Official Foreign Service Institute Language Course: Basic Japanese (Book and Cassettes) (Multilingua Language Series) (Japanese Edition) [Audio Cassette]

Don Jones (Author)

Book Description

Series: Multilingua Language Series | Publication Date: October 1995

269 Page book with 6 audio cassettes. There are 47 basic sounds in Japanese all within the English sound range. Grammar exercise for Japanese and the grammar of the Language is very simple. All of these are included in the book.

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About the Author

Don Jones is a retired United States diplomat. Mr. Jones learned to speak Japanese as a Marine Corps combat interpreter during the Second World War and later served as chief of the Language Division at the Tokyo war Crimes Trials. Mr. Jones was a correspondent for United Press International in Japan, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Languages & Literature Inc; Book and Cassette edition (October 1995)
• Language: Japanese
• ISBN-10: 1570500045
• ISBN-13: 978-1570500046
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,214,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #22 in Books > Books on Cassette > Languages > Japanese

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You won't speak like a native but you'll learn Japanese., March 14, 1998

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This review is from: Official Foreign Service Institute Language Course: Basic Japanese (Book and Cassettes) (Multilingua Language Series) (Japanese Edition) (Audio Cassette)

I've tried about a dozen texts, tapes and CD's. This course is different-it works. The tapes are definitely low tech but you hear an instructor teaching you how to learn. He knows the kind of shortcuts students will try to get away with and gives stern professorial admonitions to those who would take those short cuts. Follow this course and you'll learn to speak Japanese. You won't sound like a native speaker but you'll learn to speak Japanese. Highly recommended. This course is ichiban!