THE EFFECT OF ANIMATION ON THE CHILD'S LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The aim of the current research is to identify the effect of animation on the language of the child and the researcher relied on the descriptive comparative approach، and the study sample consisted of (100) children and children whose ages ranged between (2-8 years) and the researcher used some tools that included the Arabized linguistic scale for (Abu Hassiba, 2002) The results of the research concluded that there is an inverse significant relationship between the child's exposure to animation and thechild's speech development, as the more the child is exposed to animation and is left in front of the television for long hours، the less language development becomes. Also, statistically significant differences were found between the average degrees of speech development of the child according to the gender of the child, while there was no effect of the animation on the child's way of speaking sounds. The research recommends not leaving the child for long periods of neglect in front of the television، not exposing the child to any language other than the mother tongue، constantly talking with the child in an easy، simple and clear language، not responding to the child by meeting his requests if he refers to his request by hand and does not speak Incorrectly. Key words: animations – Language- children.