Monday, 21 April 2008

Càtia Pino

I think that TV is better than books. Why?

TV is like an open book, with different stories in it. Although, while you are having fun knowing this new story, you are also being able to feel that you are in the story and it feels more real than a book, because you can see what's happening and you don't have to imagine.

Likewise, I think that TV is better than a book, because it can show you the same things a book can and even more. For example, a documental tells you lots of information, and sometimes even more than the book, and also shows you images of what the documental is talking about.

TV can show you things that have never been seen before and books usually show you drawings that are not realistic. That makes what would be a boring book or maybe a really long book, a great movie, documental, etc.

Finally, TV is useful for any type of people. The ones that cannot read can watch TV and learn the same things without any dificulty. It also helps people that don't know a language very well, it helps them to have a better pronunciation and learn more things to go through life.

These are the main ideas that make me think that TV is better than books.
And as some people always say: An image is worth more than a hundred words.

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(Càtia replies)
When you were a child did you know how to read? No. You started speaking by hearing the pronunciation.

Maybe books show you new words. But TV shows them too and explains their meaning.
And tell me: Why is it so useful to know how to write lots of words if you don’t even know what they mean and when you say them out loud, you don’t even know how to pronounce them?

Of course that if you read books you will improve your reading skills, and if you swim a lot you will improve your swiming skills. You will improve anything just by practicing. And if you watch TV you will be able to improve your speaking and you will also learn new thigs.

I disagree that TV only shows you what they want you to see.
And the question of who shows you that what TV shows you the truth? Well! The images!

Think, when you see a documentary about the body, you see the truth and in a book, the body parts are usually drawings that don’t show you the real parts.

Another example, TV can show you diferent parts of the world every day. Books can, but 2 months later al least!
Think. Life of course is always about learning new things, but I think that we need some fun too. With the TV you can learn, and if you change the channel you will have something new and more fun.

Now we are focusing in the older ones, but what about the little ones?
Do you think that they should read a book when they dont even know how to talk?

In TV they have lots of different programmes that show you how to count, read, think and speak!
That’s why I think that TV is better than books, it’s useful for everyone and you are able to feel different feelings that maybe a book cannot offer you.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello!!...I agree with Càtia, because you can learned easier with TV than with book. Because is easier to understand it!. When you don't understand some words You can understand easier with television because it can show some realistic images, like what Càtia said. Like for example you have come from another country, then you can't buy books with your own languages in this country because they can't sell it.

Anonymous said...

Hi!
I agree with you because you said an image is worht than a thousand words. An image can express your feelings. Because in an image can express more of what a book can't expess.

The children can learned faster with Television than a book. Because children can't reading.

ok bye!...i hope you win,,,heheheheh..

Anonymous said...

Hi!
The argument of Naoual is good, but I more agree with you. I think that you have a reason. The children can learned faster with TV than a book. Not only children also people of other country. Also you can do two things in one time, have fun and learn a lot of thing with a TV. Very nice argument.
GOOD LUCK!!

Anonymous said...

I agree with you, because I think is too diffucult to have good reasons to tell tv are bewtter, band in first I was agree with Naoual, because I thought boocks are better, now I 'don't think they're worse, but with you're arguments I have another idea form that, and I think you tell good argumnts, no only told that tv are better because you think so. In conclusion, I don't think that tv are better than books or boocks are better than tv, I think that catia's arguments convence me more, but the both have very good argumnts.
I vote Catia!
bYY!!
walaâ

Anonymous said...

I think that Càtia is the best in this aspect because the TV is the magic box and for the books you need read.

Maria

Anonymous said...

Hi, I agree with you Càtia, because I like Tv, and read books I think is so boring.