Instant Immersion 51 Languages

by TOPICS Entertainment

Product Features

• Covers - Alabian, Arabic (Egyptian), Brazilian Portuguese, Burmese, Cantonese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Mandarin, Mexican Spanish, Navajo, Nepali, Norwegian, Pashto, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Swedish,Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yiddish, and Zulu
• Word Practice - Basic vocabulary in 2 subjects. First Words include Greetings and Expressions, Travel Amenities, Modes of Transport, and Services and Emergencies. Food includes Fruits and Vegetables, Utensils and Place Settings, and Beverages
• Speaking Practice - Record your Word Practice vocabulary, and compare your pronunciation to that of your interactive hosts
• Memory Games - Let The Dealer test your vocabulary retention with a pair of memory games at two skill levels
• Compatibility - Windows 95/98/Me/XP // Macintosh System 7.5.5 or above

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0008EWS6C
• Item model number: 80564
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 23, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #5,836 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

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Product Description

Product Description

Choose any dialect in the world and you're virtually assured of finding it among Instant Immersion™51 Languages the revolutions in foreign language learning. Ideal for travel or beginning study each of the 3 CD-ROMs is devoted to 17 global languages exploring essential vocabulary and phrases in subjects ranging from food to fundamental expressions. And with the effective user-friendly Instant Immersion™ curriculum you've got a head start in communication anywhere on the globe. System Requirements:Operating System: Windows® 98/ 2000/ ME/ XP Macintosh® OS 9 or 10 Hardware: Color Display Sound CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive Microphone (recommended) Format: WIN 98ME2000XP/MAC 8.6-9.X (CLASSIC)X10.1 OR Genre: LANGUAGE UPC: 781735805640 Manufacturer No: 80564

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to various languages., August 23, 2005

By	baligathi - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instant Immersion 51 Languages (CD-ROM)

I was looking around the five dollar section at my pc store when I spotted this program. My thinking was that I would like to listen to various languages of the world and learn how they sound like. I had no intent on studying this program, because I knew better that any program with multi-languages only provide a brief introduction to each language.

My guess was right. You get what you pay for. However, what you get is pretty cool. You get to listen to a lot of languages, and learn a few cool words here and there. Yes, it gets repeptitive and even boring. However, all you have to do is switch to the next language!

Overall, a pretty good program. It could have been better, yes. But it does a good job on what it intends to do: give a very brief introdution to 51 world languages.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars awful!!, February 5, 2006

By	unhappy customer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instant Immersion 51 Languages (CD-ROM)

I had bought a program in the past that had 51 languages and it offered a rather basic beginner's level phrase book introduction, complete with full dialogues written and spoken. Having lost that program and seeing this, I thought it was worth buying... WRONG!!! This only offers a VERY few select words but with no context what so ever- not even one complete sentence... Complete utter waste of money...

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WASTE OF MONEY (even though I only paid $9.99), April 14, 2006

By	A Reader (Calgary, AB, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instant Immersion 51 Languages (CD-ROM)

This is awful. You don't learn any real sentences nor do you learn anything about grammmar. All you learn are some VERY basic vocabulary words (yes, no, hello, etc). Oh, and a bunch of differnt kinds of food. You wouldn't have a clue how to string any of them together into a phrase, though! It's too simple to be of any use. Also, in my opinion, the program's male & female speaker often pronounce things rather differently, which is confusing (especially for tonal languages where intonation is very important). I could go on but I'll end with one more major problem: In languages that require a different ending to be added onto words depending on the speaker's gender, the program doesn't indicate that, rendering it useless for those particular languages (e.g., Thai). You can learn way more for free on the internet!