Great for new vocab, questionable for oral practice
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“This podcast is a great resourece for learning new and practical vocabulary. Furthermore, there is ample written material on their website including Kanji and Kana that prompted me to quickly purchase a membership to get all of their podcasts. As I use the program more, however, I do have a complaint: not enough room for practice.
It seems that (at least in the beginning levels) I must listen to a 10 minute lesson to hear 9 minutes of English and 1 minute of new vocabulary in Japanese. I would really like a track that prompts the listener to interact and respond to phrases in mock conversations (the Pimsleur program does this, which I really like). This oral practice would really help me solidify the new Japanese that I learn.
For me, I'm mostly using this in the car and on my iPod so without the interactive element in the audio lessons, I'm unsure if I will continue with the program. All other elements and resources of this podcast and their website, however, are exceptional.”Read full review »
Rogiier via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/16/09
“This podcast has been so very helpful in preparing for our upcoming trip to Japan. I am taking my two teenage boys to Japan for 3 weeks and although my japanese is pretty rusty, I feel pretty confident about it now. I've downloaded all the episodes into my ipod and have been listening...”Read full review »
ikimashoo via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/09/06
“One word to sum up this podcast. Great show, I listen everyday. Very helpful for understanding the Japanese language. All I need to do now is go back to Japan and put it to good use. I'm sure I can find somewhere here in Los Angeles to use the new language I am learning.”Read full review »
Itchydragon via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/24/06