text: Copy text from any source (PDF, a curriculum guide, your own writing) and paste it into the "Text" field.
Option C. YouTube video: Paste a YouTube URL. Diffit will generate reading activities from the video's transcript.
After entering your source, select the reading level. Diffit uses grade-level equivalents (2nd grade, 5th grade, 8th grade, etc.) which correspond roughly to:
For adult ESL, start with 3rd or 4th grade for your A2 learners and 6th grade for your B1 learners.
What you should see: A reading level slider or dropdown. Experiment. you can generate multiple levels from the same article in seconds.
Click Generate. Diffit processes the text and creates:
What you should see: A formatted reading worksheet on screen, complete with comprehension questions. Review it. does the vocabulary match your learner level? Is the content accurate?
You can edit individual questions or the passage directly in Diffit before downloading. When satisfied:
What you should see: A professional-looking reading worksheet with the title, adapted reading, vocabulary section, and comprehension questions, ready to distribute.
For a multi-level class:
Both groups are learning from the same topic, just at their own level. This is the differentiation ESL teachers spend hours doing manually, done in 5 minutes total.