Research article the role of newspapers and magazines to teach english in the

Keywords:
Authentic Materials, EFL/ESL Classrooms, Language Skills, Magazines, 
Newspapers, Teachers. 
 
 
 
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Parupalli Srinivas Rao 
VEDA’S 
JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (JOELL) 
A
n International Peer Reviewed (Refereed) Journal
Impact Factor (SJIF) 4.092
http://www.joell.in
 
Vol.6 Issue 2 
2019 
INTRODUCTION 
The twenty-first century has witnessed 
spectacular vicissitudes in almost all arenas with the 
introduction of modern technology. We can 
perceivethese variations in science and research, 
medicine, pharmacy, engineering and technology, 
fashion design, travel and tourism, education, mass 
media and communication, business and so on. The 
latest technology has benefitted the human beings in 
many ways and it has been very useful for their 
progress in their respective fields. Human beings can 
carry out their work without any confines and 
aberrations using the existing technology and attain 
incredible achievement in the field they put their 
exertions. Because of the scientists’ innovations and 
discoveries, the present generation has been 
comfortably utilizing the available technology to 
achieve the right progress and the desired results in 
all the areas. The progress of the entire world is 
possible with the latest technological innovations. As 
technology influenced almost all fields, it has also 
greatly inclined the field of education. With the 
introduction of technology in education, there have 
been drastic changes and the teachers as well as 
learners have been using the latest technology in 
attaining better results in their teaching and learning.
The teachers of English have been adopting the 
teaching materials from the available sources, 
especially the authentic materials, to teach English 
effectively.