Official Foreign Service Institute Language Course: Basic Japanese (Book and Cassettes)

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Summary: You won't speak like a native but you'll learn Japanese.
Review: I've tried about a dozen texts, tapes and CD's. This course is different-it works. The tapes are definitely low tech but you hear an instructor teaching you how to learn. He knows the kind of shortcuts students will try to get away with and gives stern professorial admonitions to those who would take those short cuts. Follow this course and you'll learn to speak Japanese. You won't sound like a native speaker but you'll learn to speak Japanese. Highly recommended. This course is ichiban!