The Pimsleur Method?
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The7thSamurai
Master of the Universe
- 4 Feb 2005
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I used it all the way to the end. It was good but I didn't really learn much. Far better to get a good text book and a teacher IMO. Also, Pimsleur is really bad for:
1) listening practice, since it's all translating from English to Japanese, you rarely have to listen out for "unexpected" phrases;
2) writing, as it's all listening and speaking. Although by the end I did learn the kanas and some kanji and began writing down each sentence in a notebook to practice my writing.
1) listening practice, since it's all translating from English to Japanese, you rarely have to listen out for "unexpected" phrases;
2) writing, as it's all listening and speaking. Although by the end I did learn the kanas and some kanji and began writing down each sentence in a notebook to practice my writing.
The7thSamurai
Master of the Universe
- 4 Feb 2005
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Yeah pretty good. I've only used the first Kanji book and it has REALLY helped me remember everything. I highly recommend it. (Although I don't know about the hiragana/katakana book)
I'd suggest JapaneseFromZero.com: Learn Japanese online! 5 Japanese courses and 500 video lessons. - they're pretty good.
You can check out some of their shows:
video.google.com/videosearch?q=george+and+keiko
I like the one titled "Techniques to impress your Japanese friends" or something like that. The そう思いたいけど。。。 is pretty useful. =)
You can check out some of their shows:
video.google.com/videosearch?q=george+and+keiko
I like the one titled "Techniques to impress your Japanese friends" or something like that. The そう思いたいけど。。。 is pretty useful. =)
Glenn
一切皆苦
- 8 Jan 2004
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MWThomas said:
Yeah, but just remember that they're only an introduction to the kanji. However, if you get through the second book you should be on pretty solid ground; any new meanings or usages for kanji you can pick up fairly easily once you have the writing, reading, and one meaning for them. Oh, and remember to study vocab, too. Just knowing kanji won't make you fluent, especially when you come across a word like 切手 or 取っ手.
Thats what they say you need for JLPT 1, anyway. I wouldn't worry about the number of words you need to be fluent at all though.The7thSamurai
Master of the Universe
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moofs said:
Hey Moofs, those videos were awesome!! Where can I get some more info on YesJapan? I visited their website but I wanna see some unbiased info.
cheapshot
後輩
- 30 Nov 2004
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pimsluer was my introduction to the language. Pimsluer was especially useful to me as a self-studying student because it is the spoken language. something that a textbook can never teach (fully). Since moving to japan in august, i hear some of my english speaking colleagues, and i personally think their pronounciation is quite bad compared to my own. i thank pimsluer for the repition and training of the pronunciation.
Ben W Bell
先輩
- 13 Sep 2004
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Pimsleur is pretty good, but it is only spoken language and isn't to be used in isolation. You need to supplement Pimsleur with other forms of learning, books, kana practice and the like. I have a tutor I see once a week but I still use my Pimsleur to expand my knowledge and get some additional practice.
Pimsleur doesn't just do repetition, they will come back many lessons after teaching you something and prompt you to recall it. They ask you to come up with sentences they have never said based on your knowledge so far which is much more useful than the simple repetition method many language courses use.
Pimsleur doesn't just do repetition, they will come back many lessons after teaching you something and prompt you to recall it. They ask you to come up with sentences they have never said based on your knowledge so far which is much more useful than the simple repetition method many language courses use.
acquiredtarget
Um...okay
- 27 Sep 2004
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Is this the $200+ Pimsleur set or the cheaper set?
