2009年4月26日 星期日

VOA News


Vocabularies
1) literacy 讀寫能力
 literate 有讀寫能力的,有文化的
2) readiness 意願
3) morph 圖像變形
4) dimensional ...維的
5) compound 複合
6) boink → 查不到欸...
7) air 公開
8) Cantonese 粵語
9) overwhelmingly 勢不可擋
 overwhelm 淹沒,壓制
10) byproduct 連帶的結果,副作用
11) plot 故事情節
12) preschooler 學齡前兒童
13) platform 平台;舞台,月台,宣言
14) novice 初學者,新手

*Emmy Awards 艾美獎
美國電視屆的最高獎項,和電影的奧斯卡獎一樣包含普通獎項和技術獎項。

 Children aged from 3 to 5 can develop their literacy skills by watching animated TV series. One of the famous TV series is "WordWorld." The show is now seen in nearly two dozen countries and in three languages: English, Cantonese, and French. It's creator is Don Moody, and he got the idea when he was working on a computer program to promote literacy.

The features of WordWorld
1) WordWorld is a world where objects are made up of the letters that spell what they are.
2) The stories and jokes are all told by a group of three-dimensional animated characters, called WordFriends. They include Dog, Duck, Sheep, Frog, and Pig. Each of them has a distinctive personality that young viewers can relate to.



 Moody says reading is one of the most important skills children need to develop early on. It's the fundation for learning math, science, social studies and other subjects.



My opinions
 Reading is the fundation of learning a language. There are many ways to memorise vocabularies. I think morphing letters into what the objects look like is interesting. Children don't want to see the text on the screen, I don't want, neither. The way WordWorld presents can catch our attention, then we would like to know more about the language.
 But I think this way is just for beginners. It's too easy for who already has basic vocabularies.

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