I used to love trains. They really fascinated me. They were fast, powerful, and mechanic. It all be began with a television show called “Thomas the Tank Engine”. Thomas was in fact a train. In the show, he and his friends around the Island and have adventures. The idea of a talking train is fascinating for almost any kid. Growing up my first language was Spanish, even though I’ve lived in the United States my whole life I had an older sister. Even though she knew English perfectly, she would speak to me in Spanish. As a matter of fact, I learned basic English from this show. I never went to preschool so, I wasn’t fully introduced to English until I entered kindergarten. My parents told my teachers that I barely knew English so, they gave tried to give me extra classes to learn the language. To their surprise, I actually understood English and I was speaking it pretty well in two weeks. …show more content…
It had various sing-alongs and educational sections. I learned how to sound out letters very well and figure out the name of things by watching the show. My mom and dad would buy me many of the toy models of the trains in the show. Each of those toys had the name of the engine written at the bottom. I would recognize which train it was by watching the show and then, I would try sound out the names. I recognized the letters and patterns from the names and use them as rules to help me pronounce other words. I learned the alphabet from the educational section of the show. I began to read by the end of kindergarten. The show helped me even more. My mom and dad would buy me books that had the characters of the show. This made me more determined to read, and by the beginning of of first grade I was able to read the books fluently. I also began reading books trains in real life and animals. These books had more complicated words. My sister saw me struggling and began to explain and teach me new
If you think Thomas isn’t the most important or interesting character in the Maze Runner, you must be crazy. Thomas is clearly different from the others Gladers in the beginning, however we learn about this later in the book. In this chapter I will cover interesting things about Thomas.
This activity suits the child’s current stage of oral development will interest them and aid in them progressing in their oral development. Children at this stage of development enjoy listening to stories which is good not only for their receptive skills, but also for their expressive language (Fellows and Oakley, 2014), in all four key components of spoken language. It helps with phonemes by getting the child to focus on the phonological patterns throughout the text (Fellows and Oakley, 214). Syntax knowledge allows them to observe the sentence structure and grammar in the book which allows them to develop a stronger awareness of the syntax. Visual aids in storybooks can aid in the child in the understanding of semantics (Fellows and Oakley’s), as the story is read aloud their receptive skills hear those more difficult words, when paired with a visual cue such as a picture in the book the child understands better and thus they are able to gain a better understanding of how to speak these difficult words. A better understanding of pragmatics can also be gained from storybooks as they understand how people communicate in society such as greetings and asking for things (Fellows and Oakley,
As a preteen, my parents thought that reading as a good hobbit needed to be foster from my childhood. Therefore, I had a bedtime for stories since I was three years old. My parents would prepare different stories and read for me everyday. The books at that time always had more cartoons than characters, and my parents would teach me to recognize characters in the books. Then, I went to the elementary school at six years old, and I
How many outstanding books have been surrounded with a controversial protagonist figure? The book The Maze Runner is no different with the main character, Thomas. This book, written by James Dashner, is about a teenage boy who is dropped into a society of teenagers surrounded by a complex maze. Thomas has zero memory of his previous life and is immensely confused about the entire setting and what is happening. Several weeks later, he acquired one of the most important jobs in the isolated civilization, a Maze Runner. Although Thomas had many flaws, it was clearly fate that made him a Maze Runner, and ultimately the hero that led the group to escape the maze.
The movie I chose to watch and analyze for this exam is a movie called Odd Thomas. This movie is an odd movie to choose, but it follows the pattern of the hero’s journey in odd way. Odd Thomas is about a man from California who is named Odd Thomas; he has this strange ability to see dead people. However, he is just a part-time cook at a little diner. He uses this gift that he has, as a super hero would consider an “undercover detective,” to help the police solve heinous crimes that were committed by bad people. Life seems to be going well until what is referred to as bodachs enter the diner where Odd works at. These creatures are a sign of destruction or something horrible is going to happen. Then out of nowhere a strange guy who Odd and his girlfriend Stormy say look like “fungus” enters and the bodachs take a very high interest in this guy. Odd knows there is something that is not right about this guy and he investigates, not knowing his world is about to change.
I thoroughly enjoyed getting to read the book “Train Go Sorry”. There were several aspects about this book that I really enjoyed. These aspects were: how informative the book was about the history of the deaf and how society used to view them, how the author uses this book to help the reader see into the lives of those that are deaf, and how the author teaches the reader about some of the deaf culture.
Over time there has been a major debate over television and children. Some think that kids shouldn’t watch it, some say that it is okay in moderation, and others say it doesn’t have any effects. The real debate starts when one starts to talk about the content of the shows. Sesame Street is a show that most would say is for all ages, but is it truly educational? Can kids really learn from it?
