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Instant Immersion Japanese Deluxe v3.0 | 
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| From: Topics Entertainment
Category: Software
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $29.86
You Save: $20.13 (40%)
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 2710
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Deluxe
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.4 x 2.4
MPN: 80953
Model: 80953
UPC: 781735809532
EAN: 0781735809532
ASIN: B0011DKCTO
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Includes - 1 Language Program DVD-ROM, 1 Interactive Video DVD, 1 Who is Oscar Lake? Software CD-ROM, and 5 Audio Instruction CDs | | • | The quickest way to learn a language, guaranteed | | • | The world's most popular language system |
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Product Description
Your passport to language fluency!Let the latest linguistic features and user-friendly interface of this comprehensive software suite help you set the pace to language fluency. With over 300 hours of progressive instruction and over 20 engrossing games and activities, this program is ideal for travelers, families, business people and students.Developed by international linguistic and language experts, each program is strategically designed to meet specific language learner goals and different educational styles. With the help of a complete learning system, Instant Immersion Deluxe v3.0 will help you achieve your goals in record time. Instant Immersion Deluxe v3.0 features instruction in ALL essential skills, including vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, reading and writing. The unique Spoken Error Tracking System (S.E.T.S. ) detects pronunciation errors and offers playback of corrected speech. You can also take your learning on-the-go! Learn on the move with the added comprehensive audio curriculum on 5 audio CD s developed by leading university language instructors.Added Bonus features include an interactive Eurotalk language learning DVD and the interactive mystery game Who is Oscar Lake? - The Ultimate Language Learning Game.With over 300 hours of instruction on DVD-Rom + interactive DVD + interactive CD-Rom & 5 audio CD s, Instant Immersion Deluxe v3.0 contains everything you need to get the most from your next business trip, vacation, or wherever your travels take you.* The world s most popular language system with over 20 million units sold worldwide.** 100% Customer Satisfaction with 60-Day Money Back Guarantee refer to box for details.
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| Customer Reviews:
 This is not an end-all solution, but it is an excellent supplemental tool. August 8, 2008
D. Glaser (The Dark Side Of The Moon)
This program is not for those who have never had any exposure to Japanese, but it has many useful tools. It is as effective as its competition, and the price is thus that you don't need to re-mortgage your house, sell your car, and sell several gallons of blood to own the program. It is reasonably priced, and has good supplements. (There is no Arthur Lake program with this set, because there is no version of that for this language, or at least mine did not come with any such software). It is not for absolute beginners, but with some basic experience, this will give you a passing understanding and ability to communicate.
 Fastest fluency guaranteed, my butt August 7, 2008
Stacy Harada (Honolulu, Hawaii United States)
Awful waste of my time and money, redeemed only somewhat by the audio CDs.
Aside from the audio CDs, there is no straightforward teaching method. There are a plethora of exercises to choose from on the computer program, but that's it: the program is basically just quizzing you on what Japanese you already know. That might be fine if it was compounded with the audio CDs so you choose your responses based on how they sound, except on the computer program and DVD, it's mostly visual, which means that if you don't already know any kanji, you're totally screwed. There is no prior explanation to what the characters mean or what they sound like. If you don't know any written Japanese, prepare to fumble and guess your way through the exercises. Even if you get the questions right, who cares? You're not learning anything since it doesn't even tell you what it is you just answered.
The program doesn't teach you how to speak Japanese so much as it tries to get you to memorize certain fixed patterns, without breaking the sentences down to tell you word-for-word what it is you're saying. And so once again, unless you already know Japanese, you're not learning anything. It's okay if you just want to reinforce what you already know, but even then there are much better programs out there that will actually go over Japanese language instead of asking the same fixed phrases over and over.
The audio CDs, as I mentioned, are actually decent, for the very reasons why the computer program and DVD are not: they don't require prior knowledge of Japanese, they go over sentence patterns and structures, they introduce beginners slowly and with a straightforward teaching plan, and they cover basic vocabulary that beginners will need to know. Whether those audio CDs are worth the $30+ of the full program is up to you. I personally think there are better options out there.
Confusing. Pass this one up. July 24, 2008
etacarinae (Southern California)
Even with a full installation, you still have to run this software off the CD. The program is hard to follow and many of the exercises are just a waste of time. Romanji (ABCs) is used to facilitate pronunciation, but it is not consistent. For instance, the first time numbers are introduced, only the digits appear - there is no pronunciation guide. There is no attempt to actually teach Kana (Japanese characters.) The only reason I gave it more than one star is the Japanese pronunciation is helpful.
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