whatever... -----Original Message----- From: Keith Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2003 6:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Futurework] Toddlers can't talk
From today's Sunday Telegraph: IGNORED AND GRUNTED AT -- TV TODDLERS HAVE TO BE TAUGHT TO TALK An alarming decline in the language skills of young children about to start school has prompted ministers to order extra tuition in speaking and loistening, reports Julie Henry Youngsters aged from three to five will be given lessons on how to speak and listen properly under government plans to tackle a decline in children's language skills. Serious concern was expressed at a recent ministerial meeting about the growing numbers of children starting school unable to talk clearly or pay attention to the teacher. A decision was made to introduce special tuition. Education researchers who blams increased television viewing and the decline of family conversation for the trend, say that teaching such children the 3Rs is a waste of time because they have not yet grasped the basics of language. Liz Attenborough, the co-ordinator of the Talk to Your Baby Campaign, run by the Naitonal Literacy Trust, said: "Unbelievable as it seems, some children starting nursery do not seem to have ever had a one-to-one conversation with anyone." ----> >>>> Keith Hudson, 6 Upper Camden Place, Bath, England _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
