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"A great way to learn; it's fast and it lasts". (The Daily Telegraph )
"Five minutes into the first CD, you already feel like you're winning." (Time Out )
"Michel Thomas is a precious find indeed." (The Guardian )
"Thomas makes it simple" (Sunday Times )
"Michel's methods will teach you effectively and easily" (Daily Star )
"Hugely inspiring" (Red )
"Ideal for any business traveller who needs to be able to get around confidently." (Sunday Business )
"Five minutes into the first CD, you already feel like you're winning." (Time Out )
"Michel Thomas is a precious find indeed." (The Guardian )
"Thomas makes it simple" (Sunday Times )
"Michel's methods will teach you effectively and easily" (Daily Star )
"Hugely inspiring" (Red )
"Ideal for any business traveller who needs to be able to get around confidently." (Sunday Business )
"Moving along at a relaxed, slow pace, punctuated by amusing anecdotes and jokes from the teacher, the new words, phrases and language rules are gently introduced and reinforced through subtle repetition without ever being tedious. In fact, despite a distinct emphasis on non-work, the course proves very effective and enjoyable, and its format is ideal for learning anywhere you like. So, if you only want to learn to speak the language, this course is highly recommended."
(Top Real Travel Product, Real Travel )"Excellent for learning ... This entirely audio course is easy to use and quickly results in some useful ability in the new language. Great for the car."
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Learn another language the way you learnt your own
You learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Japanese in the same way.
You'll stick with it because you'll love it
Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas.
This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your Japanese in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out the answers for yourself.
You learn through listening and speaking without the pressure of writing or memorising.
You pick up the language naturally and unforgettably.
The NEW Japanese Advanced Course
A five-hour, 100% audio method, written by teachers Niamh Kelly and Helen Gilhooly, for taking your Japanese to an advanced level. Join Niamh Kelly, native speaker Mikiko Kurose and two students in a live lesson and within five hours you will be speaking advanced Japanese proficiently and easily. You will rapidly improve your Japanese with the students, hearing both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course.
Join the millions of people worldwide who have learnt a new language with the Michel Thomas Method
Contents: 4 CDs plus booklet with Japanese phrases in romaji transliteration and English translation
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I have both the Foundation and Advanced courses and consider them both money well spent. The Foundation course is perhaps more carefully put together at the editing stage and I would score it 5/5. 'Advanced' is a misnomer: it does indeed build on the Foundation with many important and useful structures, but the vocabulary taught is extremely limited and alone won't get your very far in conversation if you go to Japan. Whether this is 'pure' Michel Thomas method or not is irrelevant. It is well-structured and probably the most effective audio course I have used in many years of language learning. True, the concept of using recorded 'live' lessons means there are irritations when the lessons are worked through many times. But dont let this put you off. Yes, the explanations of mistakes are frequent and laborious, but for most people repetition is the key to language acquisition. It is the only audio course I have ever had that truly works without a book (I only listen in the car or while walking). The cost is little more that that of a single private lesson. So if you are serious about learning the language dont be put off by the negative comments. It is well worth it.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
The material they recorded for this advanced Japanese course has obviously been tightly edited to fit as much onto 4 CDs as possible (the foundation course felt more evenly paced). As a result there are some errors where the wrong answers were used. I noticed it when "I read while I ate" and "I ate while I read" were swapped around. It's a credit to the teachers and the Thomas method that I noticed these, but who knows what mistakes I missed?
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Firstly I have lived in Japan for 1 year and I wish this was around before I went - my Japanese would have been far better and I would have enjoyed my time there more. I had 2 weeks of intense personal tutition before I left - this CD does a great job in 8 hours!
Unlike the French Michel Thomas CDs, this doesnt give you a large working vocabulary by pointing out the similarities with English. There arent that many similarities between English and Japanese but Japanese has absorbed a large number of English words which I think the CD could have covered more - I'm upto disk 7 at the moment and I would guess only about 100 words are being used.
The real strong point of this course is that it does an excellent job of explaining the grammar - I have learnt a lot and it has corrected some misunderstandings I had or generalised rules I already knew so I have found it an eye-opener. I listen to it in the car and can follow-it whilst driving. I've got loads of other Japanese courses on tape/CD - none of them can be used in the car in the same way - they all rely on refering to books.
The aspects of the Michel Thomas method that it is using are:
- Introduce a concept and reptetitively explore the concept
- Build on what you have learnt
By disk 7 it is covering some pretty long and complex sentences where I'm feeling challenged, so I'm impressed with it. Only criticism is that it could have introduced more English origin words.
Unlike the French Michel Thomas CDs, this doesnt give you a large working vocabulary by pointing out the similarities with English. There arent that many similarities between English and Japanese but Japanese has absorbed a large number of English words which I think the CD could have covered more - I'm upto disk 7 at the moment and I would guess only about 100 words are being used.
The real strong point of this course is that it does an excellent job of explaining the grammar - I have learnt a lot and it has corrected some misunderstandings I had or generalised rules I already knew so I have found it an eye-opener. I listen to it in the car and can follow-it whilst driving. I've got loads of other Japanese courses on tape/CD - none of them can be used in the car in the same way - they all rely on refering to books.
The aspects of the Michel Thomas method that it is using are:
- Introduce a concept and reptetitively explore the concept
- Build on what you have learnt
By disk 7 it is covering some pretty long and complex sentences where I'm feeling challenged, so I'm impressed with it. Only criticism is that it could have introduced more English origin words.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
The best way to learn a language...
...is as close as possible to a native speaker. Japanese is my fifth language and the Michel Thomas method is the easiest starting point I've found yet.
Published 10 months ago by Musketeer
Works very well for me
The Advanced course is a direct continuation of the Foundation course, with the same students. There is however a different teacher, Niamh Kelly, who seems rushed than Helen... Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2010 by Mr. P. G. Chesters
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