Newspaper articles cover a surprisingly wide range of specialist, technical, and professional areas. To illustrate this, I conducted a number of searches of both general and specialised areas typically covered in ESP courses. All of the articles can be sorted and accessed in a matter of seconds. Having located texts in the learners specific area, the ESP teacher can then utilise the texts as a basis for materials design. Alternatively, the texts can be used as a basis for language learning exercises, project work, CALL and conversation classes as detailed above.
Most suppliers give educational discounts, and the prices of the papers seem to vary considerably.
Normally you receive four CDs per year, one at the end of each quarter. A CD-ROM drive. This can be an internal or external drive and you should ensure that it will work with your computer and run your newspaper on CD-ROM before buying it. Newspapers on CD-ROM come complete with installation software and documentation, so an experienced PC user should be able to complete the installation. Note on suppliers TESL-EJ is not permitted to publish commercial information.