The Adventures of Walker and Ping Ping: The Great Wall
by Francis Roberts, David Pitts
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Actor: Tammy Lin, Wandy Yeap Hoh and Tinx ChanDirector: David Pitts, Francis Roberts
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Mandarin Chinese (Original Language)
Format: NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 25 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Little Emperor LLC
Movie Reviews of The Adventures of Walker and Ping Ping: The Great Wall
Movie Review: Getting your child hooked on Chinese #1
Summary: 5 Stars
I was concerned that my 3.5 yr old son, adopted from china, was beginning to reject chinese that I wanted him to learn. We have all sorts of "learn chinese" dvds, which he liked when he was younger, but lately has been rejecting chinese in favor of English.
Then I saw this dvd, which really was geared towards "big kids". And it is in english. I wasn't disappointed. Walter in the film has just moved to Hong Kong, and wants to learn Chinese. His enthusiasm for the language is infectious, and my son was soon repeating the chinese words as Walter learned them from his new friend Ping Ping, and exclaiming "chinese! I know it!"
In this video, Walter befriends Ping Ping and her grandfather, who introduces them to magical travel to faroff destinations, this time the Great Wall. We learn all sorts of facts (where is Hong Kong, how long is the Great Wall, it goes from the Gobi Desert to BoHai Sea, what is a chop...)... who knew there were camels in China? Between the search for the three symbols they must collect before going home, the camel, the imposing Great Wall guards, the sand storm, we forget we are learning, and just go along for a fascinating adventure in another land.
My son loved it so much, he must have watched it 10 times in three days! And no more "don't like chinese, mommy!" There could be more chinese introduced, but when it is, it is practical, in context, and natural. Ie we learn "wo hui shuo zhongwen" "I can speak chinese" which is repeated several times to make friends and open doors. It doesn't have that feeling of learning a vocabulary list (red, green, blue, one, two, three, mom, dad, big brother, big sister...) that plagues a lot of chinese learning materials. Some words we learn: pengyou, mama, zou ba, bu yao. New words are shown on screen in both characters (exciting flaming characters that go out in a puff of smoke!) and pinyin with tones. The words are repeatedly used within the story so that we gain confidence along with Walker.
The animation is beautiful and top quality, the songs are catchy (you will walk around singing the theme song), the story interesting enough for a 3 year old, school age or adults. And there are so many tastes of chinese language, culture, geography, artifacts that just whet one's appetite for more.
Fortunately the next episode" Walter and Ping Ping in the Chinese Market" is available. We can hardly wait for more. In the meantime, they have a companion website with recipes, crafts and intros to the characters.
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