Abstract: Over the last three decades, major changes have taken place in the English language teaching methods, especially in second and foreign language learning scenario (Ali and Devi, 2013). The teaching of the English language has seen a shift in the use of methodologies and resources over the years (Shakibaei, Shahamat and Namaziandost, 2019). Communicative approaches to language teaching have focused on the importance of language learners acquiring skills to be able to encounter the real world, consequent on the use of authentic texts in the language being highlighted, as a result of the spread of the Communicative Language Teaching Approach (Shakibaei, Shahamat and Namaziandost, 2019). The newspaper is known to be an influential tool in the sharing of information and improving the language skills of undergraduates in this vastly developing global village (Wijewardene, 2020). This paper attempts to highlight the importance of using the newspaper in the English language classroom to improve the reading writing, listening and speaking skills of students, thus transforming the classroom into a multidimensional environment.
Keywords: The English newspaper, Teaching of English as a Second Language, English language Classroom
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