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

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Parupalli Srinivas Rao 
VEDA’S 
JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (JOELL) 
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n International Peer Reviewed (Refereed) Journal
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Vol.6 Issue 2 
2019 
RESEARCH ARTICLE 
THE ROLE OF NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES TO TEACH ENGLISH IN THE 
ESL/EFL CLASSROOMS IN THE DIGITAL ERA: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY 
Parupalli Srinivas Rao 
(Lecturer in English, English Language Centre, King Faisal University, Al-Hasa, Kingdom of Saudi 
Arabia.) 
doi: 
https://doi.org/10.33329/joell.62.165
 
ABSTRACT
In the digital era, there have been drastic changes in all the fields and 
education has no exception. Due to technological revolutions, the field of 
education has undergone quite profound changes throughout the twenty-first 
century and the concept of teaching and learning has taken a new dimension. 
There is no room for the antiquated methods of teaching since a majority of the 
twenty-first century teachers have been adopting the modern technology in 
their classrooms. Moreover, the learners have also been using the available 
modern technology abundantly to develop their learning skills. The same 
scenario reflects on the teaching and learning of English in ESL/EFL environment. 
To improve the language skills of the learners, the modern teachers of English 
have been trying with numerous techniques, methods and approaches in order 
to meet the requirements of their learners. The use of mass media as a teaching 
tool in the English classrooms has increased significantly at all levels. The print 
media plays a vital role in promoting the language skills of the ESL/ EFL learners. 
Newspapers and magazines are the most widely used of the media and they 
expand the curriculum with infinite information to use as authentic materials to 
learn the English language. 
The present paper focuses on mainly the role of 
newspapers and magazines to teach English in the ESL/EFL classrooms.