Rating: 
Summary: A real commitment, and then some
Review: This is _very_ flat. Not at all fun. If your trying to use this to learn on your own, good luck, I found it do be very difficult. The quality of the CDs is excellent, however its very dry. The lessons are not structured to make you feel accomplishment, so it was very hard for me to keep with it. I have switched to another book, but the "learn on the go" cds are still good, even if boring.
Rating: 
Summary: Well made
Review: This kit is well made. Lessons are very useful and yet
demand a lot of dictionary look-ups. Conversations
are fast and require constant rewind.
Two thumbs up.
Rating:
Summary: Well made
Review: This kit is well made. Lessons are very useful and yet
demand a lot of dictionary look-ups. Conversations
are fast and require constant rewind.
Two thumbs up.
In case you need a dictionary, here is a good one with accent markings. Sanseido's Romaji English-Japanese Japanese-English dictionary. ISBN 4-385-10683-5 3200+Tax Yen
Rating: 
Summary: Good Supplement to Japanese Classes
Review: This system covers a very wide variety of topics, the CDs are well-executed and the manual is very organized. Being a fourth year student, I found it to be an excellent supplement/review to the material I was learning in class. However, it would be difficult to teach yourself with this system. It is mostly all romanji with some hiragana, katakana and kanji thrown in here and there. The CDs, while very helpful, tend to be a bit dull. Overall, I would highly recommend this to any current student as a comprehensive supplement to do on your own.
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Summary: Brilliant! Fun and interesting, real life learning!
Review: Very enjoyable, easy to read and keeps you going back for more. (Although tough to start for a complete language beginner like myself, stick with it!) Highly recommended!
Rating:
Summary: A very good way to learn a lot of Japanese...
Review: 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!!!
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