Audio Companion for Kana Flashcards (Japanese Edition) [Audio CD]

Max Hodges; Tomoko Okazaki (Author), Max Hodges (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0974869465 | ISBN-13: 978-0974869469

In this "Audio Companion for Kana Flashcards", each card's kana character is pronounced, then each vocabulary word is spoken twice in Japanese with a brief pause between--giving you time to practice pronouncing the word yourself. The ISBN for "Kana Flashcards" is ISBN 0-9748694-3-0

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About the Author

Born in Yamaguchi-ken, Tomoko Okazaki has over 10 years experience working as a surgical nurse in a top hospital in Tokyo. Tomoko studied English at Rice University in Houston, Texas. During high school in Yamaguchi-ken, Tomoko was the winner of the televised NHK Youth Speech Contest. Max Hodges operates White Rabbit Press, White Rabbit Xpress, and MAXconsulting from him home in Tokyo.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: White Rabbit Press (September 1, 2006)
• Language: Japanese
• ISBN-10: 0974869465
• ISBN-13: 978-0974869469
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,325,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #34 in Books > Books on CD > Languages > Language Instruction > Japanese

More About the Author

Max Hodges works as a photographer in Tokyo and is the Creative Director of White Rabbit Press, a Tokyo-based independent publisher of Japanese language and travel titles.

Max also operates White Rabbit Express, a special order service for Japanese goods.

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for beginners! Must Have!, January 25, 2008

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Luz Angela (FL, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Audio Companion for Kana Flashcards (Japanese Edition) (Audio CD)

This is a great companion to Max Hodges Kana and Kanji Flash Card sets.

The intro and disclaimer is in English, obviously, because it's mostly beginners using this. The rest is in Japanese, which it's supposed to be. So it will take you a couple of tries to understand what the speaker is saying in the beginning. With a little common sense, you should be able to figure it out.

You must listen to it carefully and say the word out loud several times. Practice makes perfect. Practice, Practice, Practice and stop complaining.

There is no easy way. Once you accept this, things will move along smoothly.

Thanks

p.s. I recommend downloading it directly from the White Rabbit Press site. That way, it'll be readily available and you won't have to wait for it to come in the mail. It's probably cheaper too. You'll also be saving on shipping as well as materials that would take to create, pack, and ship it. Point for being eco-friendly!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Will give you a massive headstart, January 17, 2010

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Andrew J. Schaub "andrew schaub" (Misawa, Aomori JAPAN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Audio Companion for Kana Flashcards (Japanese Edition) (Audio CD)

I have been studying Japanese for almost 2 years now. I bought this when I began my studies before taking a Japasnese class and woah did this give me a jumpstart over my classmates. Your first course in Japanese you'll spend half of your time learning hiragana and katakana as you get away form romaji. Romaji is so bad for pronounciation, japanese is very syllabic and as you practice and learn the kana alphabets you pick up on that. Plus the pictures help you visualize this. Study tip though for these, I would go through each card, and write the romaji out, if i messed the card up, it would go in the pile to learn again, and if i got it right i wouldnt study it again until finishing up the stack of the wrong pile. Using that technique, I learned both kana alphabets in a month. Given that, it will take time for you to read fast, just like when you were 5 and learning English. That comes with practice and repetition, though after a while just seeing it all the time in future studies, tv, manga, video games etc will reinforce it with little to no effort of your own. Good luck, definitely worth it. I also use their kanji cards too, and those are very nice. Also, anki a free program out there is a very good flashcard program to use for the kana as well as vocabulary that you have.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You must have this! A must!, April 23, 2007

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Flueckiger Patrick (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Audio Companion for Kana Flashcards (Japanese Edition) (Audio CD)

Together with the "Kana Flashcards" this is what you really need if you want to start learning the Japanese language! It provides you high quality spoken japanese words (vocabulary) --- that you can read and see on the Flashcards ... Don't miss this!

And this product also exceeded my expectations!