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Unit 7
Listening number seven is a recording of a radio programme in which is discussed the subjects of video and computer games.
First the radio interviewer ask to the 1st speak man who is he and what does his association really do.
So he answers that is a member of ELSPA, European Leisure Software Publisher’s Association, and it is an organisation set up to help parents make informed choices about their children’s game playing.
The interviewee analises some different consequences caused by playing videogames.
It is an undeniable fact that videogames aims to help players to learn to think faster as well as improve children’s attention span, indeed they are so absorbed in playing.
However it depends on how many hours a child spends in front of a TV or a computer screen.
Moreover exist also educational games which local computer store will be able to help you with and the leading computer companies are going to make more games which are both educational and entertaining.
Furthermore some recognized doctors say that videogames cannot causes headaches and epilepsy but on the other hand an other study has show that there are cases of computer addicts who have been suffering from symptoms of depression and isolation from the rest of the world.
Fortunately doctors are warning people for the computer addicts syndrome.
Last but not least he says it is necessary that people should not plays videogames if they fell unwell and if a child has headaches after playing games it is better to consult a doctor.