Breaking News English

New research the BreakingNewsEnglish.com website suggests that news is good students. A researcher asked many teachers and students an online class their opinions using the news to learn English. Almost everyone said it was very important. One student said he enjoyed studying using news because the story is real. He said he remembered many times when the teacher put a headline the whiteboard and he was surprised that it was that day's breaking news. Another student said she thought news was a lot more interesting than other types topics her lessons. She said she felt good when she understood the news English. She also learnt a lot useful "international vocabulary".

Teachers were also enthusiastic using news the classroom. Many said students had problems listening, so they made the recording slower to help their students. Teachers also liked news stories because they encouraged conversation. Many teachers said their students talked non-stop news their own country or city. Teachers also said news was useful because students already had a lot background knowledge listening to or reading a news item their own language. Teachers also liked the fact that they could do many kinds activities, such as role plays, debates, surveys, quizzes and language games. One teacher said he thought listening to news was "unhealthy students".