YesJapan.com

[SourceC0de]

I was considering using yesjapan.com

Has anyone here used this website and can tell me anything about it from a users point of view verses a salesman's view?

Things like how well it's organized, grammar coverage, and perhaps the level of japanese you could achieve using this site.

Domo arigatou gozaimasu ... in advance.

 

[shikyo]

I tried this site for a month or so, I ended up only downloading the videos (that's why I registered). One really good feature is teacher-student question and an accompanying database with all answered questions. Also their lessons looked pretty good, even though I didn't come around to using them. I unregistered after one month because of the download limit on 5 movies/week, which was way too little concidering the price.
Also, their lessons are divided into 5 parts which consist of like 15 lessons each. The structure seems to be similar to that of a normal text book, some glossary, grammar, examples and a dialogue. Every word came with listening possibilites though, which was good. I think (if I remember correctly) they ranked the parts themselfes: part1&2: beginner, part3&4:intermediate, part5:advanced, but as I said I never used any lessons.

Hope that gave you some insight at least .

 

[SourceC0de]

I found out they are running a free 7-day trial, so I'm trying it out right now. I agree with what you said. It is similar to a normal japanese book. However I do like that you can click on any new words you learn to hear them in a couple different voices, and put words in a Log for those you might have more difficulty with, so you can go to them whenever you want.

Also I love the progression method, using what you learn all the way, including kanji (I skipped ahead to the end ) I don't know if I would call this site advanced japanese, but perhaps extreme beginner to intermediate, perhaps?

I'll copy in a few details of YesJapan.com for anyone else who is curious about this site.

PROGRESSIVE LEARNING
The goal of YesJapan.com is to help you both read and write Japanese.

Students may choose at any time to view their lessons in different formats.
* Romaji - All Japanese words are spelled in Roman (ABC) letters
* Progressive - Replaces text with Japanese characters that you learn in each lesson
* Hiragana Only - Uses the Japanese alphabet for native Japanese words
* Hiragana / Katakana - Uses the Japanese alphabet for Japanese and foreign words
* Kanji + - Uses advanced symbols (Kanji) in addition to Hiragana/Katakana
The default setting for all new members is Progressive.

Ask-a-Teacher questions may be submitted by any user from within the lessons. You will be able to see your answer by clicking the My Questions link on the Help page.

Ask-a-Student questions may be submitted at any time from the Help page.

YesJapan.com has over 10,000 sound files to help you learn by listening as well as reading. By clicking on the button, you can hear how each word is pronounced.

YesJapan.com's unique Japanese-discussion video shows may be downloaded at any time from our Video page. Shows typically run 15-30 minutes and are available in WMV (Windows) and MP4 (Quicktime/iPod) formats

*156 Videos Total as of today
*About 6-8 Interactive Games.
*Forum
*And like shikyo said, the lessons are in 5 parts with about 13-15 lessons each.
*The videos cost about 3 credits each

 

[Damicci]

It's a very entertaining site and lots of info, but not worth paying for in my opinion. I was a member for a few months then cancelled my account.