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Electronic Newspapers
(e-papers) in the ESL Reading Class
by Maria Politou
State Secondary school teacher
Vice-President EKADEVE
Gaining access to English speaking newspapers
on the Internet presents language teachers with a
number of teaching possibilities. One can hardly
deny the usefulness of reading English newspapers
in the process of learning. If suited to the students
level of English, newspaper articles can be
interesting to read and may trigger some in-class
discussion, as well as increase students cultural
awareness.
An approach to reading skills is to use electronic
newspapers, since your students will have the
chance to be informed with present life abroad as
well as with current events.
The following lesson plan can be used in the ESL
Reading Classroom or it can be modified through
several ways in which technology provide many
opportunities for students to practice literacy skills.
Grade Level: Upper intermediate
Duration: 50 minutes
Description: In this activity, ESL students use online
newspapers to practice their reading skills, specifically skimming and scanning.
Objectives:
1. Students will be able to identify the various
sections of a newspaper.
Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/
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Vol. 18, February 2007
ISSUES
References
Brown, Ian. (1999) "Internet Treasure Hunts - a
Treasure of an Activity for Students Learning
English." The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. V, No. 3,
March 1999,
http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Brown-TreasureHunts.html