I bet many of you like to keep up with the latest news and events happening every day. So why not start watching the news in the foreign language you’re trying to learn no matter what level of your progress?

Actually, watching the TV news every day can help your general learning and understanding of a foreign language. I used to follow my TV News strategy when I was learning Spanish. I started with 24 Hours and its news (the link can be found online). At first it was difficult to catch up with all the information. To be honest with you, for the first week I could barely understand a few words, but over time, as my vocabulary level and grammar skills increased, I was able to understand more.

As we watch, we will always hear more than we can really understand (at least at first). You can deal with that by watching the entire news feed and then going back to those bits that were hard to understand to watch again. Don’t give up if the news seems to come in fast motion. This is very common for news in Spanish and Italian, as the anchors tend to speak very fast. If you’ve just started watching the news, try to answer some basic questions like when, where, who, why, and how they relate to the news.

Well, world news and events are always broadcast on the major television news services. In this way, you can first follow the news in your native language to get a general understanding of what is happening around the world. This general knowledge of current events will help you understand more when you see the news in your foreign language and your anxiety level will drop significantly.

Yes! Searching for the news channel of your choice would be the first step. Well of course you can search your own TV channel and choose any news service you like.

Any benefit of watching news on TV? So what’s in it for me?

Another good thing is that following the news will allow you to get used to both the sounds of a foreign language and different accents. By following the news, you will usually get various news speakers and announcers who are speakers with good diction and pronunciation to follow. In addition, the news presented will give you a good idea of ​​what is happening in the country where the target language of your choice is spoken.

Also, television news often have so-called news tickers (also known as “crawler” or “slide”) which are placed in the lower third of the television screen space on television news networks dedicated to presenting headlines. or news. News tickers often differ between television stations. For this case, Sky News always displays a black ticker with white text throughout the broadcast day. This ticker turns yellow with black text to highlight breaking news.

News tickers can also be a good source of new vocabulary for you, as while watching the news you can type in all the new words that appear in the news. News broadcasting service by TV or Radio. When I started learning English (my first foreign language I wanted to learn) I tuned in to the latest BBC Radio news. The thing about radio news is that it’s harder to follow, as you don’t have visuals (images) to support your general understanding of the news that is presented in television news images. In fact, it is exposed to sound; This can also improve your listening comprehension skills and the sounds of a foreign language and you don’t get distracted by images.

Very often, radio news services also offer podcasts, MP3 files with the news that can be downloaded and listened to later. You can then play the downloaded recordings as many times as you like to better understand news you might have otherwise missed.

Don’t have time to follow the regular TV news?

Hmm… there is also an option for you. You can install an app that will help you follow the latest news on your computer, iPad, or your mobile phone (for example, Breaking News). It’s up to you to follow the news in the way you choose.