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If you want to learn Japanese, here is some software that may help:
Rosetta Stone Released: 2008-06-16 CD-ROM (Pc) Mac OS X/Windows XP
 | List Price: $499.00 Lowest New Price: $449.10 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 14:37 Pacific 3 Jul 2009 More Info)
Click Here | - Rosetta Stone teaches you a new language naturally, by getting you to think, live and breathe the language
- Rosetta Stone moves forward only when you're ready--you drive the pace, you set the schedule
- Audio Companion lets you take the Rosetta Stone experience anywhere: in the car, at the gym, or on-the-go
Product Description: Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin America) Levels 1, 2&3 you connect with the world around you. With level one you begin learning fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure, from greetings and introductions to simple questions and their answers. Gain the confidence and enter the intermediate level where you will be able to talk about your environment; give and get directions, tell time, dine out with self-reliance, shop and enjoy basic social interactions. Taking what you¿ve learned in Levels 1 and 2, we help you reach an advanced level of competence. This competence allows you to connect with the world around you. You will learn to share your ideas and opinions, express your feelings and talk about everyday life; your work, current events and much more. Now Rosetta Stone with Audio Companion allows the learner to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go! What is Audio Companion? Audio Companion CDs are activities that correspond to the Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. The learner can listen to Audio Companion and practice what they¿ve been learning on the computer, turning travel time into productive language learning time. Audio Companion lets the student access the power of Rosetta Stone lessons whenever and wherever they want, they can play the CD¿s on a stereo, or download them to a MP3 player. It empowers the student and helps reinforce the lessons in any busy lifestyle! |
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Rosetta Stone Released: 2008-06-16 CD-ROM (Pc) Windows XP/Windows 2000
 | List Price: $259.00 Lowest New Price: $233.10 Lowest Used Price: $315.76 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 14:37 Pacific 3 Jul 2009 More Info)
Click Here | - Rosetta Stone teaches you a new language naturally, by getting you to think, live and breathe the language
- Rosetta Stone moves forward only when you're ready--you drive the pace, you set the schedule
- Audio Companion lets you take the Rosetta Stone experience anywhere: in the car, at the gym, or on-the-go
Product Description: Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone Japanese Level 1 with Audio Companion includes everything you need to begin learning a new language¿from grammar and vocabulary to basic sentence structure. It¿s the foundation upon which your language-learning journey begins. Gain the confidence to master basic conversational skills, including greetings and introductions, simple questions and answers, shopping and much more. Now Rosetta Stone with Audio Companion allows the learner to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go! What is Audio Companion? Audio Companion CDs are activities that correspond to the Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. The learner can listen to Audio Companion and practice what they¿ve been learning on the computer, turning travel time into productive language learning time. Audio Companion lets the student access the power of Rosetta Stone lessons whenever and wherever they want, they can play the CD¿s on a stereo, or download them to a MP3 player. It empowers the student and helps reinforce the lessons in any busy lifestyle! |
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Rosetta Stone Released: 2008-06-16 CD-ROM (Mac) Windows XP/Mac OS X
 | List Price: $399.00 Lowest New Price: $359.10 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 14:37 Pacific 3 Jul 2009 More Info)
Click Here | - Rosetta Stone teaches you a new language naturally, by getting you to think, live and breathe the language
- Rosetta Stone moves forward only when you're ready--you drive the pace, you set the schedule
- Audio Companion lets you take the Rosetta Stone experience anywhere: in the car, at the gym, or on-the-go
