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Mastering Japanese, Level 1 (Ten CDs + Book) [AUDIOBOOK] (Paperback)

by Foreign Service Language Institute (Author), Eleanor Harz Jorden (Author), Hamako Ito Chaplin (Author)
2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)


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These intensive programs are complete language immersion courses, and were created by the federal agency that trains U.S. government personnel in foreign language proficiency. They start with grammar and vocabulary basics, then bring students to proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension. This program contains a grammar textbook plus ten compact discs.

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  • Paperback: 409 pages
  • Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (March 13, 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0812078659
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812078657
  • Product Dimensions: 13.9 x 12.1 x 2.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #833,448 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Waste you Money!, July 21, 2002
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I brought this a while back to help me learn Japanese. I expected that the expensive price meant a quality language course. I was completely dissapointed. The package says that the course will enable you to speak, READ, and WRITE the language (emphasis mine). However the book uses only roomaji (the Roman alphabet) and is concerned only with speaking. The Hiragana and Katakana(Japanese phonetic alphabets) aren't that hard to learn. Why doesn't the book teach them? Moreover, being copywrited in the early 60's, the book is completely out of date. My Japanese friends informed me that using the word "jibiki" for dictionary (which the book teaches) sounds horribly old fashion and archaic. The dialogues are really stupid (For example we get to learn how to say "Boy, these are pretty ashtrays!") and the drills are mindless substitution drills as opposed to actual comprehension. Grammar is explained rather poorly. Finally the vocabulary introduced is insufficient and rather poor. For example we get to learn about buying cigarettes and ashtrays, but there is no vocabulary for the college student, or vocabulary dealing with business.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Exellent for the serious student, April 9, 2005
The cover sais hear it, speak it, write it, read it.
the write it, read it part is in another companion text
book. ISBN # 0-300-01913-0 Reading Japanese (Yale Language
Series)that is to be studied after mastering the 10th
lesson in "Beginning Japanese" the text book included
in this set.

This set is for those who wish to become fluent not for those
trying to just get by. After having bought many Japanese language
learning aids through the years I have always gone back to this
set for its extensive practice drills and no nonsense approach.
The examples in the other reviews are correct in stating that
some of the material is old fashioned, it is also true that in
japan the old fashioned way of speaking is also the more formal
polite way. I will never buy an ashtray or cigarettes in japan
but its not hard to substitute a noun, those exercises are only
there to teach the pattern. Don't be discouraged.
This is college level learning if you are serious.
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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Masticating Japanese, June 15, 1998
One wonders how it would be possible to master reading and writing Japanese, when the accompanying booklet, "Beginning Japanese Part I" is typeset only in archaic romaji, circa 1963. I thought that it might be possible for the audio CDs to redeem the package, but I found myself listening, instead, to what sounded like a drugged-out school ma'am introducing drills in a listless, uninspiring tone. Whatsmore, these may be CDs, but they're poorly reproduced from ancient low-fi cassettes. You can actually hear the reverse side of the original tapes mumbling away in the background.

Despite being packaged in a deceivingly slick plastic case, "Mastering Japanese" looks and sounds like a relic from the Pacific War. This, incidentally, might shed some light onto the packaging's claim: "The same course used by the U.S. government to train diplomatic personnel."

I'm sure I'll find some use for the CDs, but this is by no means the modern kana-ised product I'd envisaged. The "Power Japanese" CD-ROM would be a much wiser investment in language learning for around the same price.

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3.0 out of 5 stars progressive but uncomplete method for beginners
This Barron's method contains 10 audio Cds and Beginning japanese vol 1 (lessons 1-20) by Eleanor Harz Jorden.The 10 Cds are the recordings of the book's dialogs. Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. Boueyguet

5.0 out of 5 stars Dated, it's true-but still the best available.
It took me six months, studying about six hours per week, to finish this course, and I am very pleased with it. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Gordon Trunk

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful component of an overall curriculum
I think the biggest gripe that I can glean from the other reviewers is that this product isn't an all-in-one quick-fix solution for the problem of attaining some level of japanese... Read more
Published on December 12, 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars On cover "... write it read it" but book inside says...
I bought this book through another retailer...I wish I could get a refund but it is opened media. The title clearly says "Mastering Japanese, Hear it, Speak it, Write it, Read it"... Read more
Published on April 23, 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Great audio but book is satisfactory
I've read many bad reviews for this product from people with no patients. I've lived in Japan for 3 years. Read more
Published on May 25, 2001 by lpmnak

1.0 out of 5 stars Misleadingly titled
I had seen a sealed copy of this in a bookstore, and decided to purchase it (much cheaper from amazon.com than available locally). Read more
Published on April 19, 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars All that I hoped for
For a difficult language to learn, this beginning course based on the Yale University curriculum is designed only for those who seriously want to practice the grammar and vocab of... Read more
Published on February 24, 1998 by rmcgehee@delta.com

1.0 out of 5 stars Unpleasantly suprised by bait-and-switch
The package says, "this comprehensive book/compact disc program will help you develop total fluency", implying that this is a complete course in the Japanese language... Read more
Published on February 6, 1998 by keithlb@execpc.com

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