Abstract
Along with the rise of child-targeted programming became the belief that TV would be a very effective educational tool that could subconsciously or at a subliminal level feed information to the young mind and, with that, vocabulary growth would occur. Much programming was created that dealt with the direct educating of children that tried to create a way of communication with the child as a target. The paper discusses the influence of TV in children’s language development. It investigates the notion that children’s educational TV programs may result in vocabulary learning. It stresses the values of these educational programs, but also emphasizes that TV and other screen media have become a reality of life, and it is wise to utilize them only as a supportive tool for educating children. The interactions of parents co-viewing such programs with their children are necessary to optimize the child’s language learning from TV programs that target children. The paper concludes with the implications of the current research as well as suggestions for further research.
Highlights
The Influence of Media on Children’s Language Development in the process of first language acquisition, the child spontaneously and gradually develops an ability to use language through interactive situations in his/her natural environment
While Linebarger, Piotrowski, and Greenwood (2010) saw that exposing children to non-educational TV programs meant less parenting—i.e., that there is an association between exposure to TV and decreased reading and learning activities at home, and parents became less inclined to read to their children—Tomopoulos et al (2007) observed that children exposed to child-oriented educational programming experienced more reading and learning activities at home
Another group of studies took the position that, despite the many claims of producers of children’s education programs and their contribution to children’s language development, simple raw exposure of the child to these media will not lead to language development or acquisition of vocabularies
Summary
The Influence of Media on Children’s Language Development in the process of first language acquisition, the child spontaneously and gradually develops an ability to use language through interactive situations in his/her natural environment. In addition to the immediate members of the child’s family, the child is exposed to language by means of screen media (Christakis, 2009). Krcmar, Grela, and Lin (2007) and Roseberry, Hirsh-Pasek, and Golinkoff (2009) saw that children can effectively learn vocabulary from video if it is associated with live social interactions. Zimmerman, Christakis, and Meltzoff (2007a) stressed the notion that children do learn new vocabulary from some interactive children’s TV programs. Vol 5, No 1; 2015 extent to which media influences children’s language acquisition
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