Customer Reviews

Bonjour Les Amis 1 [VHS]

5 star:		(6)
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3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

This video is an excellent choice for parents who crave more than the standard fare . If tella tubbies are the equivalent of wonder bread than Moustache, the french cat, the star of this video is a bagette. I cannot account for the less than favorable reviews above . I can only tell you that my Two and one half year old son loves both vol .1 and vol. 2 and speaks well over 75 words in french. I would highly reccomend this video for ages 2-7.

Excellent instructional video! My 6 year old loves this video and has been learning a great deal from it (and so have I). I've read some of the other reviews and I'd like to note that repetition is important in learning a foreign language. This video caused me to buy volumes 2 and 3. It offers fun animation, counting, basic greetings and songs etc... Again, an excellent introduction to the French language!

I don't understand why people rated this video so badly. My son (almost 5) and my daughter (almost 2) are NUTS about this video. I think it is well done. Repetitive? But of course. That's the whole point: It's for children!... Also, the only way to really pick up a skill is to repeat it many times. 5 stars for this excellent, fun and educational video.

Poor animation, hard-to-understand narration, and unimaginative story lines did not hold my son's attention - nor mine.

I think this is a Wonderful french video. My French teacher uses it in school and it gives all the students a good laugh. Great for ages 3 and up. The fact that it tells you the English translation help you understand what you are saying.

This video is horrible. Not only does it drag on forever repeating itself over and over but it's bearly even animated. It's like the boring french class you slept through in high school and now you are subjecting your kids to it. Mine won't even watch it and turns off the tv if I try to put it on. I wish I could send this back and get a refund. Learn from my mistake.

This tape is primarily in English. The English is dreadful to listen to -- an English-speaking narrator trying to speak English with an distracting "fakey" French accent. This tape will not further your child's understanding of the French language, nor is it a good choice to start with. We purchased Volume II at the same time as Volume I. Both volumes are as equally bad.

very repetitive; lacks the animation for child interest; songs are very drawn out; could be better.

I'm a homeschool mom who has a French teacher come in to teach my children. I find this video is a great compliment to the program. I love the repetion. That's how my children learn. The graphics are lame, but the overall affect is great. My children learn French phrases and hear them repeated to make sure they say it correctly. Their French teacher recomends the repetion.
It's not a story, it's instruction! If you're looking for a story, try MUZZY. We have that too. I find Bonjour les Amis
a better beginning tool to use for teaching the French language.

This has to be the WORST foreign language video on the market. It is incredibly slow and WAY too repetitive. It also switches from condescending english instructions to poorly pronounced french. It's ironic that a french instructional video has 3 times the amount of English in it than french. It didn't even hold my 2 year olds intrest (and that's hard to do in the cartoon format). I can't see how anyone could learn anything from this video. Save your money.