The repeated epidemic has made online classes at home the norm for children, and many parents have reported to us that it is too difficult to urge their children to study hard during the stay-at-home period!
Among them, English is a headache for parents: children are unconscious in learning, have no good resources, and cannot tutor......
今天阅读第一为大家推荐新加坡主流儿童英语报：News Bites！- Newspaper For Kids & Teens
The newspaper is a "combination of East and West", with one issue a month, each issue of 24 pages, using authentic English to present international current affairs and Eastern and Western cultures vividly and timely in a way that children can understand, and cultivate children based in Asia and looking at the world.
News Bites can help children understand this era more accurately and understand how the world is changing at the moment. As a Singapore publication, news design not only has an international perspective, but also showcases the changes and developments in Asia.
Through this newspaper, children will gain not only English skills, but also an understanding of different cultures around the world.
Moreover, this is the original foreign publication (pure English, no Chinese and English)! At present, there are not many original foreign magazines that can be read in China, and there are only a handful of them for children.
See the world from the perspective of "East meets West".
News Bites, for children over the age of 9, not only keep up with international current news, but also STEAM (science, engineering, technology), sports entertainment, history and geography, etc.
Bites, as the name suggests, are simple meals, small bites of food. "News Bites" is a small bite of spiritual food for teenagers.
A piece of news is tens to hundreds of words, the language difficulty is moderate, and there is no burden. In your spare time, you can start reading anytime, anywhere. Through accumulation, a qualitative leap in reading ability is obtained.
In China, we are more familiar with children's English newspapers, one is the juvenile edition of "Time Magazine", and the "21st Century Middle School Student English Newspaper". However, the former is a purely Western English newspaper for children, and the latter is our native English newspaper.
On the one hand, most of its editorial team is from United Kingdom, with rich experience in teaching and children's publishing, and the language is original and humorous.
On the other hand, its distribution is mainly in Asian countries and regions such as Singapore, so the content of newspapers and periodicals is not limited to Western society, but based on Asia and looking at the world, children can not only read world affairs, but also things around them.
In contrast, Time Magazine's children's edition focuses on stories and opinions, while New Bites focuses on the news events themselves, focusing on objectivity, timeliness and conciseness of language.
In the information age, every parent hopes that their children can grasp the news from an international perspective, but the information on the Internet is complicated, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, so they really dare not hand over their mobile phones to their children, not to mention that we also hope that children will use less electronic products as much as possible.
As a news newspaper, it can publish the latest information as soon as possible, as well as allow readers to fragment and consume short messages, which can make the greatest use of time efficiency. At the same time, because it is geared towards children and teenagers, New Bites will make a trade-off between information and opinions, opening up a different world for children.
In addition, we all know that many of the English reading comprehension of the high school entrance examination are selected from foreign English newspapers. New Bites is just the right length, the content is up-to-date, and it is in line with international ...... This allows children to familiarize themselves with the types of texts they will encounter on the exam in advance.
Important notice: News Bites will increase the price of group purchase from 498 yuan/year to 988 yuan/year from December 1st, and parents in need should place orders as soon as possible~
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The content is rich and the difficulty is moderate
Each issue covers a wide range of topics, from news and current affairs to in-depth topics, covering the world's focus and interpreting the world from a child's perspective.
Newspapers and periodicals are aimed at children in the upper grades of primary school and above, and are short in length and have a moderate level of language difficulty.
For example, New Bites will explain to children what the grounding of the Ever Green in the Suez Canal means to the world:
Calling attention to the forest fires in the Amazon of Brazil:
On the back cover, there is also a popular science for the 2022 Winter Olympics:
Panel discussions on specific topics, such as the ins and outs of the COVID-19 virus, are headlined: How and When will it end? Under this topic, there are no arbitrary conclusions, but an objective exposition of the progress of scientific anti-virus.
No one knows the exact end time of the virus, but reading this feature article, children will be filled with confidence in victory through the correct understanding.
In addition to international news, newspapers and periodicals also introduce many domestic news events, and domestic children will be very friendly to read.
For example, in January 2022, the longest and widest tunnel under the lake in mainland China took four years to complete, passing through the famous Taihu Lake Scenic Area, and even the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Undersea Tunnel, which claims to be the world's longest highway immersed tunnel, cannot be compared.
Isn't this news content a ready-made English essay material for children?
New Bites also pushes the boundaries of journalism with a number of interesting sub-sections.
First of all, unlike the thin paper of a newspaper, the paper of News Bites feels similar to that of a magazine: full-color illustrations, large volumes, and easy to flip through.
In terms of content, each issue of News Bites is 24 pages, covering more than a dozen sections such as science, nature, history, geography, science and technology, mathematics, automobiles, movies, music, sports, games, etc., which is extremely informative.
The Astronomy section, each month, tells the story of how people at different times in history explored the mysteries of space.
The sports section has a huge brain hole, and the pumpkin makes a kayak, do you want to try it?
There is also the most interesting WWW News section, where the editors have collected a bunch of Wonderful, Wacky, and Weird news events, which are eye-opening!
News Bites encourages children to vote, score, express their opinions freely, and participate fully in the topic on several boards, and even on the official website. This kind of interaction fully encourages children to look at problems from an open perspective and speak freely?
Children's favorite quiz questions and crossword puzzles are also available in News Bites.
Sudoku, finding faults, decrypting all kinds of numbers, and exercising their thinking while playing, it seems that children all over the world love these little games!
Supporting resources are all-encompassing
Because the content is so rich, the 24-page page space of each issue is still "not enough", so News Bites created its own official website (www.newsbitesmedia.com) to put more material on it, including images, audio, etc.
A lot of wonderful pictures that can't be put in the newspaper can be found here!
Some of the articles are also equipped with audio and video, so you can watch and listen to them in your free time, which is also very useful!
There is also extra extra, if you feel that you are still not satisfied with reading the newspaper, you can continue to read on the website:
You can also participate in the voting organized by the journal and express your own opinions! It provides a good platform for encouraging young readers to think independently and put forward their opinions.
Online platforms have made News Bites more interactive, and there are also a lot of extended content to discuss in daily life.
Important notice: News Bites will increase the price of group purchase from 498 yuan/year to 988 yuan/year from December 1st, and parents in need should place orders as soon as possible~
*Since newspapers and periodicals are imported into China after being printed abroad, please read the following instructions carefully before ordering:
【Subscription Notice】
Delivery time after subscription: On the 20th of each month, the purchase order for the next month will be sent abroad, published and printed and then imported to China, which will take one month.
For example, if you place an order for a pre-order before January 20, 2022, the default pre-order is for the February 2022 issue, and the first issue will be sent out around 20-25 at the end of February, and it will take at least 30-50 days from order to receipt. It is normal for the specific situation to be delayed due to air import and other procedures, and then it will be sent out around the 20th to 25th of each month.
If you need to order the monthly magazine, you can remark or contact customer service!
Special Notes:
24 hours after the subscription, it will be submitted to the purchasing department to place an order with a foreign publishing house, and the subscription fee will be incurred, so it cannot be unsubscribed, please understand!
About express delivery: The issue is sent around the 20th-25th of each month, and Zhongtong Express is free shipping, and does not accept designated express delivery (Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan do not ship).
About invoices: Electronic invoices will be issued within 1-2 months after the order is placed, and the content of the invoice is: books. If you need an invoice, when placing an order, please add the customer service to send "invoice title + tax number" on the purchase page. Only electronic invoices are supported, and paper invoices are not provided.
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