AICE LANGUAGE TEST

Essay Section

Media Limits per age according to the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP)

(Children Under 2 should not watch television at all.) { Children 2 and up should only have one to two hours of quality programming per day. }

What is the misconception that parents have about the benefits of Children Watching TV?

Parents believe TV helps teach or improve cognitive development.   [ Article clearly states that these claims are not supported by research and TV is not an effective teacher for infants and toddlers. ]

Why is television ineffective for language acquisition #1

Babies cannot connect these images into meaningful information. Tv is described as, “ a stream of 2-dimensional pictures that change about every 6 seconds and have no apparent connection to each other, or to real people and objects.

Why is television ineffective for language acquisition #2

Babies lack the ability to process or learn from what they see. Babies cannot pick up language cues from TV. Babies understand little of what they see.

Why is television ineffective for language # 3

Babies learn from REAL human interaction, not screens (Faces and Voices is what they learn from the best)

Why is television ineffective for language # 4

Background TV interferes with learning. “Threatens cognitive and language development”