Volume 13, Issue 2A and 2B, 2025

The Influence of Cartoons on Children’s English Language Use and Development in Kenema

Samuel Tamba & Abioye Jemimah A.I

Abstract

This study, which was done in Kenema City, Sierra Leone, examined the
influence of cartoons on children’s English Language use and development. It
suggests that children watch cartoons and, as a result, they are able to learn
vocabularies or new words in English Language through television,
newspapers, magazines and books. The study also reveals that children are
interested in toys and costumes; learn lesson about “Love” and “Honesty”; and
they learn English Language from common channels such as channel XYZ TV,
Video Cassette, Cine Plus, and GTV. The study also reveals that fighting and
ways of speaking English Language, together with the use of new vocabularies
and dress code are some of the values of cartoons.

Keywords

Cartoon, influence and language development

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