Study

ESL English class

Beginner ESL class
Intermediate ESL
Advanced ESL class

ESL writing class

ESL quiz center

English practice

I buy and sell all kinds of things on Ebay, and they have a great selection of inexpensive language learning software and hard to find books. Signing up is free and will test your English a little bit.

ESL go.com's "TV & children" free English vocabulary class - Reading

Below is part of an article written by The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Read it and then answer the true/false questions.

American children watch an average of three to fours hours of television daily. Television can be a powerful influence in developing value systems and shaping behavior. Unfortunately, much of today's television programming is violent. Hundreds of studies of the effects of TV violence on children and teenagers have found that children may:

  • become "immune" to the horror of violence

  • gradually accept violence as a way to solve problems

  • imitate the violence they observe on television


    Look at these statements about the reading. If a statement is true, click "true". If a statement is false, click "false". If you get a JavaScript error you may need to reload (refresh) the page in order to start the quiz.


    Instructions

    Current Score
    Points:
    Percentage:
    Letter Grade:
    		Statement #: of 4
    Results

    • The reading was retrieved 5/11/2003 from http://www.earlychildhoodbehavioralhealth.com/Articles/TVViolence, however as of 9/19/2003 that site is being restructured and the full article is currently not available.

    You are now ready to write your opinion about TV on the TV message board. Is TV good for children? Is TV bad for children? What do you watch on TV? What do your children watch on TV?

    The TV and children English vocabulary class consists of:

    Class partActivityTime
    Intro Introduction to some difficult vocabulary. 10 minutes
    Reading Read a short article and answer some questions. 10 minutes
    Writing Discuss your thoughts about TV on the TV forum. As much (or as little) time as you like.


    Return to ESL go.com's free online English class list.
    Return to ESL go.com's intermediate English class list.

    Return to ESL go.com's free online English for technology class list.


    Advertise here