Billy and Benboo: The Monsters and the Magic Wand, Learn Mandarin Chinese Beginner Level 2 | 
| Director: Ana Leung
Studio: Language Tree
Buy New: $25.99
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 60613
Format: Color, Ntsc
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 25 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
UPC: 828938000035
EAN: 0828938000035
ASIN: B0000D8DJI
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Billy and Benboo: The Monsters and the Magic Wand, October 17, 2003
Debbie (New Jersey)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Language Tree video is well done and professional. The pacing was easy to follow and I appreciated the non-stereotypical approach used for teaching Mandarin Chinese
Very appropriate for Chinese Americans! October 17, 2003
Nana Tseng (CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this tape for my 5 & 7 year old nieces, and they both enjoyed it! After playing this tape several times, my nieces not only were fascinated by the story and adventure, they also started to pick up more Chinese vocabularies and became more receptive to using the language at home. In addition, what my cousin and I both really like about this language learning tool is that it does an excellent job in portraying the Chinese American culture in a realistic and sensitive manner. I find this language tool extremely appropriate and effective for Chinese Americans and would highly recommend it.
Very helpful and interesting October 21, 2003
Arthur Chen (Fremont, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The video tape is very helpful and interesting. The repetition and clustering method of learning language really helps, and more importantly, children like the story.
Learning a new language can be easy and fun! March 24, 2004
David Hsiao (Honolulu, HI USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I watched both the level 1 and level 2 videos with my American-born elementry school nephew and pre-school niece.
The video was appealing to them because it's like a cartoon video. The scenes in the video are very visual and focused, it's directly related to the dialog, so it's very easy for children to understand what the video is teaching.The music and songs in the video are also great! I love the tunes, they are very catchy. The children learned it really fast, and soon they are singing along.
I also like the fact that the song lyrics are made up of phrases from the teaching material, and repeat itself over and over. This helps the children to learn through repeatition. My nephew and niece are both attending private after school program to learn Chinese. I saw far more progress after watching the videos for few weeks, than they going to 1-1/2 years of language school. Plus if I watch the video with the kids, I know exactly what was taught in the video, it's much easier for me to start practcing with them. As oppose to going to the language school, which I have no idea what they are teaching, therefore it's hard for me to start a conversation in Chinese with them.
Also the materials from the video are related to things we would normally encounter in real life, so there are many occasions to take the opportunity to practice the vocabularies. Lastly, the story of all the videos are centered around Billy and BenBoo, the two main characters, and their family, so you'll be familiar with the characters after the first video, and easy to move on to the next. I especially love the adorable dog Ben Boo, he's so playful and brings so much energy! Thanks Language Tree for making learning so much fun!!! I can't wait to see the next video!
Fantastic - Immediate results October 8, 2003
Eugene Choung (Chicago, IL)
This video is a parent's dream. I saw immediate results from my children and they really loved the songs. Billy and Benboo had my daughter mezmerized and interested throughout, as she followed their trials and tribulations with awe.Any parent who is serious about immersing their children in second language should buy this today!! We can't wait for the next video.
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