El Durango wrote:
> Rosetta Stone Japanese Level 1 & 2 Personal Edition is listed at $300+
> dollars and I was wondering if anyone had used it before and if they can
> comment on it.
>
> I know the best thing for learning japanese is to go to the country or hire
> an instructor to teach you, but I'll guess that those 2 options will be more
> expensive.
> I just need to know if this is worth the $300 or not and I am serious about
> learning the language.
>
> Thank you for any help.
>
>
I used it, and will give it a mixed review. The quiz technique is easy
to cheat with, and you have to make concious effort to learn Japanese
instead of learning how to pass the quiz. You should be prepared to
attack each lesson with a set of drills not called out in the course
(like going back over each section when you are done, and actually
reviewing each sentence and parsing it out). The speakers in the
advanced course are too slow, and make the advanced course less useful
than the first.
All told, I am glad I used it. The vocabulary I learned from it sticks
with me well, and it helped my listening comprehension considerably.
KWW
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