Utilizing Pakistani newspaper English to teach grammar

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper examines the use of local English‐language newspapers as pedagogical aids in the English Language Teaching classroom. Various advantages and disadvantages of using newspapers in the classroom are discussed with focus on the often‐cited objection by teachers in Pakistan that local newspapers contain too many errors and should therefore not be used pedagogically. Data on adjective, verb and noun complementation are presented from Pakistani newspapers to show that many of the so‐called ‘errors’ found in local newspapers are in reality part of a nativized Pakistani linguistic system. This paper then discusses language‐focused classroom activities with newspapers which would serve to make students aware of differences between their own nativized varieties of English and native Englishes. Finally, this paper calls for more linguistic tolerance on the part of teachers in both the East and the West in the acceptance of local varieties of English.

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