Target: Foreign Language audio tapes

[Deena <piper_wells@HOTMAIL.COM>]

Here's a toughie for you.  I've been looking without
success for a long time, so I'm throwing out the
challenge!

I have a new niece.  Research shows that the earlier
the exposure to foreign languages, the easier it is for
the baby to acquire and speak them later.  Apparently
they have to hear the inflections, etc. early in order
to be able to recognize and mimic them later.  I
thought if I could find audio books my sister in law
could put the baby to bed with a different language
each week.

I DO NOT WANT "Speak German in 21 days" or any of the
learning tapes. I want it to be whole paragraphs versus
just phrases.  (I don't think you can get a grasp of
the language with just phrases.)  But, I can't find a
source for books on tape read by native speakers of
different languages.  And I do want it to be native
speakers of the language.  I don't care whether it's a
children's classic or the newspaper that's being read,
to be honest.  Who's going to know unless they speak
it?

Have you come across anything?  This is turning out to
be a stumper, indeed.


Deena Wells
K-12 school media specialist
taking a year off in
Palm Harbor, FL

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