How to use newspapers and magazines in EFL class презентация

of teaching practice: newspapers as an authentic material and magazines as a semi-authentic material in the EFL class.

every language lesson and the whole process of learning itself.

an imaginative and motivating higher level course, but rarely features at levels lower than intermediate.

of which are discussed in greater detail below:

• Availability
• Variety
• Topicality

should include the following:

• “Warm-up or discussion activity to introduce the topic
Work on selection of the techniques covered by the text, which will generate
Vocabulary development, guided or free writing activities, oral practice, exercises performed in pairs or small groups
A follow-up activity , such as discussion, a role-play or project work.”

newspapers and magazines:

• Interest
• Personalization
• Cultural information
• Cross-curriculum
• Vocabulary

Clarifying
• Context Clues
• Drawing Conclusions
• Evaluating
• Inference

the conventional meaning of words or collocations is not always clear and the reader is often confused about the intended message of the writer.

This means that inference skills are vital to develop from the very beginning.

and find what they are looking for.

We move our eyes quickly down the page seeking specific words or phrases.

It is useful to look for the text organizers such as numbers, letters or steps.

to reading when we need to have an idea of the main points of the text, or, in other words, to ´get the general picture´ of the text.

practicing the English language. It was stressed that using newspapers as authentic material and magazines as semi-authentic material is very important for a learner’s connection with ´real´ English.