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Sing and Learn Chinese (Book & CD) Second Edition Paperback – February 1, 2011

by Trio Jan Jeng (Author), Selina Yoon (Author)

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Sing and Learn Chinese is a great way to introduce Chinese to children. You will be amazed at how fast children will start singing and speaking in Chinese including Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Xiao xing xing) in Chinese. Sing 'n Learn Chinese book and CD (Second edition) contains 22 favorite children's songs in Chinese and illustrations that enhance learning Chinese. Popular tunes and Chinese lyrics will help you learn to say greetings, family, numbers, colors, body and animals. The songs are written in traditional Chinese characters, simplified Chinese characters, Romanized pinyin and English translation to make it easy for grown-ups to follow the songs. Pronunciation guide, glossary and parent activity guide are included to make the learning Chinese even more fun. Recorded at professional studio, any defective CD will be replaced by the publisher. Songs include: 1. How are You? (Ni Hao) 2. Ten Little Friends (Shi ge xiao peng you) 3. This is the Way We Wash Our Face (Wo men zhe yang lai xi lian) 4. When We Get Together (Dang wo men tong zai yi qi) 5. If You are Happy (Ru guo ni hen gao zing) 6. Working Bees (Mi feng gong zuo) 7. London Bridge (Lun Dun Da qiao) 8. Sing Songs & Dance (Chang ge tiao wu) 9. Head, Shoulders, Knees and Feet (Tou er, jian bang, xi he jiao) 10. Two Ears (Er duo liang ge) 11. Little Sister had a Little Lamb (Mei mei you zhi xiao mian yang) 12. Where is My Friend? (Zhao peng you) 13. Doll in the Garden (Hua yuan li de yang wa wa) 14. What Color? (Shen mo yan se) 15. Old Mr. Wong Had a Farm Field (Wang lao xian sheng you kuai di) 16. Five Little Ducks (Wu zhi xiao ya chu qu wan) 17. Two Tigers (Liang zhi lao hu) 18. Frog Song ( Qing Wa Ge) 19. Rain, Rain Go Away (Yu, Yu, bie xia yu) 20. There is Thunder (Da lei, da lei) 21. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Xiao xing xing) 22. Good-bye (Zai jian)

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Mandarin Chinese is one of the four major world languages in the 21st Century. Enter two outstanding language instruction titles for young children: Sing and Learn Chinese and Sing and Learn Korean. These are the only accurate, educational, fun, and authentic book/cassette language instruction programs for Chinese and Korean available for children today that capitalizes on the use of singing as a language instruction enhancement activity. (Children's Bookwatch, The Midwest Book Review, Sept 1997 for the First Edition) This is perfect for group or independent learning, for children and adults. --Family/Culture, June 1997

About the Author

Trio Jen Jang has been working with children for many years. She has also led Kindermusic and understand how children learn music and languages very well. Selina Yoon is the founder of Asia for Kids and has been in language education field for over 10 years.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Master Communications; 3rd edition (February 1, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1888194170
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1888194173
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9 years
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 2 - 3
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 0.25 x 10.75 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #9,217,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,691 in Children's Chinese Language Books

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Bonny Lundin-Scheer

Great for my 3-year-old!

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2012

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My daughter loves to sing, and this is a great way to cement and rehearse the vocabulary she is learning in her Chinese lessons.

Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2011

I bought this book and CD based on the recommendations of other Amazon reviewers. Many had warned that the CD was really difficult to listen to but said their kids liked it so I went ahead. The CD is really intolerable. A woman sings in a way that does not at all encourage sing-along and is also unpleasant to listen to. The accompanying book has both simplified and traditional characters along with the pinyin, which is interesting, but it is cheaply printed in black-and-white. I suppose it could be used as a coloring book but for over $15 I would have expected higher quality. I would recommend Faye-Lynn Wu's Chinese and English Nursery Rhymes over this book. Faye-Lynn Wu's book is high quality and the children's voices on the CD are endearing and invite sing-along.

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A. C.

Songs in the CD were very difficult to understand

Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2006

I came across this set in our local library and as a native mandarin speaker, I was very excited to play this for my kids. Upon listening to it, it was very disappointing as the words they were singing were very difficult to hear or understand. We couldn't understand what they were trying to say. This book has good intentions and a great idea, too bad it teaches kids wrong word tonations.

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J. Hill

really annoying, but my daughter loves it

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2006

the songs drive me crazy, but my daughter loves them. if you have suicidal tendencies don't buy this, but if you don't and you REALLY love your children do buy it.

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Eleanor Lin

My 2 year old loves it - what else matters?

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2003

My two year old wants to hear this CD again and again. He sings the songs to me and corrects me if I make a mistake!
This CD is entirely in Mandarin. At the end of the songs, the music from the entire CD is played over again without the voice, so you can sing it yourselves. Included is a book that has English translations, traditional and simplified Chinese characters, pinyin spellings with tone markers, and a glossary. (The glossary has the most important words, but not every single word that is used).
Be aware that this CD does not "teach" Chinese by itself. If the child doesn't already speak Chinese, the material needs to be presented by a parent or teacher. The songs (there are 22 of them) have been selected so that most of them can be "acted out" in some way, allowing the parent or teacher to illustrate the meaning of the song while singing it. For example, one favorite song of ours asks "Where is mommy?" and then answers "Here she is!", and you can play along with a Peek-a-boo type game. Likewise, there are two songs naming bodyparts similar to "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes." In the book there is an Activity Guide with ideas for each song. I am very much in favor of this "total immersion" style of learning, especially for young children.
As a beginner myself, the task of learning the songs has taken quite a bit of effort. (To be honest, I am making my way through them at a rate of one every month or two). The songs are sung very quickly on the CD, and the English translations in the book tend to be correct English rather than literal translations. I have had to do some research to make sure I understand the meanings of each word individually. But, since I want to learn Chinese myself, this is not a bad thing. I am very grateful that this is a CD instead of an audio cassette, making it easy to repeat a song over and over while learning it. I could complain about the fast pace of the songs, but I think that it probably adds to the preschooler appeal.
One caveat is that the tone of a word is not usually clear from hearing it sung. By that I mean, I can learn a word from the song and sing along with it, but when I try to speak the word later I find that I don't know which of the four tones to use. The tones are indicated in the book, but as a memory aid the songs do not help reinforce the tones. I think that that is an inherent limitation of music as a tool for learning Chinese and not a criticism of this product in particular. It is probably best to use a combination of approaches anyway and not expect one product to do everything.
(I could also complain that every time I want to remember the word for "mouth" in Chinese I have to sing to myself "'I have two ears, I have two eyes, I have one nose, and I have one . . . . ' Oh yeah, that's it!". But hey, at least I can come up with it eventually!)
From an adult aesthetic point of view, most of the songs don't appeal to me very much. The electronic keyboard accompaniment sounds kind of like a hyper-active circus to me. I find it quite annoying when I realize that I have left the CD on and it is playing the part with just the background music and no words. Most of the songs seem to have familiar (ie, boring) western melodies - there are at least three to the tune of "Are you sleeping." But a few, like the "Frog Song", sound more like Chinese folk songs and appeal to me more.
But given the limited number of products out there, I say this one is helpful and motivating, so what else could I ask for?

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C. Frederick

Great for kids

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2004

My 4 year old son just loves the songs. He will listen to it three or four times a day. He has learned all the words in book. All the Chinese say he has very good pronunciation. A friend of mine recommended this book to me. She says they have worn out the tape once and are now on to the CD. The singer sings and also says clearly the words to the songs.

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