英文報紙在大學英語教學中是重要教材之一，因其可提供最新的資訊、多樣化的資料、及使用現代英文。然而學生在使用其為教材前應先瞭解它的特質，否則他們會被它和一般寫作迥然不同的寫作風格及文法結構弄混，甚至產生挫折感而望之怯步。 　　本文是以《中國郵報》、《英文臺灣新聞》（原《英文中國日報》）、《國際先鋒論壇報》、《今日美國》四大報紙為基礎來分析英文報紙之特質（標題、導言、句子、文法結構及新字），並證明經此分析確可減輕學生們對閱讀英文報紙之恐懼感、增加他們對英文報紙特殊寫作方式之瞭解、進而將英文報紙當成有效學習英文的工具。 　　本文並以學生學習之成效來證明英文報紙是不同程度之同學有效學習英文的工具。藉由分析英文報紙之特殊文法結構，不同程度之同學可複習文法、用語、並學習最新用法，進而增加閱讀、寫作、聽與說之溝通能力，重建學習英文的信心，成為英文之終生學習者。

　　　　　English-language newspapers play one of the important roles in college ESL courses as teaching materials because they can provide up-to-date information, various data, and contemporary English. Students, however, should know the characteristics of newspaper English before newspapers are used as teaching materials. Otherwise, students may be confused by the grammatical structures and writing style, which are quite different from those of everyday writing, even feel frustrated and give up. 　　This paper analyzes the characteristics of newspaper English(headline, lead, sentences, grammatical structure, and new words) by using the texts of the four most popular English-language newspapers in Taiwan: the China Post, the Taiwan News(China News), the Herald Tribune and USA Today. Such analysis, I believe, will lessen students' apprehension, arouse their interest, enhance their comprehension of the special writing style used in English newspapers, and even make them treat English newspapers as effective learning tools. 　　The purpose of this paper is also to prove that English-language newspapers are effective teaching tools for different levels of students by examining their characteristics. By analyzing some important parts of the grammatical structures used in English newspapers, different levels of students can review them, study contemporary English, improve their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills, even rebuild their self-confidence in learning English, and become life-long learners.