Customer Reviews

Japanese for Busy People II: CDs (Japanese for Busy People Series) (Pt.2)

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The content includes opening dialogue, practice, and short dialogue from the textbook Japanese for busy people.

Merits of this product:

1.Pronounciation is excellent.

2.Practice section is my favorite part of this product. By listening CD , I can practice the pattern change in my mind instead of relying on reading the book. This is helpful for my study because pattern change of verb is one of most difficult in learning Japanese. There are quite some practices in Japanese for Busy People. Yet, no answers are provided in the textbook or workbook. So these CD gives me a chance to correct errors I could make. Lack of repeat made me to stop CD constantly, rewound, and played it again in order to understand the context and try to imitate what the CD said.

Demerits:

1.Opening dialogue only be read once at normal speed. For students learning this material, such speed is a bit too fast. If the material can be repeated at slower speed, then it will give me a chance by listening and speaking.

2.No vocabulary. Although vocabulary is inside the opening dialogue, some other language products provide another section by just saying those vocabularies again.

In short, the product has excellent quality. It serves the need for practicing conversation, listening, and pattern change that can't be provided by reading the book alone. However, there are certainly some places the product can be improved. So, I gave it 4 stars.

In fact I got what I wanted, but it was not so easy to be sure that I had ordered the right item. There are various editions and revisions of the book and the accompanying CDs. I already had the book but I wanted the CDs for the same edition of the book.It was only by specifying the ISBN number that I could find the right product. However the ISBN number is not actually shown on the order.

Excellent lessons and audio CD's - Very Highly Recommended.