Re: Newbie looking for advice

From: Zach (fdjfdj_at_gfjsfj.net)
Date: 10/29/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:14:49 -0400

"mirror" <mailto@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:34:45 -0400, "FDSf" <fdjfdj@gfjsfj.net>
> wrote:
>>I've been trying to learn some basic Japanese on and off for a couple
>>years
>>without motivation, but over the last month I completed the first 30
>>lessons
>>of Pimsleur Japanese lessons and wish to continue my education with the
>>next
>>two sets. In addition to those, however, I'm looking for a good (textbook)
>>learning system, possibly one that works between textbook and CDs, that
>>either isn't too expensive or that I could obtain MP3s of from a P2P
>>network.
>
> These will definitely get you speaking...
>
> Japanese: The Spoken Language, part 1 (lessons 1-12)
> Eleanor Harz Jorden, Mari Noda (contributor)
> Yale, October 1987
> ISBN: 0-3000-3834-8 <==
>
> Japanese: The Spoken Language, part 2 (lessons 13-24)
> Eleanor Harz Jorden
> Yale, June 1988
> ISBN: 0-3000-4188-8 <==
>
> Japanese: The Spoken Language, part 3 (lessons 25-30)
> Eleanor Harz Jorden
> Yale, June 1990
> ISBN: 0-3000-4191-8 <==
>
> Get the audio on MP3 here...
> ftp://streaming-ftp.it.ohio-state.edu/audio/jpn09su03/
>
> To learn the basics of writing, get...
> Reading Japanese
> Eleanor Harz Jorden
> Yale University Press, June 1, 1976
> ISBN: 0-3000-1913-0
> (Cheap, boring, very effective.)
>
> I think Pimsleur Japanese is fine for pronunciation, intonation,
> and rhythm but is mainly a glorified phasebook. It'll get you
> ordering in a sushi bar. Pimsleur Japanese often appears here...
> alt.binaries.world-languages
> alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.spoken-word

I decided to start with Pimsleur because I like the more "natural" approach:
picking up the language as if you were a kid absorbing your native tongue,
then afterwards learning the mechanics and grammatical rules.

Japanese: The Spoken Language... what kind of approach does this use? Is it
written in kana or romaji? I can't find much info on it via Google-search...

 Zach.

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