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Pimsleur Japanese Basic Course - Level 1 Lessons 1-10 CD: Learn to Speak and Understand Japanese with Pimsleur Language Programs
The Pimsleur® Method: the easiest, fastest way to learn a new language. Completely portable, easily downloadable, and lots of fun. You’ll be speaking and understanding in no time flat!
This course includes Lessons 1-10 from the Japanese Level 1 program - 5 hours of audio-only effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. Get a chance to test drive the incredibly effective and efficient, world-famous Pimsleur Level 1 Program. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Japanese.
The Japanese Language
Japanese is spoken by about 130 million people, 122 million of whom are in Japan. There are also speakers in the Ryukyu Islands, Korea, Taiwan, parts of the United States, and Brazil. Japanese has many “registers” or levels of politeness. Pimsleur’s Japanese courses will teach you how to speak at a polite register, which is appropriate in virtually any situation you are likely to encounter in Japan.
This course includes Lessons 1-10 from the Japanese Level 1 program - 5 hours of audio-only effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. Get a chance to test drive the incredibly effective and efficient, world-famous Pimsleur Level 1 Program. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Japanese.
The Japanese Language
Japanese is spoken by about 130 million people, 122 million of whom are in Japan. There are also speakers in the Ryukyu Islands, Korea, Taiwan, parts of the United States, and Brazil. Japanese has many “registers” or levels of politeness. Pimsleur’s Japanese courses will teach you how to speak at a polite register, which is appropriate in virtually any situation you are likely to encounter in Japan.
60 pages, Audio CD
First published November 1, 2005
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December 17, 2011
I love the Pimsleur method of language learning. I've seen folks complain that they are too repetitive, but that's what makes stuff stick, and I appreciate the fact that I can listed to the CDs all the way through and not have to constantly replay the exact same section of dialogue over and over and over again like many other language programs expect you to do. They also teach really practical and versatile basic conversation skills.
My only problem with this Japanese language program in particular is that they teach you to speak in a pretty informal way, which, from what I understand, should only be used with close friends and family and not with just any stranger you might meet on the street, and therefore some phrases seem to have limited application; I will definitely check with my Japanese teacher before I start throwing some of this stuff around.
Still, it's certainly been a huge help in getting the basics down better. I don't have much opportunity to speak Japanese out loud, other than in class, so just hearing it and speaking along with it in the car leads to much improvement in pronunciation and flow. I'll definitely keep going with these.
P.S. My Japanese teacher says that though some of this stuff is a little informal it is still perfectly acceptable to use with strangers and is in no way impolite, so I hereby withdraw my complaint!
My only problem with this Japanese language program in particular is that they teach you to speak in a pretty informal way, which, from what I understand, should only be used with close friends and family and not with just any stranger you might meet on the street, and therefore some phrases seem to have limited application; I will definitely check with my Japanese teacher before I start throwing some of this stuff around.
Still, it's certainly been a huge help in getting the basics down better. I don't have much opportunity to speak Japanese out loud, other than in class, so just hearing it and speaking along with it in the car leads to much improvement in pronunciation and flow. I'll definitely keep going with these.
P.S. My Japanese teacher says that though some of this stuff is a little informal it is still perfectly acceptable to use with strangers and is in no way impolite, so I hereby withdraw my complaint!
October 1, 2015
Much better than the other two I've done. I like their method, which is based on the premise that, just like with your native language, you can learn to speak before you learn all the grammar rules. They break down new words into syllables, which is helpful with a language that's so different you can't always tell where a word ends and another begins. I wish they'd done that in the first program I used, when that was a real problem for me.
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