Learning English from a Newspaper

E from the title section – The details given next to the title of the paper can be used to prepare a short description of the paper. (Number of pages, price of the paper, place of publication, type of edition, date, one line description of the paper, the logo ( explanation), website address, etc) You can either prepare a document or you can ask questions based on the details given there.


E from The main stories -Headlines are given in the first sheet. Learner using the data prepares a document which will be later compared to the real news. Words are discussed and even an attempt is made to create a new and a personal headline.


E from the picture given in the main sheet -Learner is asked to describe the picture in his or her words. The individual descriptions are pooled in to create a group and finalized verbal picture of the picture.


E from the main headlines – a mock news reading session where the learner will play the role of a TV/ radio newsreader and reads out the headlines following the norms of a real news presentation. The same exercise is used to conduct a listening exercise where other learners will listen to the newsreader and make notes. There is also a possibility here i.e. after listening to the headlines they can share the news to their team members.


E from the news chunks – Each learner takes up a part of the news item given and reads it aloud to the class. As they read the hard words, spelling and linguistic details are discussed.


E from the main page - Creating a word list from the first sheet which will be later used for a word memory game.