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Japanese, Conversational: Learn to Speak and Understand Japanese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Pimsleur Instant Conversation) [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

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December 5, 2005 0743550463 978-0743550468 16 Lessons
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. Pimsleur's Japanese teaches a polite level of Japanese, which is appropriate for use in most situations in Japan.

Japanese, Conversational

  • Sixteen 30-minute lessons of spoken Japanese language instruction. These sixteen lessons are the same as the first sixteen lesson of Pimsleur's 30-Unit Comprehensive Program.
  • Each lesson includes an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures and includes practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons.
  • Essential grammar and vocabulary. Topics include: greetings, numbers, meals, shopping, telling time, scheduling activities, and asking and giving directions.
  • No mindless repetition! Converse with native speakers in natural (and useful!) conversations.
  • Easy, fast, fun and effective language acquisition.
  • Completely Audio - anytime, anywhere. No computer necessary! Unlike expensive software programs which tie learners to a computer, Pimsleur courses are available in CD or mp3 format to meet your needs.
  • Receive an instant credit of $150 to trade up from the Conversational to the full Level 1 Comprehensive CD course.

Pimsleur® equals success. Just one 30-minute lesson a day gets you speaking and understanding like no other program.


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About the Author

Dr. Paul Pimsleur devoted his life to language teaching and testing and was one of the world’s leading experts in applied linguistics. After years of experience and research, Dr. Pimsleur developed The Pimsleur Method based on two key principles:  the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory training that he called “Graduated Interval Recall.”  This Method has been applied to the many levels and languages of the Pimsleur Programs.

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  • Audio CD: 8 pages
  • Publisher: Pimsleur; 16 Lessons edition (December 5, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0743550463
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743550468
  • Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.9 x 2.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Dr. Paul Pimsleur (b. 1926, d. 1976) devoted his life to language teaching and testing and was one of the world's leading experts in applied linguistics. He was fluent in French, good in German, and had a working knowledge of Italian, Russian, Modern Greek, and Mandarin Chinese. After obtaining his Ph.D. in French and a Masters in Psychology from Columbia University, he taught French Phonetics and Linguistics at UCLA. He later became Professor of Romance Languages and Language Education, and Director of The Listening Center (a state-wide language lab) at Ohio State University; Professor of Education and Romance Languages at the State University of New York at Albany; and a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Heidelberg. He did research on the psychology of language learning and in 1969 was Section Head of Psychology of Second Language Learning at the International Congress of Applied Linguistics.

Dr. Pimsleur was a member of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Modern Language Association (MLA), and a founding member of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).

His many books and articles revolutionized theories of language learning and teaching. After years of experience and research, Dr. Pimsleur developed a new method (The Pimsleur Method) that is based on two key principles: the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory training that he called "Graduated Interval Recall." This Method has been applied to the many levels and languages of the "Pimsleur Programs."

 

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars HAPPY READER TRUE REVIEW, March 9, 2007
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This program will not make you a fluent speaker of Japanese; but usage of all three comprehensive Japanese courses probably would. What this particular program will do, it will certainly give a basic tourist level knowledge of Japanese. The narator will give you some tips on grammer so that you can put together sentences from the various words and phrases you learn on the program. Also it will teach you proper pronounciation of the words - which will help you to sound more native.

Keep in mind that this review is only refering to the Pimsleur Conversational Japanese course which is only half as much as that found in the Comprehensive. Also if you get this program to start then move on to the Comprehensive package Pimsleur will reduce the price of the package, I forget by how much, but I remember it was a good deal compared to what others are selling it for.

Let's put my thoughts on the program this way, if you want to learn to speak Japanese on your own this will really do the job as long as you stick to it. I would recommend doing each section twice before moving on to the next. But it really does work. I don't regret spending a penny on this program.

I honestly can't think of any problems I've had with this program.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars good value: excellent starter set, January 2, 2007
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This review is from: Japanese, Conversational: Learn to Speak and Understand Japanese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Pimsleur Instant Conversation) (Audio CD)
I feel the lessons go a little too slowly for my taste but maybe that's because Japanese is my 2nd foreign language (after French) and Ive already developed some useful learning skills and shortcuts. You really can't go wrong though I recommend supplementing this with additional study of grammar ("Teach Yourself" series is good) as the conversations taught here are limited by necessity and it's sometimes difficult to make out what exactly the narrators are saying without a written transcript. You get 8 hours of Japanese for $32 so this is a cheap and very effective way to learn. Dont hesitate to buy :)
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!!!!!, March 16, 2007
This review is from: Japanese, Conversational: Learn to Speak and Understand Japanese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Pimsleur Instant Conversation) (Audio CD)
I have been trying to learn Japanese for sometime now. I've tried different computer programs that rate your pronunciation and have struggled with the language. These audio cds are very clear and teach you as though you are a child. As an adult, it is much harder to learn another language, but I have used some of the phrases I have learned on friends and they were impressed. I love how the cd's give instruction in a male's and female's voice.
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