Customer Reviews
Simply Wonderful - By: Liz Parry, 24 Oct 2006 
Forget pages of grammar & lists of verbs. This book does what it says - Teach Yourself Japanese Conversation! Its got lively, fun dialogues & these are realistic ones that you might actually use. Haven't yet get onto cd3, but am enjoying this course very much so far. I give it five stars.
Great way to learn the devil's language - By: Jamie Dunn, 31 Aug 2006 Great cd japanese course. Introduces the listener to japanese conversationin a logical & entertaining manner. I like the pace & the style but I do agree with the earlier reviewer though that the publisher should have left longer pauses for one to repeat should be longer - get tired of diving for the pause button all the time. A minor complaint though. I've used Helen Gilhooly's Teach Yourself Japanese script before to read & write japanese, & she's obviously a great teacher. I recommend this course highly.
Fantastic! - By: Pat, 21 Aug 2006 This is an excellent cd course which takes one from the basics to a high level of japanese without meaningless & complicated grammar exercises. I thoughly recommend it! Subarashi!
A cracker ! - By: phil j, 31 Jul 2006 
I don't understand the negativity of the previous reviewer. i think this cd is fantastic. I don't have time to sit & study from a book but have been playing the cdsin my car on my way to & from work & on business trips. I was recently introduced to a Japanese colleague & to my amazement found myself being able to have a conversatuionin Japanese & its all thanks to this course! I recommend it as a good balance between conversations & english guidance & advice. too much japanese at first would have put me off!
Not enough Japanese - By: Paul Tomlinson, 19 Mar 2006 
I don't agree with the synopsis that this is also for more advanced learners. I am still a beginner but this was like going back to kindergaren - perhaps because of the narrator's "Listen with Mother" style. I have only done disc one but there is very little Japanese - a few simple dialogues which are done to death (repeated over & over again) & most of the audio content is a woman speaking English, wasting audio time with a advice about having a go: it is not the end of the world if you make a mistake because most Japanese people will be pleased that you are trying. Well thanks for that useful tip.
