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Sesame Street English

Sesame Street English is a series of 26 videos produced by Sesame Workshop in 2008 to help pre-school children learn English as a second language. The core of each episode is a two-minute cartoon, also called Sesame Street English, which presents the famous Sesame Street Muppet characters in an anime style. The animation is designed by Superdeux and animated by Peter Belsky, with the Muppet performers providing the voices. ^[1]

The episodes also include live-action sequences and segments from Sesame Street, based around four key concepts: "reading readiness, math concepts, 'nature and health exploration', and 'the world around me.'" ^[2]

The series also includes a new Muppet segment, "Animal Confessions", in which a dog has simple conversations with hungry animals about what they eat.

Sesame Street English is a follow-up to Sesame Workshop's first ESL program, Sesame English, which launched in 1999. A 2008 Sesame Workshop press release says: "Using today’s technology, Sesame Street English represents the evolution of the interactive learning experience, and engages and provides children with the opportunity enjoy focused lessons that will build the foundation for English proficiency." ^[2]

Some animated segments from the show appeared on Sesame Street during Season 40 and 41.

1 Walk-around characters
2 Listen to Kids
3 Sources
4 External links

Walk-around charactersEdit

The Sesame Street English program tours a group of costumed characters through Taiwan. It is doubtful that that are created by VEE Corporation, the primary costume builder for Sesame Workshop productions.

Sesame Street English School Annual Performance includes the characters dancing to "Party Rock Anthem"