Many people believe that watching television has resulted in lower reading standards in schools. However, the link between television and printed books is not as simple as that. In many cases, television actually encourages people to read; for example, when a book is turned into a TV series, its sales often go up.One study of this link examined six-year-old children who were viewing a special series of 15-minute programs at school. The series was designed to encourage love of books, as well as to develop the basic mechanical skills of reading. Each program is an animated film of a children's book. The story is read aloud and certain key phrases from the book appear on the screen, beneath the picture. Whenever a word is read, it is also highlighted on the TV screen.
One finding was that watching these programs was very important to the children. If anything prevented them from seeing a program, they were very disappointed. What's more, they wanted to read the books which the different parts of the series were based on.
The programs also gave the children more confidence when looking at these books. As a result of their familiarity with the stories, they would sit in pairs and read the stories aloud to each other. On each occasion, the children showed great sympathy when discussing a character in a book because they themselves had been moved when watching the character on television.
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Many people believe that watching television has resulted in lower reading standards in schools. However, the link between television and printed books is not as simple as that. In many cases, television actually encourages people to read; for example, when a book is turned into a TV series, its sales often go up.One study of this link examined six-year-old children who were viewing a special series of 15-minute programs at school. The series was designed to encourage love of books, as well as to develop the basic mechanical skills of reading. Each program is an animated film of a children's book. The story is read aloud and certain key phrases from the book appear on the screen, beneath the picture. Whenever a word is read, it is also highlighted on the TV screen.
One finding was that watching these programs was very important to the children. If anything prevented them from seeing a program, they were very disappointed. What's more, they wanted to read the books which the different parts of the series were based on.
The programs also gave the children more confidence when looking at these books. As a result of their familiarity with the stories, they would sit in pairs and read the stories aloud to each other. On each occasion, the children showed great sympathy when discussing a character in a book because they themselves had been moved when watching the character on television.
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 7
Many people believe that watching television has resulted in lower reading standards in schools. However, the link between television and printed books is not as simple as that. In many cases, television actually encourages people to read; for example, when a book is turned into a TV series, its sales often go up.
One study of this link examined six-year-old children who were viewing a special series of 15-minute programs at school. The series was designed to encourage love of books, as well as to develop the basic mechanical skills of reading. Each program is an animated film of a children's book. The story is read aloud and certain key phrases from the book appear on the screen, beneath the picture. Whenever a word is read, it is also highlighted on the TV screen.
One finding was that watching these programs was very important to the children. If anything prevented them from seeing a program, they were very disappointed. What's more, they wanted to read the books which the different parts of the series were based on.
The programs also gave the children more confidence when looking at these books. As a result of their familiarity with the stories, they would sit in pairs and read the stories aloud to each other. On each occasion, the children showed great sympathy when discussing a character in a book because they themselves had been moved when watching the character on television.
Nhiều người tin rằng xem truyền hình dẫn đến tiêu chuẩn đọc thấp hơn trong trường học. Tuy nhiên, mối quan hệ giữa truyền hình và sách in không đơn giản như thế. Trong nhiều trường hợp, truyền hình thực sự khuyến khích mọi người đọc sách; ví dụ như, khi một cuốn sách được chuyển thành một bộ phim truyền hình, doanh thu của nó thường tăng lên.
Một nghiên cứu về mối quan hệ này được thực hiện trên trẻ em sáu tuổi mà được xem một chuỗi chương trình đặc biệt dài 15 phút tại trường. Chuỗi chương trình được thiết kế nhằm khuyến khích tình yêu sách, cũng như để phát triển các kỹ năng đọc cơ bản. Mỗi chương trình là một bộ phim hoạt hình được chuyển thể từ cuốn sách dành cho trẻ em. Câu chuyện được đọc to và một số cụm từ quan trọng từ cuốn sách xuất hiện trên màn hình, bên dưới bức tranh. Bất cứ khi nào một từ được đọc, nó cũng được đánh dấu trên màn hình TV.
Kết quả là việc xem những chương trình này rất quan trọng đối với trẻ em. Nếu có gì ngăn cản chúng xem chương trình, chúng cảm thấy thất vọng. Hơn nữa, chúng muốn đọc tiếp những cuốn sách mà các phần khác nhau của bộ truyện dựa trên.
Những chương trình này cũng cho trẻ tự tin hơn khi đọc những quyển sách này. Vì sự quen thuộc với những câu chuyện, chúng ngồi theo cặp và đọc to câu chuyện với nhau nghe. Mỗi lần, các em tỏ ra rất thông cảm khi thảo luận về một nhân vật trong một cuốn sách vì chính bản thân chúng đã bị xúc động khi xem nhân vật trên TV.
When does television encourage people to read?
Đáp án đúng: B
How did children feel when viewing a special series of 15-minute program at school?
Đáp án đúng: D
What is the main idea of the passage?
Đáp án đúng: C
What advantage did children have from this program?
Đáp án đúng: D
What kind of film is each program?
Đáp án đúng: A
Who were the subjects of the study?
Đáp án đúng: B
The series was designed _____________
Đáp án đúng: B