This week we will look at two different articles. The first one is about children having difficulty speaking because of their exposure to television. The other article is about things that have become obsolete. Go to the links below and read both articles. Write a reflective comment that shows you have read the articles, expresses your views, and addresses my questions.
Which of the statistics in the article about speech surprised you? Do you agree that the background noise from TV makes it hard for children to understand their parents’ or older siblings’ speech? How much television should children be allowed to watch? If you had a much younger sibling, what would you do to promote his/her language development?
In the article about obsolete things, which of the obsolete things mentioned are still being used in your house? Is the article wrong about any of the items in its predictions? What do you think will become obsolete in the next decade?
21 comments:
The article that surprised me the most was that 22% of boys have trouble with speaking and understanding others. Yes I agree that the TV creates an interference of conversations especially in young kids. The amount of TV that should be allowed for children very from the age of the child 4-6 year olds should only watch 30 minutes every other day time can increase as the child gets older. If you have younger siblings that are developing their speech habits you should talk to them with no other distractions. One thing that is on this list that I have in my house is a land line phone. This article is not wrong ten years ago no one thought these appliances would go obsolete but they did and in the next ten years most of our things will go to. One thing that I think will go obsolete is the DVD player in the next decade they might hook up the TV to the internet for movies.
One of the statistics in the article that surprised me the most was that 22 per cent of boys and 13per cent of girls have trouble developing speech and understanding others because of watching TV constantly. I agree that background noise from TV makes it hard for children to understand their parents’ or older siblings’ speech because they are getting limited exposure to language. Children should not be allowed to watch television all day. At least one hour, would be enough, because they should engage in other mind and language stimulating activities. If I had a much younger sibling, I would promote his/her language development by taking to him and exposing him to more “home language”.
In the article about obsolete things, one of the things mentioned that are still being used in my house are wires. I think the article is wrong about one item in its predictions, which is calling. Calling and even text messaging are being used now more than ever, with the addition of the blackberry and dome other newly released high tech phones.
In the next decade, I think many things will be obsolete, including telephones, mobile phones, and laptops.
The statistic that surprised me most was that one third of five to seven year olds have their own TV. I think that if a child is exposed to TV before they can talk properly, than it will effect how well they can understand older siblings or talk to them. I think that little children shouldn’t watch more than half an hour of TV a day. If I had a younger sibling, I would only let them watch TV if it is a speech show, or and educational show.
In the other article. Wireless and some CD’s are things that I still use sometimes in my house. I think that CD’s are things that, although they are going out, will always be around. In the next decade, I think that the next thing to become obsolete will be desktops. I think they will start to be replaced with laptops everywhere.
This article is quite surprising! I never really heard much about the problem of kids having trouble speaking because of them watching too much TV. Especially that 22% of the boys have trouble, is actually making me worry.
TV for children and TV for teens and adults are completely different. TV for children contains a lot of cartoons and quite unrealistic things. Small children always watch what happens around them and then try to do that too to "fit in". When they watch too much TV they will start to be like some character from a TV show that they saw a few times. They do not know that TV and reality are completely different worlds and only the reality is the world that you should be in. They might feel that they belong into this world of TV and unrealistic characters. Parents, siblings, or any older person that knows the difference between TV and the realistic world should watch how long the child watches TV. The child should be able to watch any shows for children but also not too much. They will also realise faster what the realistic world is and that TV is something different.
The most statistics in the article about the children and TV is how the television makes I harder for them to speak and understand others. I agree that television is the main reason that makes it hard for children to understand their parents and their older siblings. Children should watch TV at most for 2 hours per day; it would be better if they were allowed to watch it for less time. For my younger sibling, I would make more conversations with him to promote his language development.
In the article about obsolete things, one of the obsolete things that is still used in my house is the newspaper. All the predictions in the article are true. All the old things that we used to use are about to get useless, even the wire Internet. I think that the CDs are about to decade.
