Studying with news in English class is useful

Studying with news in English class is useful (24th December, 2014)

The Reading / Listening - Level 1

Teachers liked using news in their lessons. They made listening slower to help their students. Teachers said news was good to help with speaking. Students talked non-stop about news of their own country or city. News is useful because students have background knowledge about it from their own language. Teachers also liked doing many kinds of activities, such as role plays and games. One teacher said news was "unhealthy for students".

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Sources

http:www.breakingnewsenglish.com

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice, drag and drop activities, crosswords, hangman, flash cards, matching activities and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

The Activities

MATCHING

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	It asked teachers and students	a.	than other topics
2.	Almost everyone said it	b.	news
3.	One student enjoyed using news	c.	good
4.	he saw a headline	d.	about using news
5.	it was that day's breaking	e.	because it is real
6.	Another student liked news more	f.	English news
7.	She felt	g.	was important
8.	she understood	h.	on the board

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PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	Teachers liked	a.	of activities
2.	made listening slower to help	b.	using news
3.	news was good to	c.	for students
4.	Students talked non-	d.	plays
5.	background	e.	their students
6.	Teachers also liked doing many kinds	f.	stop about news
7.	role	g.	knowledge
8.	One teacher said news was unhealthy	h.	help with speaking

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

The BreakingNewsEnglish.com (1) ___________________ is good for students. It asked teachers and (2) ___________________ news to learn English. (3) ___________________ said it was important. One student enjoyed using news because it is real. He remembered when (4) ___________________ on the board and was surprised that it was (5) ___________________ news. Another student liked news more (6) ___________________. She felt good when she understood English news and "international vocabulary".

Teachers liked using news (7) ___________________. They made listening slower to help their students. Teachers said news was good to (8) ___________________. Students talked non-stop about news of their (9) ___________________ city. News is useful because students have (10) ___________________ about it from their own language. Teachers also liked doing many kinds of activities, (11) ___________________ and games. One teacher said news was " (12) ___________________ ".

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

TheBreakingNewsEnglish.comsitesaysnewsisgoodforstudents.Itaskedte
achersandstudentsaboutusingnewstolearnEnglish.Almosteveryonesaidit
wasimportant.Onestudentenjoyedusingnewsbecauseitisreal.Herememb
eredwhenhesawaheadlineontheboardandwassurprisedthatitwasthatday'
sbreakingnews.Anotherstudentlikednewsmorethanothertopics.Shefeltgo
odwhensheunderstoodEnglishnewsand"internationalvocabulary".Teach
erslikedusingnewsintheirlessons.Theymadelisteningslowertohelptheirstu
dents.Teacherssaidnewswasgoodtohelpwithspeaking.Studentstalkedno
n-stopaboutnewsoftheirowncountryorcity.Newsisusefulbecausestudent
shavebackgroundknowledgeaboutitfromtheirownlanguage.Teachersalso
likeddoingmanykindsofactivities,suchasroleplaysandgames.Oneteacher
saidnewswas"unhealthyforstudents".

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________
g)	________________________________________________________
h)	________________________________________________________

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________
g)	________________________________________________________
h)	________________________________________________________

WRITING

Write about English news for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Answers

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