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2.0 out of 5 stars Good idea with a major flaw..., January 10, 2002
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This review is from: French (Listen and Learn a Language Series, 10) (Audio Cassette)
If you're looking for French resources to learn the language with your children, I can't recommend French For Beginners without reservation. Many of the songs are cute and catchy (with the exception of the highly irritating alphabet song), and teach common vocabulary like numbers, food, colors, days of the week, animals, and greetings. One side is mostly French to English; the other side has the same songs - English to French.

However, the children on the recording (with one possible exception) are NOT native French speakers, and don't even sound as if they were well coached. The pronunciation of many sections is so bad, it sounds like a person with no knowledge of French saying the words for the first time. This ruined it for me - catchy tunes are of no benefit if they can't pronounce the words right! What a shame, because this would be a lovely resource otherwise.

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French (Listen and Learn a Language Series, 10)
French (Listen and Learn a Language Series, 10) by Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand (Audio Cassette - Mar. 1999)
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