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Title: Ultimate Japanese: Basic-Intermediate (Living Language Ultimate. Basic-Intermediate Series (Manual& Cd)) by Hiroko Storm ISBN: 0-609-60736-7 Publisher: Living Language Pub. Date: 07 November, 2000 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.88 (32 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Romaji Bashers be Silent!
Comment: I admit I once belonged to the anti-romaji crowd. After all, the Japanese don't use romaji, why should we? It's just a crutch, right? Wrong! It is a tool. There is one very good reason for starting with romanized Japanese. To quote Anthony Alfonso ("Japanese Language Patterns," Sophia University, Tokyo, 1974)"A writing system is, basically, only one of the techniques used to record a language, a spoken language...in general, when knowledge of the spoken language precedes knowledge of the writing system, both the language and the writing system are learned faster and better. It is a mistake to teach complex Japanese patterns wrapped up in an equally complex writing system."
I learned the above the hard way. Then after two years of struggling with the writing system and grammar, I picked up this course. No it won't make you fluent. But it does give a clear and understandable explanation of grammar, and it does present a concise introduction to the writing system.
The book is very readable and quite enjoyable, but it does require some effort. Don't think that you'll be a Japanese language expert after getting through this course, but you will be well-equipped to move on to more advanced Japanese.
Rating: 5
Summary: A very good way to learn a lot of Japanese...
Comment: When I bought this item, I didn't think it would work well because of the fact the manual is about 500 pages long. I didn't think that it was possible to teach two years of college level Japanese with a 500 page book. Well, I was wrong. It is amazing how much you can learn in a day! On my first day I learned all of the greetings that the manual teaches you. It is a simple concept, "you read the manual as the cd speaks the words. If you want to perfect your techneque, just listen to the native speakers say a word, and you repeat them. This "language kit" explains even the confusing parts of Japanese in detail. It also gives very interesting cultural highlights on Japan,"I love these"! If you want to learn how to read, write, speak and understand Japanese then I highly recomened this language kit. It Works!!!
Rating: 3
Summary: Some good, some bad
Comment: I like that this set includes CDs that are entirely in Japanese. They have some very realistic conversations, uninterrupted by English, that are great for listening to just to get the feel of the language.
What I didn't like was that the CDs that did include English often offered translations that I considered to be rather inaccurate.
My biggest complaint was that one of the CDs was entirely in Italian--quite a shock, I tell you, when you load it into the car CD player. Fortunately, it was one of the CDs with English translation that I didn't like anyway. Annoying nonetheless.
This set offers some good Japanese conversation for those that are studying Japanese in a class setting, but I would use it as a supplement and not depend on it to learn the language.
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Title: Beginner's Kana Workbook by Fujihiko Kaneda, Masaya Katayama ISBN: 0844283738 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies Pub. Date: 11 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary by Seigo Nakao ISBN: 0679780017 Publisher: Random House Reference Publishing Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Living Language Ultimate Japanese: Advanced by Living Language ISBN: 1400020697 Publisher: Living Language Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $79.95 |
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Title: Jimi's Book of Japanese: A Motivating Method to Learn Japanese (Hiragana) by Peter X. Takahashi, Yumie Toka ISBN: 0972324704 Publisher: Takahashi & Black Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: 13 Secrets for Speaking Fluent Japanese by Giles Murray ISBN: 4770023022 Publisher: Kodansha International (JPN) Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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