Literacy Development: Class Newspapers
Creating a class, department or school newspaper about interesting, relevant and familiar topics at three language and literacy levels is one way to promote the practice of literacy for all students in a second language class or program. A newspaper also offers a forum for a variety of short texts; thus students who process material slowly will be motivated by the feeling of success in being able to comprehend some of the contents of the newspaper (and perhaps become curious about higher level texts) while stronger students will be able to read all of the contents.
A teacher-created newspaper not only provides the students with an opportunity to USE their language skills outside of class time (and become aware of their skill levels) but also develop a positive identity toward the subject area and language.
Read more about Developing Literacy through Classroom Newspapers here. See examples of a variety of newspapers prepared by 4th year second language education students below.
Newspaper Examples
Spanish Example
French Example