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18 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 Pretty good but with some flaws Feb 10, 2011
By Benjamin T. Erwin
"Ben Erwin"
The content is minimal, which I like, but I agree with other reviewers about three points:
1) This is not pure Mandarin, but is a Northern/Beijing accent. A spoon is a SHOU ZI, not a SHARRRRR, etc.
2) I would like to see a real person's mouth move rather than a cartoon panda, although I understand why they do it with a cartoon for reusability across languages.
3) The sound quality was such that sometimes it was hard to hear which consonant was being spoken. For this reason I really really wish that in addition to the English subtitles and the Chinese characters on the screen, that they showed the pinyin Romanization of the word on the screen. That would have been sooo helpful.
If #1 and #3 were resolved, this would be 4 stars.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 excellent program Sep 23, 2008
By mathildea
"mathildea"
I'm amazed by the quality of this program and it's ability to sustain children's interest. There is an alternation of scene with a cartoon character, Little Pim a friendly Panda, and scenes made with real people. A succession of little scenes, mostly played by children or babies and some close adults are narrated in a very clear and and friendly voice. A little gap after each word or sentence enable the child to repeat it or keep the sound resonating in her hear. Bright colors and friendly babies and children faces or pet catch their interest.
I'm so thrilled this program exists for such a hard language as Chinese. I've Majored in Chinese in college and spent over a year in China and I'm fluent. But when I ear my kids repeating after Little Pim or exchanging a couple of words with my Chinese friends, I have to admit that they already master this hard pronunciation and the tones better than me after so many years of hard work.
17 of 20 found the following review helpful:
I have mixed feelings Jul 19, 2009
By Gregg W. Schuler
"Gregg S."
I haven't decided if I like this DVD yet. The presentation of this DVD is very catchy, it attracts the attention of my 2 3/4 year-old-triplets but the sound is SO poor and vague. Most of the time, you wouldn't be able to hear the sound of "s" being pronounced. I am a native Chinese speaker from Taiwan, the pronunciation of this DVD is heavily accented by someone who is from Beijing. One can argue that mandarin Chinese is rooted in Beijing, but the accent is so heavy that it is a bit "village-y".
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Finally, a video with acceptable volume of Chinese Dec 09, 2009
By Reloving shopping
"Ann"
I wanted my kids to truly learn Chinese, not a word here and there, which is apparently the case with Kailan, Walker and Ping Ping, and Culture Cubs (although these are cute). Little Pim actually teaches about 30-50 words per DVD. I gave it four stars, because the intonation was off on a couple of words.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
beautifully created Oct 18, 2008
By M. Mohammad
i really enjoyed watching this with my baby. it attracts his attention and the speed is excellent. not too fast nor slow! it does not bore you and the editing is super and the childrens actions and objects are all wonderful to look at!
i only have one critisicm, as they say the words and sentences chinese writing does appear for it but they dont state if it is traditional or simplified chinese writing. while english subtitles are available, unforetunately pinyin is not provided if parents want to make themselves familiar with the word pronounciations.
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