2. 1.Reading a newspaper is an excellent way to
practice spoken English.
2.Most newspapers use important English
vocabulary words.
3.A newspaper will give you many common
political, scientific, economic and technical
words.
4.The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
exam often use words that are frequently found
in English newspapers.
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3. 1.You must read the newspaper frequently and
read it aloud.
2.You must always look up words you do not
know in your dictionary and attempt to use
these new words and expressions when you
speak.
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4. 1. Print an article from a newspaper web site.
(Always select a newspaper from the country
using the English you are studying.)
2. First, read the article out loud, looking for new
vocabulary words.
3.Whenever you read a word you do not know, stop
and look it up in your own language English
dictionary.
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5. 1. Write the English words you do not know in a
notebook. Then write the meaning of the
word in your own language.
2.If a word you do not know is used more than
twice in an article, put a check () by it for
special study.
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6. After you finish reading the article for the first
time, review the meaning of all the new
vocabulary words you wrote in your notebook.
Study these words enough so that you know
what they mean when you read the article.
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7. Now read the entire article aloud for fluency
practice. Try reading the article as smoothly as
possible without stopping. Read it aloud
twice. Your purpose is to read it so that an
English speaking person could easily
understand what you are saying.
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8. • Read the article again for meaning. Always read
aloud. If you do not understand a sentence, stop
and figure out exactly what it means.
• If some of the meanings you have written in your
notebook do not make sense in the article, look
the word up again in your dictionary and see if it
has other meanings. Write the meaning in your
notebook that makes the most sense as a second
meaning for that word.
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9. If you still cannot figure out the meaning of a
sentence, it may be because two or three
words are used together as an expression. Try
to determine the meaning of expressions.
Look for similar expressions in other articles. If
you cannot determine the meaning of an
expression, you may need to ask an English
speaking person to help you.
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10. • Identify expressions as you read. Use a special mark to
identify them in the articles.
• Try substituting other words while using the same
expression. Say or write as many sentences using the
expression as possible. For example, you may read a
sentence in a newspaper which says, "Former
Governor Mitchell announced on Friday he will not run
for another term, putting to rest months of speculation
about his future intentions." "Putting to rest" is an
expression which means "ending."
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11. • For more fluency practice, continue reading the
article aloud until you can read it at the same
speed that an English speaker talks. Practice until
your pronunciation sounds like that of an English
speaker.
• Your purpose is not merely to learn the
vocabulary in these articles, but to learn to speak
English. Keep practicing until you can read the
article aloud so that an English speaking person
can clearly understand what you are saying.
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12. Some U.S. newspaper web sites: www.oregonlive.com
www.denverpost.com
www.startribune.com www.mcall.com
www.journalnow.com www.theoutlookonline.com
www.oaklandtribune.com www.argusleader.com
www.seattletimes.com www.chron.com
Search web sites for other U.S. newspapers:
www.hometownnews.com www.50states.com
www.dailyearth.com www.usanewspapers.com
www.thetownpaper.com
Search web sites for English and other language newspapers:
www.newsdirectory.com www.onlinenewspapers.com
www.theworldpress.com
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