KidSpeak Spanish
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List Price: $19.95
Our Price: $29.99
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Transparent Language, Inc.
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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Transparent Language, Inc.
EAN: 0744573651343
ESRB Age Rating: Kids to Adults
Feature: Spanish language learning software for kids of all ages
Format: CD-ROM
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Transparent Language, Inc.
Manufacturer: Transparent Language, Inc.
Model: SE-K01-10-CD
Platform: Windows Me
Publisher: Transparent Language, Inc.
Studio: Transparent Language, Inc.
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Features
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Spanish language learning software for kids of all ages
Teaches over 700 words and expressions
Enjoyable animation, activities, and interactive games, puzzles, and songs
Award-winning software designed and developed by leading educators
Includes 12 printable activities and projects to reinforce learning
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Editorial Reviews:
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Each KidSpeak language includes 12 printable activities and projects to reinforce the language learning. KidSpeak was designed and developed by leading educators to take advantage of the intuitive language learning abilities of grade school children. KidSpeak's innovative award-winning approach has no drills, tests or anything unpleasant. Children simply look forward to "playing" with their animated friends every day, while you know they are "learning". Awards * New York Festival's Interactive Multimedia Competition for the Best Educational/Instructional Programs produced for use in Schools * K-12 Educational CD-ROM award at the 4th Annual International Digital Media Awards "The designers have achieved their aim of making the program fun, challenging, absorbing and entertaining" - The Age, November 1997 It really works! Your child will build a solid foreign language foundation using the successful immersion approach preferred by educators. Each language is hosted by a fun cartoon "friend" and his or her playful pet who use only the language being taught. Your child simply points and clicks. With KidSpeak, your child will automatically learn correct pronunciation, alphabet and word recognition, simple sentence structure, plural and singular forms, numbers, simple addition and subtraction, how to tell time, and much more. The Sooner A Child Starts Learning A New Language The Better. Here's Why: As a parent, if you want your child to take advantage of the language-learning "window of opportunity", you must take an active role. There is no better tool than your computer and KidSpeak to start your child on a second language. With KidSpeak, your child can interact with authentic foreign language sounds, words and phrases, games, puzzles, and songs. If you can place a disc in your computer's CD-ROM drive, that's all you need to know to get your child off and running in another language.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: KidSpeak Spanish
Comment: While the games on this software are fun for small children, the Spanish spoken in the games is not the standard Mexican Spanish that is usually taught in American schools. This is difficult to deal with when using this as a teaching aid.
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Summary: Wonderful way to learn Spanish!
Comment: I am an Advanced Placement Spanish Language teacher and I use Spanish at home with my daughters. I bought this program for my 6 year old daughter since she loves using the computer. In the other reviews, they mentioned that there is no English spoken. This is true and it is the best way to learn another language. I found the software to be intuitive as my 6 year old can navigate easily through the levels without any help from me. They use the correct textbook vocabulary with correct accent placement and the words are pronounced correctly. As a teacher, I would recommend this software highly to anyone learning Spanish. It may seem difficult at first, but believe in your children! They are smarter than you think!
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Summary: KidSpeak Spanish--very disappointing
Comment: I purchased this for my 9 year old son who was very excited about learning Spanish. After an hour of frustration with the CD, he ended up in tears. The cartoon girl in the CD starts speaking right away in full Spanish sentences. I have some knowledge of Spanish, and I didn't even know what she was saying! There is a game that has the kids trying to match letters with the sounds they make, but no instruction has been given on the phonics rules in Spanish. And don't even get me started on the ABC song. Don't waste your money. I'm returning this ASAP.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Introduction
Comment: Our son is 6 and he LOVES this program. It is an inexpensive way to get your child to learn some basic Spanish. There is no English translation, however, so it helps if you know a little Spanish.
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Summary: This is a waste of good money! Don't buy it.
Comment: I am extremely disappointed in this product. My chid is nine and found this so boring she didn't even want to play it; it didn't even pique my interest. We purchase a lot of educational software, and it ususally glues my child to the computer. Not this one! Also, the pronunciation is not clear. If you don't already know some Spanish, I don't think you would be able to understand it. The program then uses the "th" pronunciation as used in Spain, and not in the rest of the Latin countries of the world. Save your $20.00 for something better.
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