Instant Immersion Japanese Deluxe v3.0

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Product Features

• With the help of a complete language learning system, Instant Immersion Deluxe v3.0 will help you achieve your goals in record time
• Features instruction in all essential skills: vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, reading, and writing arranged from easiest to most challenging
• Over 300 hours of instruction, complete with quizzes to test your learning and voice recognition to ensure correct pronunciation and accent usage
• Additional bonus feature--includes 5 in-depth audio instruction CD's for learning on the move

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0011DKCTO
• Item model number: 80953
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 17, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,207 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #38 in Software > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Asian
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Instant Immersion is the world's most popular language system with more than 20 million units sold. The combination of audio, video and software will have you on your way to fluency fast. Learn all the essential skills including vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, reading and writing using innovative methods and the exclusive technology Immersion Method & Spoken Error Tracking System (S.E.T.S.).

A combination of audio, video and software will have you on your way to fluency fast.

Comprehend a new language in greater depth and add to your vocabulary with Instant Immersion's wide range of learning tools. Click to enlarge.

Features state-of-the-art speech recognition technology to ensure correct pronunciation and accent usage. Click to enlarge.

The Next Generation of Language Instruction
Expand on your previous exposure to a new language and move from basic phrases, words and greetings to true fluency. Comprehend a new language in greater depth and add to your vocabulary with Instant Immersion's wide range of learning tools and find yourself thinking, reading and speaking with ease.

Over 300 Hours of Instruction
Instant Immersion's programs are utilized by government agencies, powerful businesses and some of the world's finest academic institutions. Regardless if you work for a Fortune 500 corporation, small business for yourself, improve success with increased foreign language comprehension. Gain a competitive edge for your career or augment your current skill set with the Instant Immersion system.

Includes:

• 1 Language Program DVD-ROM
• 1 Interactive Video DVD
• 5 Audio Instruction CDs

Interactive DVD
Learn a new language the EuroTalk way, using broadcast quality video and the latest interactive techniques. Ideal for travelers, families, business people and students.

• Works with your DVD player and TV
• All phrases & dialogues spoken by male and female native speakers
• 10 Quizzes to test your comprehension
• Selections include: greetings, at the restaurant, on the phone, business and more

Get More Out of Your Trip
Before you take off, learn the basics for getting around: greetings, food and beverage vocabulary, navigation terms and local verbiage. Instant Immersion Deluxe v3.0's more than 26 games and activities, and oral and written lessons make learning easy.

Get Ahead in Your Career
It's a small world out there when it comes to doing business. Government agencies, Fortune 500 companies and small businesses are all utilizing Instant Immersion language learning software to improve their success in today's global economy. Learn gender agreements, calendar terms, greetings and introductions from the basics to advanced learning levels. Instant Immersion Deluxe v3.0 features state-of-the-art speech recognition technology to ensure correct pronunciation and accent usage. Audio curriculum also makes learning while traveling easy and efficient.

Take Language Learning to the Next Level
Expand on your previous exposure and move from basic phrases, words and greetings to true fluency. Comprehend a new language in greater depth and add to your vocabulary with Instant Immersion's wide range of learning tools and find yourself thinking, reading and speaking easily.

