KidSpeak French

by Transparent Language, Inc.

Product Features

• French 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

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001X6IJS
• Item model number: FE-K01-10-CD
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 18, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,275 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #33 in Software > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > French
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

KidSpeak is a language-learning breakthrough that makes learning a second language easy for kids of all ages. Your children will love the delightful combination of enjoyable animation, fun activities, and interactive games, puzzles, and songs that make up this award-winning educational software program. It's the perfect way to get your kids started with a new language.

Your child will learn these vital language skills:

• Correct pronunciation
• Alphabet recognition
• Word recognition
• Understanding simple sentences
• Using plural forms
• Using singular forms
• Telling time
• Matching numbers to written words
• Simple addition
• Simple subtraction

Over 700 words and expressions:

• Greetings
• Types of clothing
• Fruits and vegetables
• Numbers
• Animal names
• Dates and times
• Colors
• Parts of the body
• Everyday items
• School supplies
• Sporting goods
• Weather terms

Plus! Each KidSpeak language includes 12 printable activities and projects to reinforce learning.

Award-winning educational software: 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.

Product Description

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent program, September 30, 2009

By 

Rinxen (Out West) - See all my reviews

This review is from: KidSpeak French (CD-ROM)

My daughter, age 8, LOVES this program. She thinks of it as a game. The little animations interspersed throughout keep it engaging. I love that she's learning correct pronunciation from native speakers. The audio is clear and high-quality. Even though this program doesn't teach a lot of French in terms of quantity(a few hundred vocabulary words, letters, and numbers) she's gaining valuable exposure to the sounds of French at the age when she's able to absorb and reproduce them. That will be invaluable to her later study of the language. I also appreciate that there's no English or translation involved in the interface unless you click on the "help" button--the program provides a mini-immersion experience.

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My kid is hooked., October 10, 2005

By 

Z. An "Father" (VA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: KidSpeak French (CD-ROM)

For better or for worse. My kid cannot stay away from the program which he think is just plain fun! It may not make him a fluent French speaker, but sure get him started.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a game to learn French, July 15, 2010

By 

Bibby (Canada) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: KidSpeak French (CD-ROM)

Anticipating a "fun" way for kids to learn French, we are a bit disappointed as it is difficult to understand what to do in each section, and it is basic memorization. Other language programs we have used in the past for Spanish were set up like a game and they wanted to play them, however this is more of a chore. However, it is better than simply an audio CD.