World Famous Comics: Japanese For Dummies Audio Set (For Dummies (Lifestyles Audio))
Japanese For Dummies Audio Set (For Dummies (Lifestyles Audio))
By: Eriko Sato Publisher: For Dummies Average Rating: Binding: Audio CD Format: Audiobook Label: For Dummies Number of Items: 3 Number of Pages: 96 Publication Date: January 29, 2008
Product Description: Want to speak Japanese? Don’t have a lot of time? Japanese For Dummies Audio Set is designed to help you learn quickly and easily at home or on the road. From basic greetings and expressions to grammar and conversations, you’ll grasp the essentials and start communicating right away.
This completely practical, portable learning system lets you set your own pace and skip around to explore topics that interest. Three one-hour CDs introduce the basics of Japanese, get you familiar with the languages structure, and prepare you to use the language in real-world situations. You can play them on any car or home stereo, copy them to your computer, and load the pre-converted files onto your mp3 to play them wherever and whenever you want. A 96-page compact guide helps you find your way around the CDs and handy Japanese/English dictionary for quick reference on the go. You’ll discover how to:
Begin communicating in Japanese on a basic level
Handle greetings and introductions
Ask questions and understand the answers
Build your vocabulary
Talk about numbers, time, and the calendar
Ask for directions
Order a meal at a restaurant
Understand Japanese parts of speech
Form complete sentences and converse in Japanese
If you’re ready to start speaking Japanese, Japanese For Dummies Audio Set is the most effective, convenient, and friendliest tool you can use.
Not bad, but... It's not very comprehensive. I've also read the Japanese for dummies book and some of the material is repeated here. The booklet says that the CD's contain mp3's of each lesson to save you from ripping the CD's yourself, but my copy had no mp3's. The booklet contains more detailed descriptions of what you're listening to on the audio, which makes it less of an audio program in my opinion. Some of the essential words that you must know include, apple, pig... ???
Overall I did learn a thing or two, and that is what counts even though I could have used a few more examples and better explanations of certain things.
Helpful But Too Fast Overall, this product is pretty good, depending on what you're looking for. I wanted something I could listen to in my car for long trips, but found that I can only do this after I have a good Japanese language base to go from. The reason for this is because when they say the words/phrases in Japanese, the speaker says it so fast that it's too difficult to figure out exactly how it's being pronounced- you have to look in the book as a guide for the spelling, which of course is impossible to do while driving. It would be better if the speaker broke the word/phrase down into parts for a better understanding of pronunciation. The book/CD combo work well if you actually sit down with the book and listen to the CD, but if I had the time to sit down and do this, I would have just taken a class. I needed something that was quicker in teaching and allows me to do something else simultaneously (i.e., drive, work out, etc.).
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