VS Publications Alford Council of International English & Literature Journal(ACIELJ) Impact Factor:4.401(SJIF)An International Peer-Reviewed English Journal www.acielj.com Vol-2,Issue-2 ,2019 ISSN:2581-6500 Indexed In: Citefactor Indexing and Directory of Research Journal Indexing (DRJI) and Google Scholar ___________________________________________________________________________ Alford Council of Interantional English & Literature Journal(ACIELJ) Copyright VS Publications Page 50 NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION: STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION TOWARDS USING NEWSPAPER IN LEARNING ENGLISH ___________________________________________________________________________ Nafiseh Zarei 1 * ,Koasalyiah Vijayan 2 Faculty of Education and Humanities, Unitar International University, Malaysia * Corresponding author: nafiseh@unitar.my ________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT English as the international language has become a vital part of modern life. So, are Newspapers.Newspaper In Education (NIE) helps develop an informed society because they cover fast range of information, and the students can update their knowledge with the current situation in their country. The purpose of this studywas to investigate the influence of NIE on students’ motivation in learning English language. The researchers used qualitative method and data were collected via semi-structured interview and open-ended questionnaire. The findings of the study revealed that NIE was an aid to all students in learning Englishlanguage and the students were highly motivated to use newspapers in order to enhance their English language learning. The students not only learned new idioms, expressions, proverbs, and phrases, but also, they improved their writing skills and grammatical structures via newspapers which led them to improve their English language skills. Keywords: newspaper, learning English, motivation INTRODUCTION Teaching and learning English language are very important for Malaysians as English is considered as their second language. To have a better command of English language, it is essential for an academician to apply the appropriate teaching tools to teach English language skills in the classroom. NIE is one of the teaching tools used by teachers in English teaching in some schools. NIE also encourages school students to develop their speaking and listening skills. Nowadays in school, some students have problems in their command of English language. This is due to lack of experience and background knowledge on how to speak a proper English.Brophy (2010) believed that learners will be motivated when the get engaged