Vocabulary Builder - Learn Mandarin: for Children 4 & up

by EuroTalk

Product Features

• Record your own cartoons and play them back in your own "cinema"
• Nine games of varying difficulty, with points awarded for correct answers
• More than 100 words, including colors, numbers, actions and simple sentences
• Teaches children a new language with interactive help in 49 different languages
• The only language learning CD-Rom series designed for children that guaranteed to get them speaking a new language fast

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000899VC
• Item model number: AME5019
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 15, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,044 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

An interactive flash card system for parents and teachers to help teach basic language, and for children to play games and record their own words and sentences. Help is provided in over 40 languages by a talented talking tiger!

Product Description

Primarily aimed to meet the requirements of children from 4-12, this package has proved popular with adults too! The beautiful illustrations will improve your whole family's language skills with various words and phrases. With its 3 main options; learn, games and record, Vocabulary Builder is intuitive enough for children to use and enjoy on their own. Help is available throughout from the friendly tiger who speaks over 49 different languages! "This product is fun and innovative, and will keep the younger learner's attention for hours. Undoubtedly more effective than traditional formats" - ComputerActive

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars suitable for 4 year old only with adult supervision, October 17, 2005

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Lynne H. Chen (san francisco, california) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vocabulary Builder - Learn Mandarin: for Children 4 & up (CD-ROM)

some of the games are fun for my 4 year old daugher, like the matching games. some are not that intuitive, and focus on written character recognition, which is probably beyond what my child can do at this point. You know it is a software designed by a Chinese person when - my daugher and I tried to print out a score card after our exercise and see what prize we are eligible for.... we got a "sorry, you did not score high enough point this time!" very different than other software where you always get some sort of "congrats or good job" message, regardless of how well or not so well you did.

3.0 out of 5 stars Only a vocabulary builder, not much else., May 14, 2008

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T. Ganges - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vocabulary Builder - Learn Mandarin: for Children 4 & up (CD-ROM)

I bought this for my 6 year old hoping she'd have fun using the computer while learning something useful. This wasn't too expensive so I gave it a try.

Considering the price, it is an okay product. If your child is learning Chinese, it is just as it says, a vocabulary builder. There are topics to select and then there are a handful of pictures your child can click on the sound button and first hear a male say the word in Chinese and if you click again, a female speaks. It is very cool that you can click the sound a million times if you need to in order to hear the proper pronunciation, and you will have to do that because no written pronunciation is given. The words are written in Chinese, which is great for learning, but the writing is so small, it's hard to concentrate on it.

There is a feature where your child can record her or his own voice but we haven't gotten that far. My daughter got bored and went back to her Mei Mei dvd (which I strongly recommend. My daughter picked up a lot on the first viewing alone. Was singing in Chinese on the second day! Etc.)

Of course, we don't quit, so we will continue to build vocab with this CD-rom, which isn't so bad when you consider the price.