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| |  | Geography/Culture | Home » » » Bonjour Les Amis! | | | | | | | Description: | | Language expert Marie-Pierre Moine, using songs and animated sequences featuring a lovable French feline named Moustache, teaches beginning French for children ages 4 to 9 in this three-disc series. 146 min. total. NOTE: Individual volumes available at $19.99 each. Standard; Soundtrack: French, English. | | | Product Details: | | | Format:
| Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 3 | | Studio:
| Monterey Video | | Run Time:
| 146 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| August 10, 2004 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Like an intro to French class for kids, good interactive elementsJul 15, 2007
By Aeron Noe
"aer_n"
The animation may be outdated, as a previous reviewer notes, but children don't notice that, in my experience. This video is good because it teaches basic vocabulary and fun songs in French. It uses English to explain what the French words mean, which I find helpful in an "introduction" to the language. Is your child going to become fluent watching these DVDs? No. But your child can get a decent introduction to the French language and have fun in the process. One element of this DVD program that I really liked was its interactivity. The DVD pauses and asks the children questions in French, encouraging responses. This is a crucial element because the child actually gets to speak French. I have found that if I model the responses with my 2 year old daughter, she eagerly joins in. Now I don't even have to be answering the animated cat for her to answer him. And she has started singing the French songs around the house.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Great VideoOct 28, 2006
By MN Mama
I only have volume 1 but my [...] loves it. The animations may be unusual but they are full of flare, color and imagination. The songs they include are by far the best part and my daughter can't get enough of them. The main character Moustache, and the rest of the characters, are all well imagined and fun. As far as the learning experience my daughter loves to repeat the phrases and sing the songs and I see her using what she has learned all the time, and the semi-interactive format they use really gets her involved in the story line. I personally love this video and would recommend it.
Great way for young children to learn basic FrenchApr 20, 2012
By SWolff
My 10 year old son has learned French songs, the numbers and the alphabet. Before putting him in a class with an instructor, it is better to teach him first with a material like this, so he won't be lost in his first class.
An Effective DVD SetMar 11, 2009
By akamakapeepi
This DVD set has proven to be the most effective way of teaching my young kids actual phrases in French. Others expose them to vocab, but not in a way that they can make sentences they'll actually use. The animation is fine.
 No SubtitlesJan 21, 2009
By maddie's mommy
i bought both the 1st and 2nd volumes, and my rating is more about the 2nd one. unlike the 1st, this one didn't show the french words on the screen that you're supposed to learn and repeat. the recording is ok, but not totally clear, so it would have been a lot more helpful to actually read what the dvd was talking about. there's no companion book that comes with it.
in the menu, there's a glossary of terms, but it's such a pain to flip from the lesson to the menu to the glossary, back to the menu, and finally back to the lesson. i would try a different dvd if i were you.
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