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Learn Chinese Now 10.0 | 
 enlarge | From: Transparent Language, Inc.
Category: Software
List Price: $69.95
Buy New: $69.94
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 12833
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows 2000, Windows Nt
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows 2000
UPC: 537000267763
EAN: 0537000267763
ASIN: B000GWXUYA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand new in full retail packaging, but bottom seal was removed in-store. Item has been checked and is still 100% complete, shrinkwrapped and unopened. Official Transparent Language software, exactly as pictured and described. Not a remainder or cheap import. In stock. Buy from a trusted seller. Check our rating.
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| Features:
| • | Learn From Exciting Content and Interactive Activities | | • | Interactive Conversational Practice | | • | MP3 Learning on Your iPod or Other Player. | | • | Big video screen and the before you know it series. |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
* Over 15,000 Words * Hundreds of Useful Phrases * Full Motion "Big Picture" Video * Full Native Speaker Pronunciation * SlowSound to Hear Every Nuance * Advanced Pronunciation Practice * Record, Playback and Compare * Alphabet Reference & Grammar Tutorial * Conversation Practice * Integrated BYKI Vocabulary Software * MP3 Audio for iPods or other players * Personal BYKI list creation (with sound) from 15,000 words * Interactive Games * Video Unscramble * Online Testing * Personal Progress Tracking * Plus Much More! Learn Chinese Now! is a revolutionary language-learning tool based on the proven Transparent Method of learning how to use a language in context through rich multimedia activities. Learn Chinese Now! unites industry-leading tools with authentic, native multimedia content to make learning fast, fun, and effective. Just select one of the interesting articles or stories and click to explore the Chinese language. View Chinese language videos complete with the sites and sounds of real people speaking and interacting in Chinese. Or jump directly into exciting interactive games, pronunciation-improving practice or invigorating conversations. Determine your own learning pace by deciding when you need translation-and when you don't. All the tools you need to quickly master a language are instantly available in Learn Chinese Now!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Chinese forced into a standard language learning framework February 23, 2007
Steven J. Chin (Mountain View, CA USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
It's obvious that Learn Chinese Now 10.0 isn't the 10th version of a Chinese learning software line. Learn ... Now 10.0 appears to be the 10th version of a language framework set up so that they can easily churn out language software for a number of languages (preferably ones with Roman characters.)
In a nutshull, the product is organized as follows - there's one large text file with a decent amount of sentences in pinyin (romanization) used to demonstrate usage of common words. (Chinese characters aren't used as all in the main program.) You can listen to the text read in Chinese or click on the words to get an English translation. While this approach may be OK in building your vocabulary after you've studied Chinese for a while, it is definitely not for beginners (like me) and useless if you want to learn Chinese characters.
A better alternative I've found is Power Chinese (which also happens to be by Transparent Language). It is organized like an actual class, going step by step explaining Chinese grammar, tones and best of all, breaking down the drawing of Chinese characters so that you can understand what the pictures represent. Personally, I think Transparent Language should drop the Learn Chinese Now product line and instead focus on upgrading the Power Chinese line (which does look a little dated graphically).
The one positive feature of Learn Chinese Now is the Before You Know It (BYKI) program, included on the CD. It's a decent flash card program to help you learn vocabulary through several different exercises. (Unlike the main program, BYKI also has half of the words in actual Chinese characters.) BYKI also comes with a handy PocketPC app so that you can learn your vocabulary on the go. I've ended up using this app much more than the main program itself.
 Superb... August 23, 2006
Benjamin Haag (Washington, DC)
1 out of 20 found this review helpful
...the only problem is, every time I listen to it I feel like listening to it again an hour later...
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