Keith,
I have been spreading rumors about teens today knowing 10,000 words less
than in a previous generation. Here is an interesting rebuttal:
http://www.dispatch.com/news/news01/june01/738073.html
Bill
On Sun, 01 Jun 2003 11:53:13 +0100 Keith Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> 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
>
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