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Follow Jade! Learn Chinese: Let's Go to Market in China | 
 enlarge | Actor: Jade Qian
Studio: Master Communications Inc
Category: Video
List Price: $24.99
Buy New: $7.33
You Save: $17.66 (71%)
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 34687
Format: Color, Ntsc
Rating: Unrated
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 30
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 1888194448
UPC: 690678003238
EAN: 9781888194449
ASIN: B0000A2ARZ
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: June 2, 2003
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Description
Hosted by teacher Jade Qian, Follow Jade! video series helps children learn to speak Mandarin Chinese with songs, stories, games and glimpses of everyday life in China. From the first moments of Follow Jade! Let's Go to Market in China, viewers are immersed in the sights and sounds of China. We visit markets where one can buy a range of fruits, from pu tao (grapes) to ping guo (apples). Parents can read along to the subtitling as each new word is introduced. Next, Jade visits with a group of children who use their new words to identify familiar fruits back at home. The other segments of this video follow the same pattern - introduction of the words in their cultural context, followed by reinforcing games, songs, and other easy-to-follow activities. Children will also visit a Chinese farm and learn about animals, body parts, action verbs, and clap and stomp along to a fun sing-along song. By the end of each video, kids—and their parents—will be speaking in Chinese!
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 Great March 28, 2007
The Follow Jade dvd's are great. There are two, one going to Kindergarten, and one going to the market. Only thing is that she teaches you the name of the fruits, but doesn't teach you how to ask for it in a sentence. Hope she expands on that with more dvd's.
Also, the mei mei dvd's are great. Her songs are very catchy and my kids loves singing along with her.
Plus, we also bought this gorgerous "ASIAN AMERICAN BERENGUER GIRL DOLL" from EBAY, and my daughter absolutely loves to play with the beautiful doll and watch her Chinese dvd's.
Highly recommend.
 Fun basic learning videos in Chinese October 25, 2004
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
It appears that some reviewers are expecting Hollywood production when purchasing videos for learning Chinese - both by Jade and by Mei Mei and then they feel dreadfully disappointed when they find out that's not the case.
Nevertheless, if your purpose for buying these videos is to learn few basic words and expressions in Chinese - the videos will help you to do just that.
The songs in Jade's videos have mixed English and Chinese words.
The videos are made for kids, but I purchased them nevertheless when I was learning my first words in Chinese, together with many other programs and the songs had enough of catchy tunes that the words and tunes stuck in my mind even a year later without go back over those programs.
And as the other reviewer noted, it's a good idea to visit Chinasprouts - there have a great selection of videos and books to help children learn Chinese.
solid and fun learning for kids September 11, 2004
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have two kids who are half Chinese and half American, and are interested in learning Chinese. A friend told us about this "follow jade" series. We first borrowed it from the liabrary, and it was a hit in the family! The kids started to say things like "what is your name", "how old are you" in Chinese just like Jade, and answer back with each other just like the kids in the video. It was so sweet to see that! I am just so happy to see them finally getting into Chinese with excitement.
The video is not all Chinese (that would not really work), it is spaced nicely with English and Chinese, making the Chinese very visible and easy to remember. Some people might not get used to it at the beginning. I thought it was very different at first, because it is not the usual way of teaching. But it works like a charm! I would encourage everyone to try it.
I also like the real market scenes in China, the color, the sound, it really makes you feel China and want to practice your Chinese. I highly recommend the two Follow Jade videos to anyone. The Kindergarden one has more songs and basic words, the Market one has a bit extended vocabs. Try them!
 Your Kids Deserve More Than This. May 26, 2004
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Jade, the instructor is attractive, pleasant and charistmatic. She used props in many cases to illustrate her points about the parts of the body, names of fruits and animals, etc. There are a few attempts at interaction with clapping and singing along but mostly the exercises fail to capture your attention.In fact, this video did not appeal to me, my students or my 4-year old. The entire video is incredibly slow-moving and speaks to you as if you are incapable of swallowing. (I would look for similar videos on Chinasprout.com.) The majority of the video is presented in a classroom setting: the instructor held up different fruits, animals, etc, and named them in Chinese. In many instances Jade's pronunciation was less than perfect. Then she drilled the audience on the names again. I guess the drills were game-like, but weren't at all interesting or engaging and, over time, became extremely irritating. The video did not have much to keep me, my students or my child interested. Afer a partial viewing we immediately sold this tape on eBay.
We love it! May 4, 2004
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Let's Go to Market is an enjoyable and informative way to introduce basic Chinese to the whole family! It's one of the few videos that I tend to allow my 5 year old to watch over and over and it's a great way for the whole family to learn words that can be used daily when preparing meals or while shopping. We've all learned something from Jade and the whole family loves it! A definite must have for adoptive families or any family interested in teaching their children the basics in Chinese.
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