Series: Frances Lincoln Children's Books Dual Language Books
Paperback: 24 pages
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Bks; Pap/Com edition (June 9, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1845076230
ISBN-13: 978-1845076238
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 0.1 x 9.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #33,076 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #12 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language Learning > French #48 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Nursery Rhymes #105 in Books > Children's Books > Early Learning > Poetry
Age Range: 2 - 7 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 3
This book is primarily about rhyming, not necessarily about French language. I am surprised to see people discussing it as a way of learning to "speak" French -- as in, saying something useful or meaningful. The book's cover makes that claim, too. Shoppers should be wary of expecting too much from this book as an instructional tool.This is an attractive, fun package. If you go through it you might pick up a smattering of French words, a few numbers and so on. But it is not organized with any kind of instructional strategy, and the contents are rather inconsistent.What it mostly does is to lead you through a lot rhymes with cute or interesting sounds. Sure, some pages contain poems in genuine French. But many of the rhymes include nonsense words (as the authors admit) which do not mean anything in any language (like "Bourre et bourre et ratatam").The book claims that many of these rhymes are used by French kids for picking sides in playground games, or the like. If so, that means that a lot of these pieces are the equivalent of "one potato, two potato" or "Eeny meeny miney moe" on an American playground. I can't imagine teaching the phrase "eeny meeny miney moe" to a French child as a first introduction to English.One of the rhymes, according to the guide in the back of the book, supposedly teaches the pronunciation of the "U" sound in French. The only "teaching" involved is the child listening to the CD. If you want the child to be able to speak those words, you may have to teach them how to form the French U sound. The book doesn't do it.Another poem playfully replaces "sept oies" with "c'est toi." Due to the use of liasons in spoken French, those phrases are homonyms.
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