The Adventures of Walker and Ping Ping: The Chinese Market
by Francis Roberts, David Pitts
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Actor: Tammy Lin and Tinx Chan, Wandy Yeap HohDirector: David Pitts, Francis Roberts
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); Chinese (Unknown)
Format: NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 24 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-17
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Little Emperor LLC
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DVD Review: Getting your child hooked on Chinese #2
Summary: 5 Stars
We got this dvd after my 3.5 yr old so loved Walter and Ping Ping's first adventures on the Great Wall of China. He is adopted from China, but had been of late rebuffing my chinese efforts "no Chinese, mommy: English!"
We have Little Pim, Baby Learns Chinese, Bao Bei (Early Start Mandarin) and several Mei Mei dvds... which he all liked at one point. My problem now was less a language problem and more an attitude problem... I considered the River Dragon King, but wasn't that into getting yet another intro to colours (the songs shown on their preview video is about red). So I chose Walker and Ping Ping.
Excellent choice. Yes the video is quite short (about 1/2 hr), but the "go on an adventure, find the three symbols, come back with the magic flute" formula is a winning one. It is true that there are not a lot of chinese words, but the ones introduced are common and usable vocabulary, vs colors and numbers. The new words are explained in context, characters are shown in flaming writing that goes out in a poof of smoke (nice touch), and pinyin clear and tones shown. Walker's excitement of learning a new language is contagious and my son repeated along with him. The words learned from the first episode are used here to reinforce them, and new words are also continually repeated during the film
The animation is professional and quite beautiful. The songs are catchy (annoyingly so... I walk around humming them). The characters are believable and they don't feel like cutout excuses to teach. And somehow the film manages to impart a lot of information (what is used to write chinese characters) and hints (how to make chopsticks usable for complete beginners) and it still feels like an entertaining animated show episode, and not a lesson.
As a result, my son wanted to watch it again immediately, and as an adult, I was happy to comply. Some have said for ages 5-7, but my son is 3 and I am 46 and we both enjoyed it multiple times. A fun cultural excursion. We can hardly wait for the next in the series.
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