BENEFITS OF READING ENGLISH NEWSPAPER

Reading English newspaper by people in Malaysia is still in a low level especially English newspaper. English newspaper is not only providing information about what happened in our world but it also can help us to improve our English language. It gives many benefits to us such as improve general knowledge, enrich vocabulary and enhance our reading skills.

Firstly, by reading English newspaper, we can improve our knowledge in English language. It is an easy way if we want to learn by ourselves. By English newspaper, we can know very interesting things and important international news. When we read more, we can write better essays because our knowledge is adequate to provide interesting ideas to talk about. Shortly, reading English newspaper will not only upgrade our language ability but also become more knowledgeable.

Secondly, we can easily enrich our vocabulary by reading English newspaper. English newspaper contains many useful and common words. There are many vocabularies we don’t know what they mean, but we should guess their meanings skillfully and logically. If we still don’t know their meanings, we use the dictionary and recite the key words. By doing this, we can improve our English.

Lastly, we can enhance the reading skills we have. If we continue reading English newspaper, we can get used to English language. Besides that, it also helps us in writing skills. When we reading English newspapers, we can try to guess meanings between sentences, and try not to look up them in dictionary right away. By doing this we can increase our reading speed. We also will encounter the words several times to become familiar with them and know to use them in context. This is a good way to enhance reading skills in English language.

In conclusion, we have to keep reading the newspaper regularly as our daily habit. Reading English newspaper are one of the good things to spend on a free time beside it can open our mind and improve our general knowledge. Furthermore, it can enrich the vocabulary and enhance our reading skills. It also helps us practice rhetorical patterns of writing. That’s why by reading English newspaper, people can easily improve their knowledge in English language.