Cable News Network (http://edition.cnn.com/)
The internationally renowned Cable News Network website is inundated with the latest news in all aspects, such as science, sport, technology, entertainment and so on. It is a fine example of content-based website, and readers can choose items whatever they are interested in. The objective of this website is to inform people all over the world of some international affair as well as regional news, but to ESL learners, this website also serves as a good tool to train their reading mainly. The website also classifies the news by its region and category, which keeps this website neat and in order. The goal of content-based learning is to put emphasis on both content and language learning. And the instructors can adopt and adapt the content on this website according to their students’ level. From the news categorized in this website, students may also learn some lessons and inspirations. I particularly prefer one item on the left-bottom of this website called “Untold Stories.” The "World's Untold Stories" blog accompanies a new weekly documentary series on CNN, and takes users to places rarely caught on camera. I enjoy it in that gritty, powerful tales often open our eyes to a world that is both disturbing and captivating. What makes CNN so world-widely prominent is that it brings people some fresh insights.
What interests me most is the content of this website is so close to our life. I am always eager to learn the latest news around the world. And when I was in senior high school, my English teacher has strongly recommend us to listen to CNN broadcast program on televisions. We even subscribe a magazine called “CNN Interactive English” which explains the content of some significant news for ESL learners. I felt the content is slightly difficult at that time. But now the content is very appropriate for me since I am an English major presently. As a result, this website is highly helpful for me to train my reading comprehension. Though this is not an English teaching website, its content is indeed a good material for readers to learn.
4 comments:
Just like you, I love CNN’s website! I think the most attractive part of this website is that we can see the video clips of any kind of news. Since the clips do not have subtitles, I think watching news in this way can also help me upgrade my English listening ability. Oh, the most importantly, most of them are free! This is really beneficial to me.
Indeed! The video clips can train our listening comprehension without costing us a penny. I also listen to the video clips provided there from time to time. Learning Englsih in fact does not need too much money, and CNN website is a nice learning material!
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