Speak & Sing Chinese w/Mei Mei
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Free Music Review: Overall very good learning CD
Hit: 4 Stars
I got this CD for my daughter because I read all the good reviews about it. It is overall a very good Chinese learning material. Lots of fun songs and the arrangement is not too stiff or boring. But I am not crazy about the teacher's singing voice, not very soothing and can be annoying to some people, thus the four star rating.Free Music Review: Good First Mandarin CD
Hit: 4 Stars
Very clear and good intro to Chinese through repetition and music. My only problem is MeiMei's voice--great songs but her voice is grating. Very simplistic and a good first Mandarin CD.Free Music Review: Chinese Childrens Songs
Hit: 4 Stars
Good songs aimed at under fives. Text includes Chinese characters, transliteration plus a translation so excellent for language students.Free Music Review: so so..quality
Hit: 3 Stars
Sound quality is not good and the singing voice is not pleasant to listen to. Content is ok. My child do pick up a few words from it.Free Music Review: Not what I expected
Hit: 2 Stars
I got this CD to hear some traditional kids' songs and because of all the positive reviews, however, I was seriously disappointed. First of all, the audio quality is terrible and Mei Mei, while she seems to be a very nice person, has a dreadful singing voice that I simply can't stand. It ruins the songs, unfortunately. Second, the Chinese 'lessons' are extremely simplistic and not for kids who already speak any Mandarin. You learn to say a few common words, but this is no more speaking Chinese than just saying 'Bonjour' and 'Au Revoir' is speaking French. If you actually expect your child to become fluent in Mandarin (like my son, who is in an immersion program) I believe this CD is actually counterproductive since it asks the child to first think of the words in English.
I gave this two stars since the booklet that comes with the CD is actually very helpful and includes all the words to the songs in pin yin.