Preschool to Grade 2 Share your opinions on education and technology. Computer software alone cannot teach your kids to speak a foreign language.
Experts agree that it takes a real live teacher who's a native speaker to do that.
But some computer programs can help when kids are getting started with a new language. The best CD-ROMs for language learners provide fun, inventive ways to practice, and exposure to the sights and sounds of new words, new people, and new places. Arthur's Birthday , Arthur's Teacher Trouble , The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight , Harry and the Haunted House , Just Grandma and Me , Little Monster at School , The Tortoise and the Hare , and Sheila Rae the Brave . Just Grandma and Me is also translated into Japanese. And the sound effects and hot-spot animations that are the hallmarks of Living Books titles help give kids important clues about meaning.