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« on: March 25, 2009, 04:03:29 PM »

I just got the French Lil Pim dvd set and I played dvd #1 for my 13 month old daughter this morning and she watched 5 out of the 7 lessons (each lesson is 5 minutes and goes from lesson to lesson without interruption) so she watched it for about 25 minutes straight.  I'm really thrilled.  She watched it with a lot more interest than when she watches the YBCR dvds.

I knew a tinsy bit of French before this but basically forgot everything. I learned about 50% of the dvd just by watching it with her and I realize that this is because when you want to learn something so that you can say it correctly to you daughter you learn it super fast (I wanted to use what we has heard in the dvd later over breakfast).  Learning for yourself is so much more tedious than when you do it for your child.  Wow, I feel like I just stumbled on the fastest way to absorb a foreign language.

But this is what I would suggest.  And this is extremely important (for me at least).  Try not to look at the words as they come up on the screen.   Because you are just going to pronounce them as you read them with your English language (or whatever language you speak) or you will be influenced by some other language you know like Spanish.  And this is going to seriously get in the way of you saying the French words they way the native speakers are saying them.  This is why, in the regular Pimsleur CDs for adults, you are not aloud to look any words up in the dictionary or use workbooks to practice writing sentences.  None of that helps.  It only gets in the way until you learn to speak the language.  Trust me, I tried it, and it really screwed up my pronunciation.   I was speaking it so much better when I didn't know what the word looked like on paper because the only thing I had to go on was repeating how the native speaker on the CD was saying the words and that's when I said the words correctly.   I don't know what Julia Pimsleur thinks of this suggestion (would love to know what you think Julia) but not looking at the written words like a charm for me.

On the other hand, it's obviously perfect for your child to look at the written French words because they do not have any preconceived notion of how those words should be pronounced. 

Anyway, I'm very excited and I'll let you know how it goes.

Lucy   




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« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2009, 04:21:14 PM »

wow I am happy for you, I have ordered a little PIM dvd for trial  , fromNetflix , lets see if my child likes it.

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« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2009, 04:26:43 PM »

I like LIL PIM DVD's,  I don't own them yet but saw a bunch of sample video's on you tube. 

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« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2009, 04:47:19 PM »

For heath,
like I said in the previous post, try ordering it from netflix , just as  trial. i think they have the ones in Chinese, Spanish.

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« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2009, 04:57:31 PM »

KL told me that a partnership may be in the works, and we may be getting some discount coupons to put in the forum shop. Stay tuned!

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« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2009, 01:35:18 PM »

Dear Lucy -- I am thrilled to hear your daughter likes Little Pim! Your post was very interesting to me, as I have never had that comment before about not looking at the words. We created Little Pim as a total immersion method - meaning your babies and young children only hear the foreign language. However, we were aware that many parents wanted to be able to follow along and our research showed they wanted the words written on the screen. So any words written are purely for the parents since 98% of our young viewers can't read yet. But I think your idea of NOT looking is very smart and a cool way to get double use out of the DVD series (baby and you learning together). It  will probably help in your language acquisition, especially if you are used to the Pimsleur Method.
I hope you continue to enjoy the DVDs and feel free to continue asking questions in this forum. You can also follow my blog at http://www.littlepim.com/blog/ for more tips on keeping foreign language teaching fun for young children
p.s. we are indeed talking with KL about offering special discounts to this community, so stay tuned. even pre-discount, however, we are about a quarter as expensive as the other language teaching systems you can buy (for a comparison chart, see http://www.littlepim.com/compare-little-pim-with-other-language-dvds/)

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« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2009, 04:37:10 PM »

JPL, I posted this on another thread, but I guess you didn't see it. Do you know of good foreign language CDs to play while children sleep and play? I listened to the regular Pimsleur series, and I don't think it is appropriate with the way it is set up. I think I need totally foreign dialect. Do you recommend anything?

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« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2009, 06:23:28 PM »

Hi Julia!

Don't know if you remember but I'm the one who spoke to you last week on the phone when I was ordering my Lil Pim dvds and told you about BrillKids. 

Yes, it's so much easier for me to say the words in French correctly when I don't look at the written  French word.  If I do look, then my Italian and Spanish (I only know a little bit of each) kicks in and messes me all up. 

The other thing that starts happening is that when I wanted to tell my baby "he drinks the water" in French last night at the dinner table (referring to Daddy taking a drink of water), I found myself going back and trying to visualize the words as I saw them on the TV screen which then made me pause over every word.  But the Pimsleur method is effective for me so I'm just not going to look at the words.

And I totally hate to bother you, but if you wouldn't mind, is it possible for you to suggestion for a French CD (totally foreign language as opposed to adult Pimsleur) to play for my 13 month daughter while she is falling asleep.  I don't know French so it's hard for me to pick out a good one.  Or do you think playing the adult Pimsleur cd might even be better since it has English translation?   I know your not an expert in sleep learning, but I'm just wondering what your instincts are on this. 

Thanks so so much!
Lucy



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