Product Description

Your passport to language fluency!Let the latest linguistic features and user-friendly interface of this comprehensive software suite help you set the pace to language fluency. With over 300 hours of progressive instruction and over 20 engrossing games and activities, this program is ideal for travelers, families, business people and students.Developed by international linguistic and language experts, each program is strategically designed to meet specific language learner goals and different educational styles. With the help of a complete learning system, Instant Immersion™ Deluxe v3.0 will help you achieve your goals in record time. Instant Immersion™ Deluxe v3.0 features instruction in ALL essential skills, including vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, reading and writing. The unique Spoken Error Tracking System® (S.E.T.S.®) detects pronunciation errors and offers playback of corrected speech. You can also take your learning on-the-go! Learn on the move with the added comprehensive audio curriculum on 5 audio CD’s developed by leading university language instructors.Added Bonus features include an interactive Eurotalk language learning DVD and the interactive mystery game Who is Oscar Lake? ™ - The Ultimate Language Learning Game.With over 300 hours of instruction on DVD-Rom + interactive DVD + interactive CD-Rom & 5 audio CD’s, Instant Immersion™ Deluxe v3.0 contains everything you need to get the most from your next business trip, vacation, or wherever your travels take you.* The world’s most popular language system with over 20 million units sold worldwide.** 100% Customer Satisfaction with 60-Day Money Back Guarantee – refer to box for details.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fastest fluency guaranteed, my butt, August 7, 2008

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Stacy "redlandcannibal" (Niigata City, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instant Immersion Japanese Deluxe v3.0 (DVD-ROM)

Awful waste of my time and money, redeemed only somewhat by the audio CDs.

Aside from the audio CDs, there is no straightforward teaching method. There are a plethora of exercises to choose from on the computer program, but that's it: the program is basically just quizzing you on what Japanese you already know. That might be fine if it was compounded with the audio CDs so you choose your responses based on how they sound, except on the computer program and DVD, it's mostly visual, which means that if you don't already know any kanji, you're totally screwed. There is no prior explanation to what the characters mean or what they sound like. If you don't know any written Japanese, prepare to fumble and guess your way through the exercises. Even if you get the questions right, who cares? You're not learning anything since it doesn't even tell you what it is you just answered.

The program doesn't teach you how to speak Japanese so much as it tries to get you to memorize certain fixed patterns, without breaking the sentences down to tell you word-for-word what it is you're saying. And so once again, unless you already know Japanese, you're not learning anything. It's okay if you just want to reinforce what you already know, but even then there are much better programs out there that will actually go over Japanese language instead of asking the same fixed phrases over and over.

The audio CDs, as I mentioned, are actually decent, for the very reasons why the computer program and DVD are not: they don't require prior knowledge of Japanese, they go over sentence patterns and structures, they introduce beginners slowly and with a straightforward teaching plan, and they cover basic vocabulary that beginners will need to know. Whether those audio CDs are worth the $30+ of the full program is up to you. I personally think there are better options out there.

EDIT: I guess Amazon lowered their price of this program to $16, which is a better deal for the audio CDs, but not by a whole lot. I still don't think they're THAT great, and you can find much better resources for free on the Internet (Japanese Pod 101, renshuu dot org, Read the Kanji, etc).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Low Price, Low Quality--Unfortunately, September 27, 2008

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Kara (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instant Immersion Japanese Deluxe v3.0 (DVD-ROM)

I would not recommend this product. The CD-rom might be the only thing of real use, but even that was tedious for me, and I have been studying for 2 years (perhaps a bit leisurely:)). What I mean by tedious, is that you cannot--often--infer what things mean by practice (like with Rosetta stone, or Pimsleur, etc ...). It isn't self-contained. When I used the CD-rom, I would have to ask someone what a particular item was, or look it up each time, and this gets tedious. And the set of materials is a real mismatch in regard level of difficulty. The thing that really solidified my opinion, though, was listening to the CD. The person who demonstrates the words in the recording is an American! Besides the obvious accent, some pronunciations are just plain way off--terrible! (I live with 2 Japanese.)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Confusing. Pass this one up., July 24, 2008

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etacarinae "etacarina" (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instant Immersion Japanese Deluxe v3.0 (DVD-ROM)

Even with a full installation, you still have to run this software off the CD. The program is hard to follow and many of the exercises are just a waste of time. Romanji (ABCs) is used to facilitate pronunciation, but it is not consistent. For instance, the first time numbers are introduced, only the digits appear - there is no pronunciation guide. There is no attempt to actually teach Kana (Japanese characters.) The only reason I gave it more than one star is the Japanese pronunciation is helpful.