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Some children can learn more efficiently by watching TV. Therefore, children should watch TV regularly both in school and at home? Do you agree or disagree?

#children #tv #school #home
Watching
television
 (especially informative
television
) has been recognised
an
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 effective method of learning because audio-visual information can attract students' attention and engage their interest.
Although
 many TV
programmes
 have educational value, I do not agree that increasing screen time can yield academic benefits for
children
.
Television
 viewing can interfere with
children
's studies and present challenges to their educational attainment. TV
programmes
 can be highly addictive: soap operas
as well as cartoons
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, as well as cartoons,
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 attract young viewers with amusing characters, easy-to-understand dialogues and interesting storylines.
Children
 who lack self-
disipline
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discipline
 may
binge watch
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 these
programmes
 when they stay at home alone without the supervision of parents. Homework hours will diminish--a problem which can lead to poor grades.
Teachers
 may choose educational
programmes
, but it is the visual input, rather than content, that draws the attention of these
programmes
 is limited. Given
this
, only a moderate
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amount
amout
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amount
 of
television
 viewing can be accepted, provided that adults decide what
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children
childrens
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children
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 can watch. Some educational
programmes
 spread knowledge with the support of visual information, which is easy to comprehend, especially for viewers who do not have high levels of literacy. By using video teaching material,
teachers
 can explain some difficult concepts and theories in
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ways that are not empowered by traditional approaches. Documentaries,
for example
, present visual evidence about a historic event and enable viewers to make sense
what
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of what
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 happened at the time easily. Young
children
,
in particular
, have difficulty
in
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imagining what life was like
,
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 when reading books or listening to the oral accounts of different historical periods by
teachers
. To summarise, parents and
teachers
 should regulate
children
's
television
 viewing, rather than promote
this
 activity. Watching TV can have an adverse impact on
children
's grades
although
 sometimes it can be employed as a teaching tool.
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