It is believed that, nowadays, while children prefer watching television to reading a book as a way of learning, the book plays an irreplaceable role in offering children a much better education. Given the amount of knowledge television can transmit to a child and its alluring presentation, I completely disagree with this statement.
Firstly, not only can television entertain children with hilarious cartoons, it has plenty of educational programmes. For example, many channels such as Discovery Channel and National Geographic can both trigger their curiosity and enhance their knowledge about the surrounding world. Those benefits will equip them with basic knowledge for their education when they grow up. By contrast, books, with their limited availability within children’s reach, fail to offer such a wide range of knowledge if adults do not store a large number of books at home.
Secondly, watching television is more exhilarating than reading a book. TV programmes are well-edited with thrilling footage and captivating sound, whereas books are full of words, tedious and sometimes hard to follow for young children because there are a lot of terms they cannot understand without their parents’ assistance. For instance, according to a survey with students at a primary school in London, 80% of the respondents said that they preferred to learn more through television for reasons mentioned above. Therefore, television is obviously a useful learning tool for children early in their age to self-study without getting bored.
In conclusion, although some may express their concern about the inability of television to well educate a child compared to books, I strongly believe that television is a more informative and fun tool for children to learn things on their own from a young age than books.
It
is believed
that, nowadays, while
children
prefer watching
television
to reading a
book
as a way of learning, the
book
plays an irreplaceable role in offering
children
a much better education.
Given
the amount of
knowledge
television
can transmit to a child and its alluring presentation, I completely disagree with this statement.
Firstly
, not
only
can
television
entertain
children
with hilarious cartoons, it has
plenty
of educational
programmes
.
For example
,
many
channels such as Discovery Channel and National Geographic can both trigger their curiosity and enhance their
knowledge
about the surrounding world. Those benefits will equip them with basic
knowledge
for their education when they grow up. By contrast,
books
, with their limited availability within
children’s
reach, fail to offer such a wide range of
knowledge
if adults do not store
a large number of
books
at home.
Secondly
, watching
television
is more exhilarating than reading a
book
. TV
programmes
are well-edited with thrilling footage and captivating sound, whereas
books
are full of words, tedious and
sometimes
hard
to follow for young
children
because
there are
a lot of
terms they cannot understand without their parents’ assistance.
For instance
, according to a survey with students at a primary school in London, 80% of the respondents said that they preferred to learn more through
television
for reasons mentioned above.
Therefore
,
television
is
obviously
a useful learning tool for
children
early in their age to self-study without getting bored.
In conclusion
, although
some
may express their concern about the inability of
television
to well educate a child compared to
books
, I
strongly
believe that
television
is a more informative and fun tool for
children
to learn things on their
own
from a young age than
books
.