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Title: Japanese II by Pimsleur ISBN: 0-671-31548-X Publisher: Pimsleur Intl Inc Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 16 List Price(USD): $345.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83
Rating: 5
Summary: Still remains the best audio learning course for Japanese
Comment: Having finished Japanese I, and just a few hours ago finished Japanese II, I feel that the course was well worth the price. Pimsleur is still the best audio learning technique out there, and the course reinforces that fact. It well serves its purpose. Together you get 900 total minutes, 15 total hours of audio. That's quite a bit of content to listen to, and you do learn quite a bit from it.
All you do is listen to the lessons, concentrate on them, and repeat it if you have trouble with something (Can't remember a word, grammar pattern, etc.). Yup, it's as simple as it sounds.
I (As many others seem to) study other material in addition to Japanese II. I don't know if one could survive in Japan solely on Pimsleur lessons, but the quality of Pimsleur Lessons is still unsurpassed. I would highly recommend that you do other studies in addition to the Pimsleur Lessons, if time allows.
Pimsleur is THE BEST audio language learning course out there, period. And with Pimsleur Japanese II, you get what you pay for, simple as that.
Rating: 4
Summary: Recommended
Comment: I've finished both Pimsleur I and II and have just purchased III. I would recommend these for beginners who have the time to devote. My 30 minute drive commute makes them ideal. I and II took about five months of drivetime listening and review (60 lessons).
One note, Pimsleur suggests not using a textbook but I would highly recommend getting a small textbook such as Berlitz' Essential Japanese for two reasons. First you may not be hearing the work correctly on the Pimsleur CDs/tapes and secondly, it is mush easier to remember a word if you know how its spelled in English (Romanji). Otherwise you may have to resort to creating cumbersome mnemonics to remember a word or phrase.
One final note. You may find that after six months of study you are still utterly lost when watching some Japanese television shows. Take heart, many of those shows use informal language. Rent a movie like "Shall we Dance?" with its more formal politeness and you'll find your Pimsleur time and money investments paying off.
Rating: 5
Summary: After Pimsleur, you can SPEAK...
Comment: not just string together (sometimes coherent) words into quasi-sentences.
I am currently using this product to learn Japanese while living in Tokyo. I have and continue to study in more traditional language classes, but there emphasis is more on understanding speech, and on writing. You may learn (and remember) a lot of grammar and vocabulary from these classes, but for me, it is not at instant recall. You always have to pause, for just a second or two, to think of this word, or how to conjugate that verb, which ruins the continuity of your speech and your conversation.
Pimsleur's method is highly effective at completely internalizing the basic structure of a language. You learn to say things and understand things at the speed of NORMAL SPEECH. In a traditional academic classroom, this is far from the case. Although I knew almost all the words and grammar presented in the Pimsleur course, I found that listening to the CDs was still immensely helpful just for internalization and "speedifying" purposes.
Pimsleur is an excellent complement to serious study of a language. It would also be excellent for travellers who want to actually interact and converse with Japanese in interesting (albeit extremely limited) ways.
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Title: Japanese I by Pimsleur ISBN: 0743523539 Publisher: Pimsleur Intl Inc Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $345.00 |
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Title: Japanese III by Pimsleur Language Programs ISBN: 0671315498 Publisher: Pimsleur Intl Inc Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $345.00 |
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Title: Remembering the Hiragana/Katakana: A Complete Course on How to Teach Yourself by James W. Heisig, Helmut Morsbach, Kazue Kurebayashi, Kazue Kurebayashe ISBN: 4889960724 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Pimsleur Instant Conversation Japanese by Pimsleur ISBN: 0743525809 Publisher: Pimsleur Intl Inc Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Kodansha's Furigana Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English English-Japanese by Kodansha ISBN: 4770024800 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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