Age Range: 5 and up
Series: Teach Me Tapes
Audio CD
Publisher: Teach Me Tapes; Com/Pap edition (June 1, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 093463324X
ISBN-13: 978-0934633246
Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.6 x 1.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #1,647,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #23 in Books > Books on CD > Languages > Language Instruction > Russian #91 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language Learning > Russian #114 in Books > Books on CD > Children's Fiction > Language
I thought this was a very cute introduction to Russian. The tape is a great idea because you can tell if you are pronouncing words and phrases correctly. It could have been improved by using traditional Russian songs instead of translated American songs. Also--I could live without the guy oversinging the songs in English. All in all, a very good way to support your child's interest in Russian language.
I am suprised by the other reviews on here. I feel like I must be missing something.I guess the music is cute to listen to and probably more enjoyable for my 9 yr old son but as far as learning anything from it, I can't possibley imagine how anyone could.The tape has songs, the book has some (? who knows, maybe all --can't read it) of the lyrics written in Russian without any translation. There is NO TRANSLATION in the book or on the tape (with the exception for when they are counting to 10 on the tape).That's it!! Nothing more! How are we supposed to learn anything from that?? I feel like we wasted our money.
I enjoyed listening to the songs on this tape, which was a pleasent change of pace from repeating phrases from other language programs I use.The main problem I had with it was the song translations in the back. For the songs that are well known in English, they simply write down word for word the lyrics of the English version, even though the actual Russian translation would be different. For example, for the song "head, shoulders, knees and toes," the Russian translation is written "head, shoulders, knees and toes." Something didn't seem right while I was learning the song, so I started looking up the words one by one. Instead of "head," the first word in the Russian version was "mouth;" the second was "nose," instead of shoulder, and so on. You can see how this would create problems for anyone picking up vocabulary words from the songs.I didn't notice this in the traditional Russian songs that had no well known English versions, however. These songs turned out to be my favorites, especially the "Two Happy Geese."
I can't speak for an older child but my 20 month old loves this CD. She says hello and good bye in 6 languages but I buy these CD series just for her to listen to and have fun. They are very sweet and well known songs so any child who knows the English version will like them. They sing one verse in Russian and then right after in English. I also enjoy them.It's good to have babies listen to other tongues when they are very young. I highly recommend them!
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