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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4844 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 17 of 46 03 September 2011 at 3:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
Agreed. You can find children's books on almost any topic as well, when you get into children's books for ages 8 up. You can find books on science, history, biography, nature, etc, etc.
Is there a French equivalent to Teletubbies? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| misslanguages Diglot Senior Member France fluent-language.blog Joined 4781 days ago 190 posts - 217 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: German | Message 18 of 46 03 September 2011 at 3:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Why, Teletubbies of course. French people don't know how to make shows. They just rip off American ones.
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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4844 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 19 of 46 03 September 2011 at 3:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Hmmm... I might try Teletubbies in French then. I don't usually like using dubbed video, since the lips and gestures don't quite match up. But most of the language in Teletubbies is spoken by the narrator, so it won't matter. It should be fun for the kids as well!
Now, I've looked on Amazon.fr, and found the DVD's, but they are a lot cheaper in the UK. Does anyone know if any UK DVD's of the teletubbies have other language tracks? Amazon.co.uk only mentions English, but they are often inaccurate. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| misslanguages Diglot Senior Member France fluent-language.blog Joined 4781 days ago 190 posts - 217 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: German | Message 20 of 46 03 September 2011 at 4:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
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DVDs are about 80% cheaper in the UK, so I never order DVDs in France. Check if the UK DVDs are bilingual.
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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4844 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 21 of 46 03 September 2011 at 6:10pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I was at HMV this afternoon, and found out that none of the Teletubbies DVD's currently out have any other languages. A few of the older ones, available on Amazon.co.uk, have Welsh language tracks, if people are interested.
I had a look through my kids' collection of DVD's and found a few with French language:
I will have to order Teletubbies from France, but at least I have a bunch of other DVD's for when I get beyond absolute beginner. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
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Have you ever watched the Teletubbies before??? There has to a better way to learn a language than watching that. Besides, there isn't much dialog in it at all so I don't see what you will get out of it. The other movies you list are probably a lot more interesting but much more advanced. But Mr Bean...he hardly speaks so what's the point?
OK, I feel like I'm just raining on your parade at this point so I'll bow out... 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4844 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 23 of 46 04 September 2011 at 10:32am | IP Logged | |||||
Have you ever watched the Teletubbies? There isn't any dialog at all. But there is narration throughout, in a clear and calm voice. It is specifically designed to help 2-3 year olds develop their language in a variety of situations, so the narrator asks questions, describes what is happening, etc, and every event is repeated. Plus, it is strangely mesmerising. When the Teletubbies came out in the US, a TV station put it on at midnight and it became the most watched late night in the area. They found out that college students were watching it! (I always assumed they watched it while getting high. But maybe those students were foreigners learning English?) And have you seen Mr Bean's Holiday? Bean himself doesn't speak much, but he is not the only character. Edited by Jeffers on 04 September 2011 at 10:37am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| misslanguages Diglot Senior Member France fluent-language.blog Joined 4781 days ago 190 posts - 217 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: German | Message 24 of 46 04 September 2011 at 11:49am | IP Logged | |||||
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I don't know why people aren't humble enough to freaking start at the beginning.
Sure, it's okay to learn how to say hello, but having someone such as a Teletubby use the word you just learned IN CONTEXT for you is too insulting I guess. You say that there's gotta be a better way. You're wrong. In Teletubbies, REAL children are filmed by a camera crew. How can mini-documentaries about REAL children hurt you? Okay, the kids can't speak their language that well yet, but neither can YOU. If you had watched several episodes like me, you'd see how useful this show can be. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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