One of the statistics that surprised me the most was how 22 per cent of boys and 13 per cent of girls have trouble developing speech and understanding others. I’ve always known that too much television is not a good thing for young and old people but never would I have known that television could affect the speech and understanding of children. I do agree that the background noise of TV makes it harder to understand their parents’ or older siblings’ speech because their isn’t exposure to the language and noises around them but I also have to disagree because from past experiences my baby cousin picked up lots of words from the language Arabic and English. Kids who watch too much TV aren’t healthy and should defiantly be limited to maximum an hour. If I had a much younger sibling, to promote his/her language I would expose him to more language like reading to them books and the alphabet.
In the article about obsolete things, the things mentioned that are being used in my household today are wires to hook up the computer and telephone lines. I think the article is wrong about some items such as text messaging which is being used today, fax machines and dial up internet are also being used but maybe not as much due to high tech technology that has recently been invented. The things over the next decade I think will stay obsolete are computers, CD’s, and yellow pages. It will stay in use by many people but it might not be so popular later on as there would be iPods, cell phones, and laptops.
-Maya
Aliayh!
That children that watch TV might have some type of disability because they watch to much TV. This surprised me because when I was little I watch a lot of TV and never had problems like the kids are mentioned in this article. Yes I do agree because sometimes when I watch TV I sometimes I don’t hear my mom because of the sound so I have to go to her and ask her to repeat herself, or I will just turn off the TV or mute the sound while she is talking, but I disagree with the speech because I don’t think watching TV effects the way you talk. I think children shouldn’t watch as much TV but like 2 hours. To help a younger sibling to promote his/her language development is to make him/her watch educational shows/programs such as Sesame Street or My Baby Can Read, that teach younger kids numbers, letters, songs, and etc.
CD’s, Calling, Landline Phones, Fax Machines, and Wires. Yes I think most people still call a lot because some people cant operate a cell phone like others and can text message so calling is the only thing that they can do! I doubt wires will become obsolete because what else would be used for connection. In the next decade I think desktops because most people are starting to buy laptops.
In the article about speech, the statistic that surprised me was: “four per cent of children had not said their first word by age three.” I think it is really shocking because even though its only four percent, some kids don’t say their first words by the age of three, it is shocking really. Well, I think that background music can make it hard for children to understand their parents’ or siblings’ speech because, it really depends what they are watching (I think). If the child is watching something really interesting then maybe they may not pay attention or understand what they are saying at the moment. However I still think that a child can snap in and out when they are watching TV, or maybe I’m just talking for myself. I think children should watch enough TV so that it doesn’t interfere with school, maybe 5 hours a week and on the weekend they can watch as much as they please. If I had a younger sibling, (I wish) to promote his/hers language development, I would read them stories and encourage them to read as well like, giving new books that he/she might like etc. In the article about obsolete things, the obsolete things in my house are: Encyclopedias, CDs, landline phones, yellow pages and address book, and fax machine. There is nothing wrong about any of the items in its prediction because they are still things that can help us even thought there is a faster and more efficient ways. I think the laptop well become obsolete by the next decade because now they are coming up with these laptops that can fold, roll, bend etc… Just like the phone, it was the one with the buttons and now its touch screen.
The percentage that surprised me the most was that 22% of boys have problems communicating with others. I think that the sound does create a barrier between the talker and viewer. I dot want to give a time because this is the choice of the parents, but i would recommend less than 2 hours long. i would probably help my sibling by doing an activity without any television involved and interact with them.
I think that the newspaper will be obselete in the future because there are E-Book Readers which are growing and growing. They would conquer the world with flexible screens instead of paper.
It surprised me in this article is that is that many of the children do not speak their first word till they are 3 years old. That is very astonishing; when I was 3 I could to have conversations, especially with my older brother. I agree that background sounds can impair a child’s ability, because when you have the television on blaring the child won’t be able to focus on what the parent or the older sibling is saying. I think that children should watch about 3 hours maximum a day, I like watching TV, but when they are really young maybe put their favorite show to calm them down, but not have it on all the time, if I had a younger sibling I would read to him/her every night, a book that will have her /him learn and I would constantly talk to him/her.
