Analyzing features of newspaper headlines and finding out its implications forrnEnglish Language Teaching (ELT) is part and parcel of descriptive studies donernto produce course materials out of non-academic sources such as newspapersrnand magazines. The idea that non-academic texts should be used in the EFLrnclassroom is so widespread that English for Academic Purpose (EAP) coursesrndesigned to prepare students for a particular discipline such as medicine orrnlaw, generally use materials relating to those disciplines. Thus, the currentrnstudy has tried to show the contribution of analyzing features of newspaperrnheadlines for producing supplementary teaching material ls to EFL students inrngeneral and to students dealing with courses in media in particular.rnTo substantiate the objectives already set, the study reviews the availablernliterature at three interrelated stages. The first stage presents types of mediarnand the rationale for using them in language classrooms. The second stagerndiscusses newspapers, which are types of non-technical media. This stage is sorncomprehensive that it tells us about kinds of newspaper, the rationale for usingrnnewspapers and the methodological basis of newspaper materials. The lastrnstage, which is about newspaper headlines, attempts to highlight the languagernof headlines and the advantage of learning it.rnThe data for the research in question has been newspaper headlines in ThernReporter, a weekly local English newspaper. The headlines have been gatheredrnfrom -fifty-four issues of The Reporter chosen as a sample. A table comprisingrndifferent columns for listing down the headlines 1