9) Horoscope
Copies of horoscope with 12 signs of zodiac are given
to students. Then get the students to find out their own
character from the horoscope. After that, each student
has to relate to us whether his/her features given in
the horoscope are identical with his/her personal
character. The students can either agree or disagree
with the features given. If they do not agree, they need
to state how they differ. Alternatively, a student can
describe his or her personal character and the
students will then be asked to identify the star under
which he or she was born. At times, the student can
combine two or three features of horoscope as his or
her character if he or she does not agree with the
character revealed under the particular sign. In order
to make the class interesting, points will be awarded to
those students who give the correct answer.
Conclusion
Newspapers certainly cannot replace textbooks.
However, they can be effective and interesting
supplementary or perhaps complementary teaching
resources to try to get students interested to learn
English if they are used correctly. Newspaper text is a
practical and accessible resource for language
teaching and practice. It is believed that if more
teachers or lecturers can get themselves involved in
using newspapers as a teaching aid, they will help
map out NIE strategies more successfully. They can
create interesting activities from newspaper articles or
advertisements to encourage more students to use the
language freely and naturally. Besides that,
newspapers can help them acquire literacy skills and
useful information at the same time. Incorporating
newspapers into the ESL literacy classroom can also
offer the teacher authentic, practical and easily
accessible materials. Therefore, newspapers will
make learning more activity-oriented and a happy
experience.
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