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Teach Yourself Beginner's Japanese (Teach Yourself Beginner's Languages) Accompanies Book [Audiobook] (Audio CD)

by Helen Gilhooly (Author)
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  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: Teach Yourself Books; Revised edition edition (26 Sep 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340870400
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340870402
  • Product Dimensions: 14.2 x 11.8 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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This double CD provides approximately 2 hours of listening material and accompanies the book TEACH YOURSELF BEGINNER'S JAPANESE. The book and CDs are also available as a pack (978 0 340 87038 9). Alternatively the listening material is available on a double cassette which can be purchased either on its own (978 0 340 87039 7) or in a pack with the book (978 0 340 87037 0).

About the Author
Helen Gilhooly has lived and worked in Japan and has extensive experience of teaching Japanese and writing materials for learners of all ages. She has an MA and PGCE in Japanese and is currently the Language College Director of Aldercar Community Language College in Derbyshire. She is also a teacher trainer of Japanese at Nottingham University.

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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Well balanced, easy course, 30 Nov 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: Beginner's Japanese (Teach Yourself: Beginner's) (Audio Cassette)
This is a well balanced and easy course. It combines good explanations with useful dialogues and the vocabulary lists at the start of each unit allow you to immediately understand what is being said. The book briefly touches upon written Japanese but it really only covers Katakana. You'll need another book if you want to learn Hiragana en Kanji as well (and you probably will).
The whole course is pleasantly written and can easily be studied without the cassettes. I would have given it five stars if it wasn't for the fact that a large amount of the vocabulary lists and some parts of the dialogue are missing from the tapes. I also couldn't understand why small parts of the vocabulary were given after the dialogue instead of adding them to the main vocabulary list.
These are minor objections however and out of the three courses I own (Hugo's Japanese in three months, BBC's Talk Japanese and TY Beginner's Japanese) this is certainly my favourite one.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Make learing enjoyable, 16 May 2003
By Ieuan Lewis "Ieu-ee" (Wales (Still...)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginner's Japanese (Teach Yourself Languages) (Paperback)
After reading the Teach Yourself; Japanese Script (by the same author) i felt right at home with this book. The style in which the book is presented is very informal and gives some insights into japanese culture that have kept me entertained while reading.
There is a supporting CD or tape but the version i had did not come with one. This would normally mean the end of the world but the book also puts the dialogue and activities for each section. There are some times, such as the pronounciation exercises, where it may have been better to have a CD but i have learned far more from this book and can talk adequatly even if my pronounciation is a little suspect!
If you are going to buy this book then i suggest you get the CDs/tapes and the Beginners Japanese Script book (also in the TY series).
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, brilliant, smashing!!, 4 Jul 2001
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This review is from: Beginner's Japanese (Teach Yourself: Beginner's) (Paperback)
I had no previous knowledge of any Japanese before I bought this book, but now; after going through the book and cassette, I can converse in Japanese on many subjects. Thebook is quite easy to get to grips with and teaches grammar and vocabulary along side "dialogues" with frequent tests. The dialogues follow the "Yamaguchi" family. It is best used with the cassette and i found that this aids pronunciation. I went through the whole book, covering two chapters a week in a small time ach day. This book helps with Japanese grammar and vocab so that the reader can make their own sentences. Along the way is some information on Japan. A brilliant book if you are thinking of visiting Japan or feel like learning Japanese. It gives very good ground for further work in the language.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Friendly teacher
I like the book. It gets down to the most useful phrasesm straight away. The author also has little exercises wich makes the learning more easy. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. Diarmuid Lavelle

4.0 out of 5 stars AWESOMENESS!!!!
4/5 because its fairly better than most books / cd sets. Can get boring half way through the book. But easy learning.
Published 6 months ago by E. Ha

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for complete beginners
I am completely new to the japanese language and this book has taken me from not being able to speak a word beside "konnichiwa" to having actual conversations with japanese... Read more
Published 12 months ago by A Customer

3.0 out of 5 stars Make sure you are buying the book not just the CD!
The reviews on this item are not specific to the CD and book on their own or the CD/book pack, so it is a bit confusing if your search lands you on the CD (without the book) page... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Dave

5.0 out of 5 stars Actually not only for beginners
Even though I did pass the 3rd Level of the Japanese proficiency test before studying the book, it was helpful and useful even though it was intended for beginners. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Ioannis Pantelidis

4.0 out of 5 stars good explanations
The approach on the whole is good; various features of the Japanese language are explained clearly. Tape is pretty much useless without the book to hand, or without frequent... Read more
Published on 31 May 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellently paced introduction to the language.
Easily accessable and genuinely interesting book. I'd definately recommend the version with the tape, it'll allow you pick up on the nuances of Japanese pronunciation. Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2000 by daniels@charybdis.co.uk

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