One of the obsolete things that are still used is a land line, not a wireless one either. The article is not wrong about anything in my opinion. One thing that will be obsolete in 10 year s is a car that runs on gas. They will advance the highbred and it’ll be all battery … I think….
In the article about speech I was surprised to read that some people believe TV causes children to not speak. No, I do not agree that the background noise from TV makes it hard for Children to understand their parents’ or older siblings’ speech. I’m not really sure how much television children should be watching, I mean television in my opinion can help children learn to speak better, but they should have a limit because children need to be social and hear people around them speak as well. If I had a younger sibling I would probably promote his/her language by letting them watch children’s TV and talk to them more often.
In the article about obsolete things, the ones still being used in my house are land phones, wires, newspapers and CDs. I think it's wrong about the fact the land phones are not used anymore because there are lots of locations in the world that would not be able to work without a land phone, and CDs are still used by DJs and for many other purposes and I don't think they will be forgotten about just yet. In the next decade, I think desktop computers will become obsolete and be replaced by laptops, also I think books will eventually become obsolete because all the information needed can be found online, even novels.
-Leen
The article that surprised me the most was the TV Noise article. This is surprising because now days kids around 3-10 year watch TV to entertain themselves but little did they know that watching TV can damage their ability to listen and speak.
I cannot say for sure that the background noise from TV can make kids lose their ability to listen to their parents but I m pretty sure that it dose.
In my option I think children shouldn’t watch TV at all. I mean it is true you can learn stuff from TV but I think some of the television shows are brainwashing us ( just in my opinion though)
I would promote my younger sibling on a 3rd language. 1st for home language, 2nd for English and 3rd anything he/she would like.
Most of the things that was shown in the article doesn’t exist in this house, maybe some old CDs and some mails but stuff like the yellow book or fax extinct from our house.
And I also think that everything in this article is accurate.
In the next decade maybe laptop wont exist anymore, we would probly have computers that are as small as itouchs or phones.
The statistics in the article about speech that surprised me is the 22 per cent of boys and 13 per cent of girls have trouble developing speech and understanding others. I really don't agree that the background noise from TV makes it hard for children to understand their parents' or older siblings' speech because for me I think television is a way of learning for some kids, especially language because the hear it all the time, and over, over again which makes the words get into their heads easily in a fun way while watching TV, but at the same time we need to balance it with the social communications in the social life and they should hear their parents, siblings talking the everyday language in that house. The children shouldn’t be that much allowed to watch TV, not just because of the language issue, also because TV got some weird singles that may damage the kid's eyes. Children should just watch kid's educational shows that may help them. If I had a younger sibling I will try to speak to him as much as I can and try to repeat words over and over until it get stuck in his head, and let him watch TV everyday for an hour a day.
In the article about obsolete things, one of the things mentioned are still being used in my house is the encyclopedias because my dad doesn’t really trust the information on the web. I think the article is wrong about the wireless phone; they still exist in my house and in many others in the world. I always wonder what will become obsolete in the next decade, but I think it will be the wireless internet I think it will be a connection in the air that doesn’t need any machines.
-Ayaa Sharkas :)
The statistics in the article about 22 per cent of boys and 13 per cent of girls have trouble developing speech and understanding others surprised me the most. I agree that the background noise from TV makes it hard for children to understand their parents’ or older siblings’ speech because on the T.V. the words that are said aren’t the best words for little youngsters like “beer” and gadget” and others. But the parents know what is best, and so if they spend time with their young children they would know what the words that they say in front of them should be. Infants should watch as little as possible, like 5 hours a week of television is what children should be allowed to watch. What I think will become obsolete in the next decade is family time. What would probably happen is that infants would just sit around all day in front of the T.V. all day and night. The families would no longer sit next to with each other and have family time together.
