Easy Language 16 (Jewel Case)

by IMSI

Product Features

• Essential language basics for 16 different languages
• 2100 words and 360 phrases per language
• Use any of the 16 languages for guidance
• Basic Verb Conjugation & Key Pronouns
• Easy to install and use

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007LVF9
• Item model number: 730526354102
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 11, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,191 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #83 in Software > Outlet
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Easy Language 16 is a great way to learn vocabulary and phonetics in 16 different languages around the world in just a few minutes a day!

With Easy Language 16, a few minutes a day is all it takes to learn and communicate with people from over 144 countries around the world. Learn basic grammar as well as essential words and phrases. Hear pronunciation by native speakers. Hide or show words in your Target & Native Languages to vary lesson difficulty. Add international character scripts, games, Internet links and multimedia and you've got a world-class resource perfect for anyone interested in learning languages!

Add international character scripts, games, Internet links and multimedia and you've got a world-class resource perfect for anyone interested in learning languages!

Product Description

Now, you can easily Learn vocabulary and phonetics in 16 languages! Covers essential words and phrases in: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and many more!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Want to learn hebrew, October 20, 2004

By 

Stacey RN, BSN "SE" (Hollywood, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Easy Language 16 (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

They have the hebrew backwards!! You are supposed to read hebrew right to left-the opposite of english and this cd has it left to right. I find it extremely confusing. I know how to read hebrew and I wanted to learn how to speak it.
What a poor effort!

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Beginners look somewhere else., July 12, 2005

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T. H. Johnson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy Language 16 (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

The Easy Language 16 is only useful if you're already familiar with the language you wish to learn. I've been studying French for months before buying this product and found it to be helpful when I'm getting rusty. The only problem is that it's hard to make out what is being said because the sound is not clear. The recorded speakers also don't bother to slow down to give you a chance to understand or repeat what is being said. This is good cause it's like listening to an actual French speaker and not a robot, bad if you actually want to learn how to pronounce what is being said. It will also go over basic French grammar but is totally useless if you don't already know basic French grammar.

I also tried to use this to learn Japanese. Unlike French, I'm not familiar with the Japanese language at all so trying to use this product to learn it became a nightmare. If all you want to do is learn how to speak the language it does have a Romanized version of the words and phrases to make it easier to sound them out. Unfortunately the basic Japanese grammar and Japanese alphabet are all written in Japanese. For instance, in the grammar section it has the past, present and future "I am" it's written in english then beside it it's written in Japanese. You can't click them to have it sound out for you. In the Japanese alphabet section all it has is the Japanese alphabet and you can click them to sound them out but you really have no clue what you are sounding out. So it teaches you nothing about reading the language but the test they want you to take are purely in Japanese. I do want to learn how to read, write and speak Japanese so none of this would be a problem if it actually taught you how to read, write, and speak Japanese! So my guess would be that you really have to be familiar with Japanese (NOT the Romanized(Romanjj) version) already in order to use this product. Because of my experiences with this product I would say get it only if you know the languages you're interested in and use it as a refresher and nothing more. Since I am familiar with French this product was pretty helpful but if I used this as a starter for the language I probably would have quit. I'm searching Amazon for better Japanese books. So if you want to actually learn a language look to the books with the language tapes and CD's.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars There's no Latin either!, April 29, 2005

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Peter Sipes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy Language 16 (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

My boss asked me to get this, so that he check out the Latin portion of it.

What a waste! The only Latin on this CD is *Latin* American Spanish.

The interface was underwhelming. I needed to guess at what did what, because the controls are mostly icons. What's worse, there is no menu bar at the top to help take the guess work out of using the program.

Apparently though, the manufacturer did throw in an extra *not* listed on the back. If you are learning the differences between US and UK English, its there!

I gave this one star, only because I couldn't give it no stars.