Learn Japanese Now! 9.0

by Transparent Language

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005Y3VG
• Item model number: 744573057305
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 4, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,605 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #90 in Software > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Asian
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Learn Japanese Now! 9.0 Deluxe takes you from beginner to confident speaker in no time. Listening and speaking activities, grammar tools, and vocabulary games build a solid foundation, while real-life video content lets you interact with native speakers. Learn Japanese Now! also adds online features that create an interesting and authentic atmosphere, making learning Japanese fast, fun, and highly effective.

Learn Japanese Now!'s four stimulating titles include: The Most Common Words in Japanese, Survival Phrases for Japanese, Essential Japanese Signs, and Japan: The Island Empire. GrammarPro!, the software's comprehensive grammar tool, adds more than 10,000 words, extensive tutorials, and grammar quizzes to your desktop. Installed, GrammarPro! integrates seamlessly with all four Learn Japanese Now! titles to provide detailed grammar analyses with just a click of your mouse.

Online features, fun interactive games, and conversations and phrases round out this deluxe suite. Practice your pronunciation using the integrated speech features, then record your voice and replay your conversation. Learn at your own pace by deciding when you need translation. The software even includes GlobalWriter98 for Microsoft Windows users and a handy screen saver. GlobalWriter98 is a word-processing tool that helps you write in more than 100 languages.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good addition to your arsenal, July 9, 2002

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scott (cincinnati, ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Learn Japanese Now! 9.0 (CD-ROM)

I like this program. It should not be the only aid used in learning Japanese, though. It DID help my pronounciation a bit. You can hide the translation boxes to see what you do or don't understand while the program plays.

This program does NOT use Japanese syllabry; it uses Romaji instead. When playing the games or quizes you have to spell romaji correctly. I wa never good at the type of romaji they use (ie I prefer to use "o-" rather than "oo"). It has a characture chart, but there are better ways to learn Hiragana and Katakana.

All the dialogs are good, though. They do not teach grammer, or explain verb conjugation. For these reasons, it is best to be studying another way and use this program as a passive review, or practice.

...AGAIN, use his to supplement your studies only.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sound recorded under a waterfall?, November 11, 2002

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"amazon7239" (Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Learn Japanese Now! 9.0 (CD-ROM)

This software was a complete waste of money. The layout of the software is very confused and there is no guide for the user to follow. The biggest problem with the software is the sound quality. The recordings are so noicy that I got a pain in my head after just a few minutes. The speaker are frequently cut short a few ms or the recording start or stops with a *pop*. The amazingly poor sound is combined with a really unclear voice from the speaker. (The girl sounds like she has some thing in her mouth) I saw PowerJapanese at a freinds house but it was unavalible. So I got this... I will now start looking for PJ in the used section.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best product I've found, August 7, 2004

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KJ94115 (San Francisco,CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Learn Japanese Now! 9.0 (CD-ROM)

This language software is far and away the best product I've found for learning Japanese. I am currently in Japan and this software has helped me much more than any of the books I had bought. The interactive aspect as well as the opportunity to listen to native speakers has made it indispensible. My only criticism is that it doesn't give you the written Japanese to look at as you learn the words, it just shows you the romanji which is of no help over here when it comes to reading the language.

All in all, it's a bargain given the results you will get from it.