Cracking the Code: Reading a Spanish News Article

Imagine a friend hands you a Spanish newspaper and says 'Tell me what this story is about.' You do not know every word — but you do not need to. Skilled readers in any language use clues: headlines, photos, cognates (words that look like English words), and the surrounding sentences. Before you read today's article, ask yourself: which parts of a news article appear in any language? Think about the headline, the opening sentence, and how journalists answer six key questions: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? Keeping those questions in mind is your reading compass.