Pre-reading questions:
- What is your favorite computer game?
- Do you think computer is important to people?
Many private classses teach programing in a fun way. Programming classes will start in elementary schools in 2020. The classes need to teach creativity in children. A second-grade pupil actually made a computer game, where he used a parrot that helps the monkey by fixing blocks that says change the X coordinate by 10. Programming lets users run a computer program the way they want to. Today, the use of blocks in drawing pictures makes programming easier for children.
Vocabulary:
parrot – オウム [noun] an animal, a kind of bird
computer – コンピューター [noun] an electronic device
programming – プログラミング [noun] a plan of action
block – ブロック [ noun] a solid wood
pupil – 生徒 [noun] a student in school
True or False:
- Programming is a fun way of teaching to pupils.
- A lion was the one who saved the monkey.
- By arranging blocks and drawing pictures, programming is made simple for children.
- Programming is a requirement by School Year 2022.
- Parrot is a kind of bird.