Product Description: Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone Japanese Levels 1&2 with Audio Companion you build a foundation and navigate your surroundings. Begin learning fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure, from greetings and introductions to simple questions and their answers. Gain the confidence and enter the intermediate level where you will be able to talk about your environment; give and get directions, tell time, dine out with self-reliance, shop, enjoy basic social interactions and much more. Now Rosetta Stone with Audio Companion allows the learner to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go! What is Audio Companion? Audio Companion CDs are activities that correspond to the Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. The learner can listen to Audio Companion and practice what they¿ve been learning on the computer, turning travel time into productive language learning time. Audio Companion lets the student access the power of Rosetta Stone lessons whenever and wherever they want, they can play the CD¿s on a stereo, or download them to a MP3 player. It empowers the student and helps reinforce the lessons in any busy lifestyle! |
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Rosetta Stone Released: 2008-06-16 CD-ROM (Mac) Windows Vista/Windows XP
 | List Price: $299.00 Lowest New Price: $269.10 Lowest Used Price: $362.82 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 14:37 Pacific 3 Jul 2009 More Info)
Click Here | - Rosetta Stone teaches you a new language naturally, by getting you to think, live and breathe the language
- Rosetta Stone moves forward only when you're ready--you drive the pace, you set the schedule
- Audio Companion lets you take the Rosetta Stone experience anywhere: in the car, at the gym, or on-the-go
Product Description: Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone Japanese Level 3 with Audio Companion is our most advanced language-learning program. The software builds on language fundamentals and conversational skills. Taking what you¿ve learned in Levels 1 and 2, we help you reach an advanced level of competence. This competence allows you to connect with the world around you. You will learn to share your ideas and opinions, express your feelings and talk about everyday life; your work, current events and much more. Now Rosetta Stone with Audio Companion allows the learner to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go! What is Audio Companion? Audio Companion CDs are activities that correspond to the Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. The learner can listen to Audio Companion and practice what they¿ve been learning on the computer, turning travel time into productive language learning time. Audio Companion lets the student access the power of Rosetta Stone lessons whenever and wherever they want, they can play the CD¿s on a stereo, or download them to a MP3 player. It empowers the student and helps reinforce the lessons in any busy lifestyle! |
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Rosetta Stone Released: 2008-06-16 CD-ROM (Mac) Windows Vista/Windows XP
 | List Price: $279.00 Lowest New Price: $251.10 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 14:37 Pacific 3 Jul 2009 More Info)
Click Here | - Rosetta Stone teaches you a new language naturally, by getting you to think, live and breathe the language
- Rosetta Stone moves forward only when you're ready--you drive the pace, you set the schedule
- Audio Companion lets you take the Rosetta Stone experience anywhere: in the car, at the gym, or on-the-go
Product Description: Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone Japanese Level 2 with Audio Companion is for intermediate-level language learners. The software lets you interact and engage. By the time you complete this level, you¿ll be able to talk about your environment, give and get directions, tell the time, dine out and more. Now Rosetta Stone with Audio Companion allows the learner to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go! What is Audio Companion? Audio Companion CDs are activities that correspond to the Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. The learner can listen to Audio Companion and practice what they¿ve been learning on the computer, turning travel time into productive language learning time. Audio Companion lets the student access the power of Rosetta Stone lessons whenever and wherever they want, they can play the CD¿s on a stereo, or download them to a MP3 player. It empowers the student and helps reinforce the lessons in any busy lifestyle! |
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Rosetta Stone CD-ROM (Pc) Windows XP/Windows 2000
 | Lowest New Price: $449.10 (As of 14:37 Pacific 3 Jul 2009 More Info)
Click Here | - Application CD
- Users Guide Parents Guide
- Headset Microphone Included!
