Tag Archives: TV and Media

Tv, children and language, part 2

September 3, 2009 in Bilingualism, Research by Bilingual For Fun
We mentioned earlier that there are two fundamentals questions that need to be answered with regards to TV and bilingualism How bad is TV for children? Do TV and DVD support language learning? Here we’ll look at second question and see what experts think about it. Very young children learn from interactions, i.e. from playing [...]

TV, children and language, part 1

September 1, 2009 in Bilingualism, Research by Bilingual For Fun
TV and DVD are often part of children’s lives, and more and more are used to “teach” children a language. Is this right or wrong? Is TV a language learning tool or a brain killing device? I have done some research on the subject and I want to share the results with you. With regards [...]