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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.
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3 hours of instruction on 3 CDs!
The fun and easy way® to communicate effectively in a new language!
Want to speak Japanese? Don′t have a lot of time? This practical 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! Plus, you can follow along with the handy, 96–page portable guide – filled with the words and phrases you′ll hear on the CDs, plus a mini dictionary.
Discover how to:
Ask questions and understand answers
Build your vocabulary
Talk about numbers, time, and the calendar
Ask for directions
Get help at a hotel, the bank, or a store
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It's a good tool to use to grasp a good general understanding of the Japanese language. However there are no words that appear or anything, it's just 100% audio which is quite a disadvantage if you wanted to see the words appear.
Each lesson starts with the English word first such as "Good morning" and then the Japanese word follows "Ohayou Gozaimasu".
Each lesson starts with the English word first such as "Good morning" and then the Japanese word follows "Ohayou Gozaimasu".
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Perfect for everyday conversation/getting around
15 July 2010
Format:Audio CD
If you are traveling to Japan for a day, a week, or even a month or two, Japanese For Dummies will be perfect for you. The 3 audio CDs come with a booklet with all of the vocabulary, inlcuding little tips here and there. What I do is I make flash cards for the words, practice memorizing them, and then quiz myself with the audio CDs (which of course I rip and put on my computer and mp3 player). It's perfect because you can store the audio files on your mp3 player and quiz yourself anywhere anytime.
I will be in Japan for a little under a month, and after a week of practice, I can already introduce myself and hold a very simple conversation. There is no way you can learn the language in less than a month, let alone less than a year. That's why this product is so great. It comes with about 37 sections, each one building on the next.
CD1 has saying hello and goodbye, introducing yourself, important nouns to know, simple question words, an overview of numbers, etc
CD2 has adjectives, verbs, the creation of simple sentences
CD3 has specifics, like things you should know in the office, a restaurant, the bank, hotel, etc
I have tried the Berlitz Japanese in 30 days and a few other Audio/Books and they just did not compare. The others had very poor audio and a learning style I just couldn't deal with. The audio on Japanese for Dummies is extremely clear and easy to understand. In addition, Japanese For Dummies is more useful for learning by memorization, not so much understanding the grammar perfectly. However, If you put 3-4 weeks into this, an hour a day, you will be able to survive in the streets of Japan!
I will be in Japan for a little under a month, and after a week of practice, I can already introduce myself and hold a very simple conversation. There is no way you can learn the language in less than a month, let alone less than a year. That's why this product is so great. It comes with about 37 sections, each one building on the next.
CD1 has saying hello and goodbye, introducing yourself, important nouns to know, simple question words, an overview of numbers, etc
CD2 has adjectives, verbs, the creation of simple sentences
CD3 has specifics, like things you should know in the office, a restaurant, the bank, hotel, etc
I have tried the Berlitz Japanese in 30 days and a few other Audio/Books and they just did not compare. The others had very poor audio and a learning style I just couldn't deal with. The audio on Japanese for Dummies is extremely clear and easy to understand. In addition, Japanese For Dummies is more useful for learning by memorization, not so much understanding the grammar perfectly. However, If you put 3-4 weeks into this, an hour a day, you will be able to survive in the streets of Japan!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This dummy needed help!
16 July 2011
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I got this for my 12 year old daughter and she loves it. It may not be as good as Rosetta Stone, but it sure is budget freindly. The CD's let you hear the words and the booklet was insightful.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Not bad, but...
19 Jun 2008
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
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.
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.
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