Product Description: Rosetta Stone's interactive, immersion-method course has helped thousands of students to easily master a new language. Vivid imagery, native voices, and real-life exercises foster speaking, understanding, reading and writing intuitively from the first exercise to the last, while speech recognition technology provides instant feedback and improved pronunciation. Grammar and spelling components build comprehensive skills, while real-life simulated conversations test fluency. Rosetta Stone students progress independently at their own pace. Parents can choose whether to use a preloaded lesson plan or full-year curriculum track, create their own lessons, or use an alternate program to focus on specific skills such as listening & speaking or reading & writing. Students are tested periodically, automatically advancing as their scores improve through reviewing weaker areas. At the completion of a unit, students complete a "Milestone Activity" in which they must speak into the microphone and participate in a conversation. The built-in reporting tool gives parents the ability to view, print and export student results, including completed exercises, current lesson progress, scores, and time spent learning. New! Rosetta Stone now includes an audio companion CD! Reinforce your language skills anywhere, anytime with audio companion activities that correspond the computer lessons and provide additional conversation practice. Kit Includes: Application CD Language CD Users Guide Parents Guide Keyboard Stickers with letters for target language Headset with Microphone Quick Start Activation Card Audio Companion CDs |
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Here are some web sites to help you learn Japanese:
Here are some books about learning to speak Japanese:
By John Young
University of Hawaii Press Paperback (376 pages)
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By George Trombley
YesJapan Corporation Paperback (296 pages)
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Japanese From Zero! is an innovative and integrated approach to learning Japanese developed by professional Japanese interpreter George Trombley and co-writer Yukari Takenaka. The lessons and techniques used in this series have been taught successfully for over eight years in classrooms throughout the world. Using up-to-date and easy-to-grasp grammar, Japanese From Zero! is the perfect course for current students of Japanese as well as absolute beginners. In Book 1 of the Japanese From Zero! series, readers are taught new grammar concepts, over 800 new words and expressions, and also learn the Hiragana writing system. Features of Book 1: * Integrated Workbook with Answer Key * Over 800 New Words and Expressions * Learn to Read and Write Hiragana * Easy-to-Understand Example Dialogues * Culture Points about Japan * Bilingual Glossaries with Kana and Romaji ...and much more!
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By Pimsleur
Pimsleur Audio CD
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Click Here | Product Description: This Basic program contains 5 hours of audio-only, effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions.HEAR IT, LEARN IT, SPEAK IT®What is the Pimsleur® difference? The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of Japanese structure without tedious drills. Learning to speak Japanese can actually be enjoyable and rewarding. The key reason most people struggle with new languages is that they aren't given proper instruction, only bits and pieces of a language. Other language programs sell only pieces -- dictionaries; grammar books and instructions; lists of hundreds or thousands of words and definitions; audios containing useless drills. They leave it to you to assemble these pieces as you try to speak. Pimsleur enables you to spend your time learning to speak the language rather than just studying its parts. When you were learning English, could you speak before you knew how to conjugate verbs? Of course you could. That same learning process is what Pimsleur replicates. Pimsleur presents the whole language as one integrated piece so you can succeed. With Pimsleur you get: - Grammar and vocabulary taught together in everyday conversation,
- Interactive audio-only instruction that teaches spoken language organically,
- The flexibility to learn anytime, anywhere,
- 30-minute lessons designed to optimize the amount of language you can learn in one sitting.
Millions of people have used Pimsleur to gain real conversational skills in new languages quickly and easily, wherever and whenever -- without textbooks, written exercises, or drills. The 10 lessons in the Basic Japanese are the same as the first 10 lessons in the Pimsleur Comprehensive Japanese Level 1. The 10 lessons in Basic Japanese are also the first 10 lessons in the 16-lesson Conversational Japanese edition. Pimsleur learners progress from either the Basic or the Conversational to the Comprehensive Level 1, and not from Basic to Conversational edition. |
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By Yasuko Kosaka Mitamura
Kodansha International Paperback (72 pages)
