Role of “newspaper’ for language learning

Abstract

Learning a language involves the establishment of the links between the language forms and their meanings. The three factors involved in the process are the form, the content or meaning and their association. Language is a skill rather than a subject. Though a skill does not altogether prelude intellectual activity, it is more a matter of ‘doing’ than of knowing’. This skill of learning second language can be acquired by providing the students sufficient opportunities to hear / read the language being used in meaningful situations and to make them use it. This paper outlines a few exercised that can be designed to make language learning happen in the classroom and also help learners to enhance their vocabulary, grammar and idioms and phrases. Newspapers give scope for readers to understand the content better, easier and interesting as they have lot of choice in reading.