-abdo malhas
The statistics in the article about 22 per cent of boys and 13 per cent of girls have trouble developing speech and understanding others surprised me the most. I agree that the background noise from TV makes it hard for children to understand their parents’ or older siblings’ speech because on the T.V. the words that are said aren’t the best words for little youngsters like “beer” and gadget” and others. But the parents know what is best, and so if they spend time with their young children they would know what the words that they say in front of them should be. Infants should watch as little as possible, like 5 hours a week of television is what children should be allowed to watch. What I think will become obsolete in the next decade is family time. What would probably happen is that infants would just sit around all day in front of the T.V. all day and night. The families would no longer sit next to with each other and have family time together.
-abdo malhas
The statistic that surprised me the most was that one third of 5-7 years old have their own TV. i think that a child shouldn't be exposed to TV before they can talk because it does affect them and the way they understand their parents, siblings etc.if i was to choose i would only let them watch only like half an hour and only an educational show or something.
The article that about cds are still use now in my house they are.i think that the next thing that will be replace is going to be desktop they are going to be replace with laptop verywhere
I was really surprised to know that children couldn’t speak until they turn 3 because most kids can speak by then. Yes, I agree that background noise from TV makes it hard for children to understand their parents’ or older siblings’ speech because the children might not be able to find the difference between music and words. It will just sound like a noise to them. I think television should be allowed after the children know how to speak, and when they do know how to speak I think one to two hours is most appropriate. If I had a much younger sibling, I would read him/her a book for about an hour everyday to promote his/her language development.
In the article about obsolete things, the landline phones are still being used in my house. If there is one thing I think the article has gotten wrong about is the hand-written letters. It is true that people use mails and other methods, but I think people will still write hand-written letters just for fun. I predict that computers will be obsolete in the next decade because we now have pocket computers like iPod touches.
To be quite honest none the statistics in this article were particularly surprising especially since the females almost always development faster then the males and apparently this time is no exception. However that being said it was surprised by how much larger the percentage of female speech development was from there male counterparts. Also I would say that this statistic could be correct due to fact that I’ve encounter some very unusual females in my time thus I and by extension they are also examples of this very idea. As for the second question if I had a younger sibling I would choose to cut him off from the television altogether while I would not be cut off in the same way. As for my method for increasing the linguistic capabilities of my younger sibling I would make sure that he or she (preferably she) would read a lot of books first ones that are of the reading level and steadily increasing not only the reading level and reading/understanding skills but also increasing the number of books as well.
As for the second article I’m absolutely sure that of all of those things the library. I’m also fairly sure that this place will be around for at least another two generations. I am fairly certain that eventually we will find the technology does have a perceivable limit and very soon thereafter we will start to use some of the older ways and means of doing things and of conducting commerce. I think that most of the contraptions that we now call modern will become very well obsolete in the next few decades if not next few centuries. For example someone a hundred years from now might find the last book and look through it and then think that this is the last remaining example of the art of making and mass producing books, magazines, journals and so forth and may be they will even put up the last book in a museum somewhere on a very technologically advanced Earth and who knows by that time all of the vegetation might be gone and we might even have a fully functioning colony on Mars and maybe even elsewhere as well.
The statistic that said that 13 to 18 months was the most common age for children to start putting two words together - like 'want drink' or 'doggie gone'. Girls were on average quicker than boys to put two words together, with 64 per cent having done this by 18 months compared with 54 per cent of boys.
I agree that the noise from the TV will make it hard for children to understand their parents’ or older siblings’ speech because they will not be able to focus on two things at once, or will not be able to hear the speech in the first place.
Children should only be allowed to watch small amounts of TV.
If I had a younger sibling, I would try to teach him or her how to speak as much as possible. In our house, there are landline phones, a fax machine, wires, CD’s and we call. I don’t think that the article is wrong about any of the items of predictions. I think that several things will become obsolete in the next decade, such as, but not limited to: Hard copy books, Computer processors bigger than the Apple Mini, Text Books, and Areas without Internet.
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