It is estimated that many parents can't wait to poke in as soon as they see the title, thinking what's going on? Isn't "Page" a must-have for everyone? Hasn't it always been advertised that it is especially suitable for children to learn English? Aren't a lot of original dolls also watching?
Don't worry! Chang Dad would like to ask everyone a question first: What is the English listening or speaking level of the child who has seen the matching for so long?
If you think about it, the sneakiest sentence that the child said was: I'm Pexxa Pig, This is my little brother George! This is Mommy Pig and this is Daddy Pig!
Isn't it the kid's favorite imitation: Jumping in muddy puddles!
As for the rest, in addition to the children who like to watch this cartoon very much, do they imitate the output more?
In fact, the words that can say the above are not bad. Before Chang Dad heard people say, "The child watched Page for three years, did not learn a sentence of English, only learned to pig bark..." At first, Chang Dad thought it was a joke, and later found that it was really not exaggerated, and there was really such a thing in reality!
Why? It is estimated that many parents have to ask, the reason why they show cartoons to their children is to create a continuous input context for their children, so that children are not disgusted with English, they are not afraid, they can understand English and understand the story according to the picture, in time, will the child naturally be able to "learn" the expression of English?
The truth is true, but the problem is that the way is wrong! Because this cartoon was originally an entertainment cartoon made by the British for their own local children, its effect is not English enlightenment.
It's like we show our children "Super Flying Man", "Underwater Column", "Bear Haunting" to our children every day... I don't hope that taking them will give children enlightenment Chinese, right? So in fact, in the process of watching Little Pig Peppa Pig, the most rewarded thing is the happy plot and funny small clips, but from the perspective of English learning-
Probably nothing really!
Although Page's language seems simple and is all a life language, children cannot learn English expression from it, especially children with a zero foundation.
First of all, children with large vocabulary and 0 foundation are actually completely dependent on watching the picture with the plot, and they do not understand the vocabulary at all and do not pay attention to it.
Don't watch an episode of only four or five minutes, the storyline is simple, but the vocabulary is not low. Chang Dad once saw a statistic that there were 4,000+ non-repetitive words included in the first 4 seasons alone, and the total number of words used was as high as 70,000+! What is this concept? The number of words required for our junior high school graduation is only 1500!
Now, do you still think this little pink pig is simple?
unbelief?!
Let's take an example! For example, the episode "Cleaning a Vehicle":
For example, Daddy Pig's some soapy water
Mother pig scrubbing bonnet (hood)
These words, I'm afraid that parents don't necessarily know them all, right? The child will certainly not pay attention, for him, know that the pig father took the water and the family wiped the car together! Therefore, no matter how much you listen to such content, it is probably of no use for children to learn and accumulate vocabulary.
Second, the corpus is not focused, vocabulary is rarely reproduced, children forget after reading it, and cannot accumulate to form memories.
Why children can remember: I'm Pexxa Pig, This is my little brother George! This is Mommy Pig and this is Daddy Pig! Because at the beginning of each episode, these few words will be repeated, invisibly strengthening the child's memory!
However, hundreds of episodes of cartoons, the theme is very scattered, and there is no deliberate reproduction of the core words and sentence patterns commonly used in our daily life, it is naturally difficult to form an accumulated memory in the child's consciousness. Therefore, after the child reads it, he has gained a lot of happiness, but the effect of English learning may not be ideal!
Maybe see here, some parents will say, I watch this cartoon and don't watch it, isn't it white to watch?! Non also!
Watching cartoons to learn English itself is a very good form, just like we learn to read there is a distinction between extensive reading and intensive reading, according to the different learning objectives, the resources used should also be focused!
Chang Dad's advice is that if you want to enlighten a child with a foundation in English 0 and have specific needs for output and cognition, there are two major elements that are indispensable when choosing cartoons: comprehensible input + circular reproduction.
Understandable input means that not only the animation content is understandable to the child, but the applied vocabulary should also be the vocabulary that the child can understand and reuse in life, so as to achieve the purpose of cognition and accumulation of vocabulary;
Cyclic recurrence refers to the conscious repetition of target words and target sentence patterns in a short period of time, which has a miraculous effect on helping children strengthen their memory!
So the key is, what kind of animation can achieve the purpose of enlightenment? For example:
This is a cartoon related to "pear", a little more than 3 minutes of cartoon, mainly to explain the word "pear" to children. It is arranged like this:
First, the kids go on a picnic:
Victor，Adam，Lookpears！
Pearsare sweat！
Hey, the pear is gone?! What's going on?
Where is mypear？
That is not mypear！
Another pear is gone!
Where is mypear? My sweat juicypear?!
Where did the pear go?
Where are ourpears？
It turned out that the little ants had "stolen" the pears!
Ants lovepears！I lovepearstoo！
Through clever plot settings, in a 3-minute short story, the pear has been reproduced up to 14 times! This short-term concentrated but subtle reinforcement effect is very effective for children in the enlightenment period!
Now, has Mom and Dad found the difference between the cartoon that is suitable for 0 basic enlightenment and the cartoon mentioned at the beginning? We all know in our lives that professional things have to be done by professional people, and the same is true for cartoons. Different cartoons face different audiences, and for children with a basic of 0, watching English enlightenment cartoons specially made for them is more interesting and effective!