https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy en-us 2017-03-27 19:23:56 UTC 2017-03-28 19:11:35 UTC hello@padlet.com heharris https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163241538 Yes! The news is a great way to generate content. 
-For a grammar lesson, I had students respond to an article, summarize, and analyze the different verb tenses.
-Also, critical inquiry is important!
-Pop-culture could also be an interesting topic. ]]> 2017-03-28 19:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163241538 mdkoch93 https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163241696 Using news articles as a form of extensive reading. Students get to pick their topics and respond on the difficulty later.]]> 2017-03-28 19:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163241696 tytalk https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163242066 As a student, I have done activities with news articles that I think could apply to the ESL/EFL classroom. I think that this genre of writing introduces students to academic and technical language that they will find useful. Several activities can be made that involve summarizing and reflecting on a news article.]]> 2017-03-28 19:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163242066 wendychuang1125 https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163242311 In an EFL class I taught before, the students were required to read some news articles. But the news articles were not authentic though...]]> 2017-03-28 19:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163242311 https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163242353 Could be a useful source depending on the context, but students need to be careful of editorial/opinion pieces and bias that accompanies stories.]]> 2017-03-28 19:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163242353 corleto2 https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163242391 We talked about how in the service courses you can use news articles to incorporate source reliability into your lessons and writing assignment. For the IEI RW context, we could use news articles to reinforce the concept of fake news and reliability by have Ss compare sources to see what facts of a story are consistent, etc. Definitely can be adapted for a variety of contexts!]]> 2017-03-28 19:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163242391 olivia43 https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163242526 As someone who wants to teach children, I think news articles aren't really that important. It seems like it would only serve to confuse them. As they get older, it would become more relevant. ]]> 2017-03-28 19:04:51 UTC https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163242526 emily_doehring1 https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163242657 You can use news articles that relate to the current class topic.

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ (this website has English news articles at varying levels of difficulty for ESL/EFL learners]]> 2017-03-28 19:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163242657 jeanette_pyne https://padlet.com/xin_christina_xiang1987/ucz15pr2hvvy/wish/163242700 NEWSELA 

I used this website in my class for extensive reading. My students kept reading logs and adjusted their lexile levels according to their reading ability. 

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