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I won't lie and say it made me fluent but it definitely knocked the edge off my fear. I highly recommend this product. I used it prior to a trip to Japan and it was a big help. I felt comfortable around Japanese-only speakers and could always tell what was going on. I have a friend that bought the Spanish version after I bought this one because she liked it so much.
Really good. I was studying with my little cousin, and in just 20min I have learned the first lesson and my cousin half of haha. Good product to do in your dead times or while doing activities requieres monotony.
We received the order with only a empty packaging box without CDs inside. I left a messege on the phone number provided, but nobody called. Then I sent E-mail to the seller to report the missing CDs and received prompt reply. A replacement was later sent to me.
The program is sorely lacking in a phonetic-spelling word list. Although, Amazon "claims" these two items are "commonly bought together". The SAME ten lessons.SO.you can get to own them twice.The same goes for the "Conversational Japanese" edition. a reading booklet) that comes with the "Comprehensive" Program ONLY has but the smallest amount of phonetically-written Japanese words in it.
SO.don't buy the "Basic Japanese" AND the "Conversational Japanese" together.you will be buying the same ten lessons twice. Having never studied Japanese before, I bought this program as a "tester" to see if I could learn from an audio-based course.before forking over a large sum for the full Pimsleur Program.Well.it works.for me, anyway.With this "Basic Japanese" edition, you get the first 10 lessons of the Pimsleur Level I Comprehensive Program. Pimsleur claims looking over written words would only slow or hinder the lessons and your learning/pronunciation.yet.I guess Pimsleur never thought that someone hearing people pronounce words in a foreign language for the first time might benefit from the smallest amount of visual-aid in order to get it right the first time.NOW.with every new word, the program DOES provide a slow piece-by-piece pronunciation.HOWEVER.anyone who has seen "Lost in Translation" knows it doesn't matter how slowly someone says "Lip mi Sockins", you're still going to need some clarification. If you only want to learn a decent amount of Japanese (for a trip, or what have you), I recommend the "Conversational Japanese" edition; assuming you have NO intention of ever buying the Level I "Comprehensive" Program.However, if you merely wish to test out the Pimsleur program, then "Basic Japanese" is a good way to go.AND ONE FINAL NOTE: Don't buy the "Comprehensive" Program(s) at the way overpriced amount(s). And if they truly are, all those people are wasting their money.
(And YES, I realize that scene involves a Japanese Woman trying to speak English.BUT.just wait until you buy this program, and you will see.sorry.hear what I mean).EVEN.The "full" visual-aid (i.e. I found a Pimsleur reseller who sells new versions of it for only $156.95 (http://pimsleurmarketplace.com/japanese); and will even buy them back (in like-new condition) for $100. You get the first 16 lessons. SO.I've been writing my OWN as I've progressed through the lessons.NOTE: I'm currently on Lesson 11.which is, of course, not included in the "Basic" edition. Thanks Amazon :/In the first ten lessons, you'll cover approx.
130 different words (give or take); NOT counting sentence structures.Overall, the program works well enough.YET.not as efficiently as the company proclaims. The point is.having studied the entire "Basic" program I can honestly say. Although, you might find a better deal then I did, and should NOT take this as an endorsement for "Pimsleur Marketplace".I just wanted to warn you before kicking out $345.May this review be helpful to you.Happy Japanese Learning ^_^
It is very basic though, just barely enough for you to go to Japanese to ask for directions and order foods. It also break down the pronunciation of the words to make it easy to get the exact voice of each segment of the word.
It has really helped me to "master" the materials that I have learned from the training. I have went through 7 out of the 10 lessons so far.
By using the words in different combination to carry a conversation, you will learn how to really use the words in a real conversation. I am not really good at studying a new language, but I found this training program very easy to follow.
Each lesson will teach you new words, but it will combine the words that you have already learn with the new words to make a full sentence, and eventually a conversation. I will highly recommend this program to anyone who want to learn some basic Japanese conversation.
I wish they have an "Intermediate" level of this program, so I can learn more.
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