Customer Reviews

Baby Berlitz Talk & Tunes (Spanish) (Baby Talk & Tunes) (English and Spanish Edition)

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This is NOT a CD for learning Spanish--either for you or your baby.

It is marketed as a bilingual Spanish-English CD. What you should know before you buy this CD, however, is that the narration and all of the songs on the CD are in English, with an occasional word of Spanish thrown in. At the end of each music track, there are a handful of words spoken in English, then repeated in Spanish (for example, at the end of the first track: Hello--Hola; Here I am--Aqui estoy). If you want to learn 20 words in Spanish, the bilingual aspect may have some appeal.

I would give this CD zero stars, because I believe the "Spanish" label is misleading. However, I give it two stars for the music because, while I find the songs irritating, others might find them soothing for the baby. I believe each of the songs is original, so if you're tired of the basic lullabies, these might appeal to you.

I am a bilingual speaker and want to encourage my child to speak Spanish. I bought this thinking that it was a product that encourages the spoken language of Spanish.

I found that this is the exact same CD as English, it just sings the songs in english and throws in some Spanish phrases. Not only are they just phrases, but they are incomplete and bad translations.

The book that comes with it helps parents follow along, but that just shows how bad the comparisons are in the two languages. Example English: I love you Spanish: Te quiero. Not appropriately translated. It should read "Te amo." Amar is to love. Quiero is to want. So you are teaching your child that "I want you" means love.

Example 2: In the song for track 3, it sings English: Waddayasay? Spanish ?Que piensas? Proper translation Waddayathink? This is very obvious and incorrect translations.

I would recommend for babies who want or need to listen to the phonics of Spanish, but please do not get if you are expecting proper develpment of the language.

I am not a native Spanish speaker, but I have learned enough to tell that the Spanish part of the CD sounds native. The music and the singing are wonderful. Both me and my baby are learning Spanish while listening to the CD. The CD sounds like a Broadway/Disney production.