TOPIC UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH NEWSPAPER HEADLINE ABSTRACT I. Introduction 1. Rationale We are living in a modern world with the great boom of information and technology. It is a must to know about the news or events happening. One way of accessing to them is reading newspaper. In addition, reading its headlines enable the readers to get the gist of the story. As a report writing, here, we would like to study the basic knowledge about understanding newspaper headline. 2. Scope of the study For reasons of space and time, within the framework of this study, this assignment just covers some aspects that help to understand newspaper headline with the hope of giving more techniques for the reader catching the news or events quickly and deeply. 3. Aims of the study English is spoken over 70 countries and in 20; more English occupies an important position. Many newspapers are published in English. It is estimated that the two thirds of all scientific newspaper are first published in English. It is also the most common international working languages. In this report, we would like to introduce some basic knowledge to understand the English newspaper headlines. Since, you will be able to read the quickly and know about the world comprehensively. 4. Methods of the study We have discussed searching area, selected newspaper International Herald Tribune, which is very popular for the English speaker and good for making examples, and we focused on the headlines. Members first raised the questions about the topic in order to identify the writing direction. Then, we involved the library and foreign-language documents and writing a common layout. Next, each member worked independently, collected information and data, then analyzing it in his own way. Therefore, the report also carries students’ experiences in using article and bases on their views. A Newspaper Headline not only attracts the readers’ attentions but also tells us the content of the news. But to understand it is not easy. In this report, firstly, the writer gives you some background information, aims and searching method of the English newspaper headlines in general as well as defines them in particular with the hope of helping the reader to understand the importance of the study. In the next parts, she goes to the main contents about the basis knowledge to understand headline, in which the different types of newspaper headlines are focused on, by giving theories and examples followed with analysis. The contents consist of: - Overview of newspaper headlines - The language of newspaper headlines - The different types of newspaper headlines - Headline vocabulary - Idioms To catch the information in a changing world is essential. Reading this study, you will know a great part of the world as knowing about the headline of the newspaper- the media describe the world. With a special topic and the typical examples as well as using a famous newspaper for these, this report is really private and attractive.