Product Details
- Starring: Lyric Language
- Format: Color, Animated, NTSC
- Rated: NR
- Studio: Penton Overseas
- Video Release Date: 1992
- VHS Features:
- NTSC format (US and Canada only.
This VHS will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. )
- Color, Animated, NTSC
- ASIN: 156015327X
- Average Customer Review:
Based on 6 reviews.
All Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review:
Fun way to practice German, January 14, 2004
For what it is, this is an excellent video. It is a fun way to review German
(if you already know a little) or to gain some exposure to it. I wouldn't expect
a rank beginner to pick up more than a small number of vocabulary words, and I
wouldn't consider it a video for "learning" German - but then, I wouldn't expect
to learn much from one short video anyhow. The video consists of several songs
performed in an echo format - the lines are sung in either German or English,
and then repeated in the opposite language. The songs are fast-moving, but
repetitive enough to give you several trys at repeating a phrase. The songs are
pleasant to listen to, and the video is fun to watch (it shows children doing
the activities talked about in the songs and is well done).
My big disappointment - and the reason I deducted a star - is because this
video doesn't provide a very authentic German experience. The music doesn't
sound the least bit German (in fact the first song sounds Caribbean), and the
children, locations and activities depicted are clearly American. Why didn't
they shoot this on location in Germany and use German children? They missed a
great opportunity to make this video a cultural experience. If I knew of better
videos, I would have given this one a lower rating. For what it's worth, Penton
Overseas (the producers) now have this video available on their website (http://www.pentonoverseas.com/lyric-language-DVD.htm)
as a DVD/CD combo at a very low price. The DVD is 70 minutes long, so it must be
a combination of all three of the VHS videos (they don't give much detail on
their website, so I can only speculate). For the price they're charging, I
believe it's well worth buying.
Not a fan, August 23, 2003
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I thought this video was more a kin to tourcher rather then entertainment. My
son will watch it, but I think the songs miss the mark and are hard to listen
too. I like the other language movies more and will be chucking this one to find
a better, less annoying german tape.
Kids sing the songs on the tape, but the words don't slow well and makes it
sound awful. --This text refers to the VHS Tape
edition
2 of 3 people found the
following review helpful:
Lyric Language - German/English 1, July 16, 2002
Songs are fun -- really! Even adults will find themselves humming a few bars
and then all of a sudden out comes a bunch of German and you even know what it
means. Oh, yea kids love it too! French and Spanish are also available in this
series. We have it all and are now trading up to DVD's.
3 of 4 people found the
following review helpful:
One of my daughter's favorite tapes!, February 13, 2002
My daughter is 15 months old and really enjoys this tape. Not as much as
Bilingual Baby - German, but a close second. The songs are catchy, without being
too obnoxious, so I don't mind seeing the video over and over again.
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