- Paperback: 120 pages
- Publisher: Teach Yourself; 3rd Revised edition edition (25 Aug 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340925302
- ISBN-13: 978-0340925300
- Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 16 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
571,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #21 in Books > Languages > By Language > Japanese > Phrase Books
- #27 in Books > Languages > By Language > Japanese > Audiovisual & Multimedia
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A language lifeline ... fun, fast and easy
(The Independent )... Elisabeth Smith's Instant Greek was a real help ... the simple scripts and audio make it crystal clear ... I'm delighted with my progress.
Teach Yourself Instant German: The elements are simple and very straightforward ... strong encouragement ... plenty of opportunity for spoken practice. This course worked very well for me.
('Professional Manager' magazine )
I am terrible with languages yet I am picking up Spanish! I found Instant Spanish excellent!
We have completed your Instant French. We think it is wonderful.
(Tom and Maureen Peil, Preston )
It is now a year since I first came across [Instant French] at my local library and I have benefited tremendously from this happy occurrence ... I loved the sense of humour ... Each week I did the final test with bated breath wondering if this time the little bar chart [...] would take a nose dive - but it didn't.
(Lesly Hopkins, Twickenham )Product Description
First published in 1998, the Instants have established themselves as the best-selling range of language titles from teach yourself. When published as part of the teach yourself relaunch in May 2003, they were given a new cover, internal text re-design and availability on CD for the first time, but now they have undergone an extensive revision, with 16 more pages to give room for additional exercises and flashcards, and an extra CD to double the amount of audio practice. The 45-minutes-a-day, six-week course is highly structured and has a fresh approach to language learning which appeals both to readers who have not learnt the language before and to those with some basic knowledge of Japanese. The author has used her wide teaching experience to refine the course so that it covers only the grammar (explained in no-nonsense English in the book and on the CDs) and vocabulary which are really necessary. Her day-by-day, no-nonsense programme is easy to follow and fun to do. At the end of six weeks, readers have the confidence and knowledge to tackle all the situations they'll need to know about, such as shopping, eating out and getting around. With fewer than 400 words to learn, and flashcards at the back of the book to help learn them, progress is fast and enjoyable. Sales of the Instants (over 150,000 units since in the last two years) have established Elisabeth Smith as the UK's leading language author (Bookscan figures) and her large amount of fan mail is witness to the success of her unique method. The book (0340916966) and CDs (0340925310) are available separately. (19990901)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Well organised and very good. It dispenses with all the intricacies that you have to learn if you want to speak properly. Instead, it teaches the basics you need to be able to communicate travel-related issues. It doesn't matter if you make mistakes, the emphasis is on starting to communicate, which I think is a good approach. Buy a few months before you travel to Japan and your trip will be that much better!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Purchased CD first then realised that book was required. The description on Amazon was not clear, I could have purchsed book & CD together for rather less than each seperately. The course itself seems OK although I have not yet got into it fully.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Very easy to follow. You will need further courses afterwards but it does teach you the basics. You need to have the commitment to achieve the end goal
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Very good - was I lucky?
I got this from Magnum Games via the Amazon Marketplace. Perhaps I was lucky, because the pack contains the book and 2 CDs. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Pip Squeak
Too much for holiday japenese
I bought this as I'm going on holiday to Japan. I usually buy the Teach Yourself One Day (insert language) by Elisabeth Smith and have found them excellent, but there isn't one... Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2010
Great
Came the day after I ordered it, also came with the book, which I counted as a nice extra.
Published on 7 Feb 2009 by D. Blaston
Another equivalent of the Teach yourself Begginers Japanese
This is a nice book that is intended for beginners of the Japanese language.
It has a different structure than the Teach yourself Beginners Japanese but as a matter of fact is... Read more
It has a different structure than the Teach yourself Beginners Japanese but as a matter of fact is... Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2007 by Ioannis Pantelidis
Exceptional for beginners and basic for easy learning
This pack allows you to speak basic english without getting wayleyed by unnecessary pieces of information. Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2003 by mbuk15
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