10 Cartoons that will help Children improve English Fluency
Cartoons are such great ways of helping children learn to speak English well. The story lines of these cartoons are very simple and repetitive. This repetition helps children hear words and phrases time and time again and enables them to learn new vocabulary and correct pronunciation from an early age. These cartoons are funny to watch and have great appeal to children of all ages. Here are 10 suggestions of cartoons to help children learn English:
Inspector gadget
This cartoon tells the story of inspector gadget who is a detective trying to solve cases but needs plenty of help from penny who is his niece and brain the dog. This will appeal to seven year old’s and above.
Berenstain bears
This is an American/Canadian series based on the books of the same name. The names of this family of bears are papa bear, mama bear, brother bear and sister bear who live in a tree and the series follows their lives and adventures. These cartoons are suitable for children from four years upwards.
Mickey mouse
Walt Disney created the amusing cartoon character of mickey mouse, who is well known through the world. Mickey mouse has been included in comic strips, comic books together with his friend Minnie. There are many cartoons of mickey mouse and his friends which can be found on YouTube including roughin’ it. Wonders of the deep, mickey mouse, Donald duck and goofy go on a caravan trip and many more. Many children will know of these characters by visiting Disney land, Disney world or Disneyland Paris. These cartons will appeal to young children and older.
Sesame street
The television show sesame street has been running for many years and involves short stories showing animated characters in the form of muppets. The shows have managed to include educational content and was started to help younger children prepare for starting school.
Tom and jerry
Tom and jerry is a very well-known animated series of two cartoon characters, which are tom (the cat) and jerry (the mouse). The series involves many adventures of tom trying exceedingly hard to catch jerry and rarely succeeding. This animated series is a very amusing and has produced, and is still producing, many laughs for all ages.
Jackie Chan adventures
This animated tv series tells the adventures of Jackie Chan with the help of jade Chan, his niece and his uncle chan. The amusing animation is based on the culture of china and there are books and comics of the same name. These cartoons would be enjoyed by older children.
Alice in wonderland
This tells the story of Alice, who falls down a rabbit hole in to a world of fantasy and includes the characters of the white rabbit, the Cheshire cat and the mouse. Alice visits the mad hatter’s tea party and meets the king and queen. A very amusing story which will appeal to all ages.
Superman
Superman is a well-known superhero who rescues innocent people in exciting adventures. Clark Kent is the ‘real’ superman whilst trying to keep his identity secret. There have been many films made as well as the cartoons and these are well known worldwide. Again this animated series will appeal to older children.
The batman
The cartoons of batman also include batgirl and their various adventures and come under the title batman: the animated series. This series is well worth watching and will appeal to older children.
Martha speaks
This is an animated television series, which is also educational about Helen who is 10 years of age and her dog-named Martha. Helen gives Martha alphabet soup to eat and this results in Martha being able to talk. This series helps encourage younger children with their vocabulary with each episode incorporating different words on a different theme.
Children love to be entertained and they thoroughly enjoy watching animated characters, especially in the early years when these characters make them laugh. Children learn without realizing just by watching cartoons. There are many animations, in book form, cartoon form and film form for children to watch and read. These will appeal to different ages. Disney films have certainly helped with animation and continue to produce films and stories to appeal to all ages.
