Basic Japanese Complete Course: Cassette/Book Package (LL(R) Complete Basic Courses)

By Living Language

Offers instruction in the basics of Japanese grammar and conversation and includes a supplemental coursebook and a Japanese-English/English-Japanese dictionary. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609602780
• ISBN13: 9780609602782
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Living Language
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 4.5" x 2.5"

Customer Reviews

Japanese Language - Good book

The Japanese complete course as exceptionally good value. Well written, great audio and a dictionary to complete the needs of a beginner. I would recommend this course as a great starter kit for anyone wanting to learn the basics of the Japanese language.

Very comprehensive, easy to use, great buy!

After sapping the available free resources on the internet and gaining little from the experience (except the ability to count to 10 and ask where the restroom is,) I decided to buy a few coursebooks to aid my studies. This course stood out, and I highly recommend it. The tapes can become dry and somewhat boring, but if you break your study times into short, reasonable blocks, it should not be an issue. It teaches you a vast amount in a very short time, and should effectively aid anyone in their study of Japanese. (NOTE: Its focus is on conversational Japanese, opposed to written. For that purpose I would suggest "Easy Hiragana", "Easy Katakana", and "Easy Kanji" by Fujihiko Kaneda, et al.)

A refreshing, easy to understand kit

What a helpful little kit this is! Ever since I started teaching myself Japanese about two years ago, I've been looking for a tool that would help me to "get" this language, because Japanese IS a difficult second language to learn. This kit provides great words to build your vocabulary with, explains the gramatical structure, and provides a few more helpful little tips(like how to address a letter in Japanese). Truly a must-read for beginers and veterans alike!

You must study

I purchased this book and have gone through every page. I didn't think about reviewing it, until I realized my own ability in another language. First, there is a lot of material in this package. The Cd's are worth the money, no question. The workbook though, all by itself is the best aid i've seen in hepling you to learn. I try to keep this with me at all times for standing in line etc., but usually my hands are way to full in some places. Most language texts are convuluted and distorted and actually interfere with the process. I enjoyed this very much. What more can you say about a text book?

Quality Conversational Japanese Course with Recordings

The living language course provides a book with clear explanations, a dictionary and a CD (or cassette) featuring native Japanese speakers who demonstrate correct phrasing and pronounciation. The book and CD are well integrated. Clear explanations of basic sentence structure and usage are provided. The course only teaches spoken Japanese. The course relies heavily on phrase construction (as opposed to sentence construction) which is acceptable because spoken Japanese makes heavy use of phrases.The course is high quality, but should be combined with other teaching materials which provide conversational dialog such as the AMR Japanese Module 1 series. The two work together well.