JumpStart Languages

3 3 out of 5 stars | 14 ratings

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Last update: 10-19-2024


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Frances
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as I thought!
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2013
I guess because there are 4 languages it doesn't give you the much variety to interact as the "Spanish Language" that will take to the cloth, colors, and find them, etc.
I guess you will be OK if you buy one language as supposed to the 4 in Once CD.
Carla Cash
4.0 out of 5 stars Works
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2021
Works for younger kids.
Tyler
5.0 out of 5 stars Jumpstart languages is a fun educational toy!
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2011
I love this game!

You get to choose from Spanish, English, French or Japanese.

One of the things I like about that it has a game like simon from 1978.

It teaches kids to find stuff and move the clock.

I'd highly recommend this product for ages 2 and up. I would give this game 5 stars.
OnAmazon
1.0 out of 5 stars Good concept but badly executed
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2005
I've been using the Jumpstart games for my kids since they were in Pre-K and they love playing with them. I bought the Languages set for my 5 yr old thinking it would be a great intro to foreign languages. She enjoyed the games at first, but quickly grew bored. There are fewer games than in the other Jumpstart sets and they're not as challenging. My biggest complaint is that the sound quality and pronounciation for the foreign words are so hard to decipher I doubt my kids will be able to figure them out. I would suggest giving this set a miss.
BTKY Optimised
2.0 out of 5 stars not good for little ones...or anyone new to these languages
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2004
Packaging: awesome

Screen layout: decent

Graphics: better than average

Sound: bordering on awful

Learning curve: steep

Extras: too much work to earn a little

Navigation: okay, but could be made simpler

This was an excellent idea for a program to help 3yr old kids and older learn new languages. Unfortunately, it seems to have been designed by someone/people who may be great at developing software but not so astute at developing learning tools for languages. The accents used in the four languages represented here are much too ethnic and native-sounding to be understood by anyone save someone who has already learnt the language. If that weren't bad enough, there is no supporting text/caption to help the parent who may be guiding the child. Scenario: We sat there, two adults with one kid, listening over and over to some of the French words and could not figure them out to save our lives. I thought it would be better in the Spanish pavilion given that I am more familiar with that language but it was not. So I cannot imagine any toddler who has never been exposed to a foreign language would be able to get a "jumpstart" on any of them with this software.

This software would be 3 stars better if only the makers had bothered to present not only the ethnic and native-sounding accents (which cannot help beginners) but an option to view and also to hear the same words enunciated carefully and accurately (in slow motion preferably) so that new learner will know the vowel/syllable components of the words and be able to attempt to repeat them and thereby learn them.

In spite of that there are still some fun things that can be done with this software like the theatre/dress-up performer, and colouring modules where the child can earn globe pieces to be used in the video bonus section. However in this bonus section you usually only see 4 seconds (or less) of video which makes it extremely disappointing.

If your only goal is to be able to teach your ear to hear different accents without actually learning new languages then this is great but it falls very short as a language learning tool.
Conscientious
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2015
doesn't work on current pc
P. Velazquez
4.0 out of 5 stars Just the thing that I wanted..
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2007
My son the opportunity to listen more languages. Thank you..
Veronica Thompson
2.0 out of 5 stars Below our expectations!
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2014
We started with the French language; and it is a poorly designed software. Some of the offered games we were not able to finish due to the program's malfunctions: we click on the item and the program does not respond. The set of options on a bottom of the screen is not always responding also. The voice speaking in French sounds TOO soft and it runs too fast. I had a hard time catching the words. The audio is not a high quality, which is essential for a foreign language. It is a shame that a good idea has such a poor design.

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