Review Pimsluer Japanese: Is It For You?

I just read an article on learning Japanese and Pimsleur Japanese. Kind of appreciation for Pimsleur Japanese. In fact the course is overall quite good and I could have recommend it, had it been a bit cheaper. My only issue was the price tag. If you can get it from someone or find it at some discount store then you can get this to enrich your library. But, for its marked price, I could have bought Rocket Japanese as well as went in for few Japanese lessons at that price tag. You can try pimsleur if you want, however my recommendation is Rocket Japanese.

 

Moreover, I feel that Pimsleur course is now outdated. It does not has the kind of feel that Rocket French gives. There is nothing in name of interactivity. You got to listen to the tapes and learn it. Similarly it does not builds upon your verbal recognition skills. If you have not learnt any second language before you will find it quite hard to learn with audio tapes.

 

The biggest issues that you face with these kind of audio tapes is that you don't have much control.

E.g. if you are trying to learn how to speak - "How are you?" in Japanese.

 

In Japanese this is written as - 御元気ですか? ( I know at first look it looks scary to someone who is just planning to learn Japanese.)

 

With an audio tape you can listen to this once, if you get it its ok (pretty tough) else you will have to go roll back the audio to listen to it again. Now if you are doing it while driving a car, it is not that easy. This is where a modern day package like Rocket French succeeds, you get software for all this. You get software that teaches you how to speak, and you can do it at your pace. So if you don't get it the first time, you simply click the button again to listen to it again.

 

Same thing goes with verbal recognition skills. There are a lot of things that are local to Japan. You don't have their reference in English. You will find it very hard to actually imagine what they are. With rocket Japanese you get to see what the object is and then learn about it.

 

There is actually a lot more to Rocket Japanese. You can read the review on Rocket Japanese out here to get complete grasp on why it scores over all other courses including Pimsleur. I think its only for the orthodox kind, who make their mind without proper research. You should definitely check Rocket Japanese website before you opt for Pimsleur.

Another article on Pimsleur Japanese

Another Article On Pimsleur Japanese. If you want to read my review of Pimsleur Japanese, click this link - http://rocketjapanesetrial.blogspot.com/2007/10/pimsluer-japanese-is-it-for-you.html

 

On the above link you will know exactly why I am not that appreciative of this product

 

Pimsleur Japanese - I Was Skeptical
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Travis_Colter]Travis Colter

I was skeptical when my 16 year old grandson said he wanted to learn to speak Japanese using the Pimsleur Method. The Japanese language with all its characters and different sounds is a hard language for anyone to learn, let alone a 16 year old, teenage boy. My grandson had made the choice to not learn a new language in school and now he wanted to learn Japanese? Yes, I was skeptical. When I was in college, I dropped a Spanish class after a week. So, from my perspective, if I was not motivated in college to learn a relatively easy language like Spanish what was the likelihood of my grandson learning to speak a more complex language like Japanese?

Because he was so adamant about learning the Japanese language, I decided to give him a Pimsleur Japanese Basic course. I was certain that after a couple of lessons he would quickly lose interest. Better yet, I would see if he was really serious and have him pay for the course. It was only about $20.

I was in for a surprise. Three months later, at a family gathering, he said, "Grandpa, I need to buy some more of those Pimsleur Japanese lessons."

Apparently he was enjoying the ease of the Pimsleur Method and had completed the 10 lessons he had purchased and was ready to learn more of the Japanese language. He told me he was interested in Japanese Anime (graphic cartoons) and had developed an interest and motivation to learn Japanese from watching those foreign language cartoons. He said, "With the Pimsleur Japanese language CDs it's easy to learn to speak and understand Japanese."

My grandson had discovered what I already knew...that the Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of Japanese structure without tedious drills. Learning to speak Japanese can actually be enjoyable and rewarding.

Motivation and desire make a difference when learning a foreign language. A teenager may find motivation from watching foreign language cartoons. You may want to make traveling more enjoyable or enhance your knowledge about other countries. You may work with people of diverse nationalities.

Whatever your reason for wanting to learn a foreign language, The Pimsleur Method will enable you to gain real conversational skills in a new language quickly and easily.
You will quickly learn to speak a new language with Pimsleur audio CDs and Downloads. To see our full list of Pimsleur language courses, including Pimsleur Japanese, please visit Pimsleur Method. Pimsleur language courses make it easy to learn on the go. With over 35 languages, find the one that's right for you.

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