When I was a kid, I used to sing nonsense words of Sesame Street lyrics as an attempt to speak English. I remember mispronouncing the word “everything” as “eberthing,” and since then English was everything to me! Sesame Street was a good source of the language, but was not enough for a perfectionist like me since English is not my mother tongue. My concern was not to be able to understand the language, yet I always had the urge to speak in it! When I was a kid, I played a game that was basically my younger sister trying to interviewing in what I called that time English which is basically speaking gibberish. My oldest sister who spoke English said “We don’t use wa to connect sentences, we use and”. This urge to speak was getting bigger and
Moving from Brazil to the United States I did not speak, read, or write English so I had to learn on my own. At first it was difficult, but I had no choice. I was forced to learn so I could do most basic things. I set goals for myself and found different ways to learn. I bought books, listened to CD’s, bought grammar books made for first grade students, and listened and payed attention to how people talk. When it was time for me to talk, I was very afraid of making mistakes, especially when I was around Brazilians that I knew spoke English well. However, I knew that the most efficient way for me to learn was speaking and learning from my mistakes, so with time I overcame my
My story began when I moved to America and got enrolled at a school called Southwestern Elementary. I didn’t speak English at the time so it was difficult to understand what my classmates and teachers were trying to say. I remember it like it was yesterday. I could hear, but I couldn’t really listen and for some time I thought I was deaf. My parents would give me extra work after school to improve my reading skills and I had to take an ESOL class in school, so I would get pulled out of my regular classes once in awhile to go with my ESOL teacher. We would watch videos on grammar and practice reading common English phrases like “Good morning.” or “How are you?”. After practicing and putting in the extra effort to catch up with the rest of my
Reading and writing has never been my strong suit, but it has been something I’ve learned how to cope with. My grandma would try to read me books and I would try to stay focused on the words but it was always a struggle. If it was a book with pictures I could always follow just a little better but it was still hard for me to comprehend the message. Some of the books she would read to me when I was around 2 years old were Fraggle Rock by Jim Henson and Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne. I seemed to like Winnie the Pooh better than Fraggle Rock. Fraggle Rock is a book series that has been passed down from my mother and a thing I plan to read to my children and the next generation. When it had come time for me to start trying to read the books I never could, I could look at pictures and make stuff up from the pictures but that was it.
Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679, was an English philosopher of the Enlightenment period who had a very harsh view on human nature and severely doubted our ability to make decisions for the good of society. Hobbes was born on April 5, 1588 in London, England to impoverished parents, so it was his wealthy uncle who provided the funds for his education. His advanced intellect as a child was recognized and he received training in Greek and Latin classics before going to Oxford University in 1603. He studied at Oxford for the next five years, but felt unfulfilled by the school’s focus on ancient logic so he skipped most of the lectures to spend time reading and studying Greek and Latin. After he graduated from school in 1608 Hobbes got a job tutoring for a wealthy family and from his interactions with them got an idea of how the powerful, upper class lived. In 1610, Hobbes accompanied William Cavendish, the young man he had been tutoring, on a trip around Europe and learned about some of the European scientific methods, which he liked better than the English philosophy he had learned at school. After they returned to England, Hobbes got a job as a secretary working for Cavendish and renewed his study of ancient texts, deciding to do the first translation of Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian Wars into English. From Thucydides’ book Hobbes learned that understanding the past was necessary to act correctly in the present and that the ancient Greeks believed that democracy was an inferior form of government.
Children educational tv show teach the children a various number of things. Kids tv show such as Jake and the Neverland Pirates teaches children problem solving skills. “As Piaget indicate that around 7 to 8 moths infants develop intentional means-end action sequences which they use to solve simple problems, such as pulling on a cloth to obtain a toy resting on its far end” (“Exploring Lifespan Development” pg,123) The show introduces a problem to the children and a possible solution. The characters encourage children to participate in activities with them for instance asking the kids to push down to open the door. “By 10 to 12 months, infants can solve problems by analogy-apply a solution strategy from one problem to other relevant problems” (pg. 123). The Characters ask the children how they think they should fix that problem. It gives the child enough time to answer then they propose a possible solution that is very like the child’s proposition of solution. Educational tv shows such as Jake and the Neverland pirates gives children the opportunity to explore their ability to solve problems while they are during that stage of autonomy verses shame and doubt. During the ages 1-3 years old children uses new mental and motor skills , they want to decide for themselves (pg,13). Children educational TV shows strength
The aim of this essay is to explore language acquisition and compare and contrast different theories of language acquisition and language development. Language in its most basic form is used to communicate our needs and wants. It encompasses a range of modes of delivery including signing, spoken and written words, posture, eye contact, facial expressions and gestures. So how do we learn ‘language’? Are we born with the skills for communication, or is it something that we have to learn or have taught to us? Four theories are looked at in this essay to determine how children acquire and then develop language. These theories include behaviourist, nativist, cognitivist and sociocultural. This essay will highlight some similarities and differences in each theory and what impact these have on a child’s acquisition and development of language. Lastly we will look at the implications of these theories when working with children. Can a classroom teacher deliver a quality literacy program based on just one of these theories or does it need to incorporate components of all four? Sims, (2012) pp. 21 states ‘’High-quality learning experiences in the early years of life enhance children’s cognitive and language skills’’. This places a great responsibility on educators and teachers alike to provide an environment which is rich in learning opportunities that will encourage both the acquisition and development of language.
Language is the basis of human communication. It is a cultural and social interaction, and the way language is used is influenced by the circumstances in which it takes place (Emmitt, 2010, p. 49; Green, 2006, p. 2). Children become aware that there are different types of language, including languages used at home, at childcare and at school, as they observe and participate in various language situations (Fellowes & Oakley, 2014, p. 39). Some of these languages may be unfamiliar, and children will need to learn the different roles and uses of language. The different roles of language in a child’s life are, therefore, part of their growing understanding of how to behave in society and in a particular context. As they experience different types and uses of language, children develop an understanding of how to use language appropriately for any given situation.