Bilingual Songs: English-French Vol. 1

Sara Jordan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 7, 2003)
• Original Release Date: March 31, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: CDBY
• ASIN: B000093U10
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #248,402 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Introduction / Introduction

2. The Alphabet / L'alphabet

3. Counting to 10 / Compter jusqu'à 10

4. Days of the Week / Les jours de la semaine

5. Months of the Year / Les mois de l'année

6. Weather and Seasons / Le temps et les saisons

7. Colors / Les couleurs

8. Food / La nourriture

9. The Zoo / Le zoo

10. The Body / Le corps

11. Clothing / Les vêtements

12. Family / La famille

13. - 24. Musical accompaniment performance tracks

Customer Reviews

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2.0 out of 5 stars Uninspired music & not very useful, pedagogically, October 19, 2010

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Geri O'Kaye (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bilingual Songs: English-French Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

I absolutely agree with "Frenchie"; I think she's hit the nail right on the head! These songs cover the territory of basic French vocabulary, but they do so in a very pedestrian, uninspired way. They are not the sort of songs that one would want to listen to just for the pleasure of it. (The tunes on vol. 2 of this CD series are a bit more catchy, at least.)

"Frenchie" is also quite right, I think, in pointing out that one can't reasonably expect to learn to speak French from listening to CDs such as this, no matter how many times one listened and even if one learned all the words of the song. There's a lot more work involved! (I speak as a teacher of French.)

However, the pedagogical usefulness of CDs such as this would be greatly improved, I think, if the songs each had a second version that was in French only. Then one could listen to the French-&-English version as many times as necessary to understand what the French means, and then one could move on from that to just listening (and singing along) in French only. That would be wonderful practice and the real test of how much French one had learned to comprehend (and speak).

Sigh. Learning elementary French through music is basically a good idea, but this CD misses the mark.