Reading requirement The Teaching Requirement of College English Curriculum (2004) began to propose that basically read domestic newspapers in English is the general requirement; basically read English-speaking countries popular newspapers and magazines of general theme of the article is high demand; learn to use the original materials and edit the
silkroad online goldEnglish-speaking countries of articles in newspapers and magazines is the highest demand. As to the English majors, they not only raised the needs to be able to read English newspapers and magazines, and generally move the editorials and book reviews, but also consciously adjusted in accordance with the needs of reading and reading skills in reading. It is known that English is able to express one’s ideal and used in
age of conan goldreality world, and that the correct output must be based on the rich input of the language. In addition, the more the reading materials relate to life and nature, the more interest the students have. Therefore, English teachers should provide students with proper and adequate reading materials to widen students’ field of vision and increase their opportunity of reading original English.2. Introduction of English newspapers referring to this study2.1 Characteristics of English newspapersGenerally speaking, different types of newspapers have some common characteristics. English newspapers have five elements: public, frugality, interesting, timeliness and objectivity. Newspapers are the public media, and the words of writing must be suitable for a large number of readers, and the language must be easily understood. The editors treasure newspaper layout, providing as much information as
FFXI Gilpossible in the limited space. Newspaper has been an emphasis on fun to attract readers. Moreover, timeliness is also a value of the newspapers. Objectivity is needed in pure news on the prospective criteria. A newspaper tends to be in many sections, such as political affairs, economic evens, sports and culture, campus study and life, social life, sciences and technology, and so on. Most of English newspapers have a regulate page make-up,
dofus kamasspecial words and short headline. There are a great number of phrases, abbreviations and omit words and sentences in English newspapers. You may know what the passages talk about through reading headline and lead words. The motivations are of some interests or informational value to students to read and write. Above all, articles are well constructed. They illustrate principles of good organization. This enables students to recognize structural and semantic clues that indicate the important ideas and to organize their own ideas in a coherent fashion.2.2 Classification of English newspapersDifferent standards have different classifications. According to different countries, here I will mainly talk about three main typical newspapers from three countries: (a)American newspapers: The New York Times, The Time, Fortune, Financial Times, USA Today Newsweek, Reader’ Digest, The Washington Post;(b)British’s newspapers: Financial Times, Guardian newspaper, The Sun; (c)Chinese newspapers: China Daily, Beijing Review, 21st Century, Shanghai Star. And reading the newspapers of 21st Century has become a compulsory course in many high schools and universities. As for its
world of warcraft goldcontents, articles within newspapers tend to be in three main types: news articles, opinion articles and feature articles. As for its languages, it can be divided into formal newspapers and informal newspapers. As for its influence, it can be divided into common tabloids and big papers. These Chinese newspapers and some interesting magazines are greatly suited to Chinese learners when they begin to learn English, and then they can choose other newspapers to read.
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