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Click Here | Product Description: There are three types of Japanese script--katakana, hiragana, and kanji. It is possible to read Japanese knowing only a limited number of kanji, but it is not possible with only a limited number of katakana or hiragana--one must know all of them. Let's Learn Hiragana, and its companion volume Let's Learn Katakana, is a textbook that introduces the learner to the basics of one of these fundamental Japanese scripts. Being a workbook, it contains all the exercises that allow the student to master hiragana by the time the book has been finished. Let's Learn Hiragana is a classic in the field, and the huge number of students that have used it successfully is a sign of its preeminence as a self-study guide. |
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By Tazuko Inui
Master Communications Paperback (32 pages; 1)
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By Henry N. Raymond
Penton Overseas Audio CD
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Click Here | Product Description: Our best-selling audio language-learning program provides comprehensive grammar and vocabulary to beginners and advanced students, offering guidance in pronunciation in addition to language fundamentals. Updated for the 21st century and re-recorded with fresh voiceovers, Learn In Your Car includes terminology for cell phones, computers and the Internet, as well as contemporary currencies and usages. Listeners learn pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar of a new language without the need of a textbook: Level 1: Key words and phrases, basic grammar skills, emphasizes travel needs; Level 2: Expands vocabulary, new grammar concepts, more day-to-day activities; Level 3: Broadens vocabulary base, more advanced grammar skills, enriches conversational ability. 9 hours of audio on 9 compact discs, 3 booklets with recorded text for reference & grammar notes, Zippered CD Wallet, Travelogue DVD. |
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By Ryan McDonald
Trafford Publishing Released: 2006-07-06 Paperback (166 pages)
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Click Here | Product Description: Learning any second language is difficult, but Japanese has to be one of the more difficult ones to master. On top of the 3 writing systems, one of which has almost 2,000 characters, you still have all the regular components of a language such as verbs, adjectives, nouns, and grammar. There are several books available now that teach you how to learn the vast Japanese writing systems. There are equally as many books that teach grammar and verb conjugation. But there are few, if any, books that teach fast ways to learn the actual verbs and adjectives. Learning Japanese Verbs and Adjectives Using Memory Mnemonics uses a creative approach to learning words fast, and more importantly, remembering them longer. Memory mnemonics, or triggers, are used to remind your brain where it just recorded some piece of information. Most people can learn most anything fast, but they have trouble with recollection. This book uses triggers that sound like the verb and the meaning. For example, the verb for "to disturb or corrupt" is "midas". How can you remember this and differentiate it from the hundreds of other verbs. Using a memory trigger can make it easier to learn faster and remember longer. One trigger could be to think of King Midas. He was so corrupt with greed he turned everything to gold. So you can remember midas as corrupt King Midas. Learning Japanese Verbs and Adjectives Using Memory Mnemonics contains triggers for 350 verbs and 126 adjectives. Then as a bonus there are trigger suggestions for an additional 102 verbs, that's over 450 verbs. Using this book you can quickly learn Japanese verbs and adjectives and nearly double your communication skill in a very short time. |
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By Listen & Learn
Dover Publications Paperback (66 pages)
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Designed for use with the Dover cassette (99917-3), this 66-page manual is complete in itself and can be used independently to learn the basic words, phrases, and sentences. In addition to greetings and other common expressions, it features a wealth of travel-related terms for buying tickets, asking directions, ordering meals, shopping, and sightseeing.
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By Topics Entertainment
Topics CD-ROM
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Click Here | Product Description: Meetings in Mito? Holiday in Hakone? From Kobe to Kyoto, now you can join the conversation with Instant Immersion Japanese the dynamic audio language learning system on 8 compact discs. Providing effective, progressive instruction in all the basics of structure, syntax and grammar, Instant Immersion Japanese emphasizes the building blocks of proper speech and conversational skill-building, all set to a lively lesson plan of practical Japanese vocabulary. Not a phrase book, not a translation guide, Instant Immersion Japanese is the speedy, sophisticated route to proper Japanese, for all non-native speakers on the go. Follow the audio lesson plan at your own pace! CD 1: Alphabet; Sounds; Pronunciation tips CD 2: Greetings; Introductions; Jobs CD 3: Numbers (1-100); Telephone numbers; Age; Time/hours; Days & months CD 4: Shopping & asking questions; Numbers (100-90,000) CD 5: Family; Addressing family members CD 6: Verbs; Forming sentences CD 7: Finding & following directions; Using the telephone CD 8: Descriptive words relating to weather, sickness, events & friends |
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By Tazuko Inui
Master Communications Paperback (32 pages; 1)
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