Using newspapers in the classroom
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Using newspapers in the classroom
（Cambridge handbooks for language teachers / general editor, Michael Swan）
Cambridge University Press, 1999
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 270) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Using Newspapers in the Classroom is a collection of over 130 practical and creative newspaper-based activities to use with young adult and adult learners from pre-intermediate to advanced levels. The activities, which show teachers how to exploit the different features and sections of newspapers, are designed to provide motivating and challenging learning experiences, as well as valuable language practice. Clear lesson plans, sample materials and practical guidelines combine to give teachers of general English and English for specific purposes maximum support for using newspapers in the classroom.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1
- Headlines
- 2
- Articles
- 3
- Photographs
- 4
- Advertisements
- 5
- Horoscopes
- 6
- Problem Page Letters
- 7
- TV guides
- 8
- Cartoons and strip cartoons
- 9
- Weather forecasts
- 10
- The whole newspaper
- Appendix 1
- Stylistic and structural features of newspaper headlines
- Appendix 2
- Newspaper web sites
- Appendix 3
- Abbreviations used in classified advertisements
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