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Learn in your Car - Japanese The Complete Language Course More Japanese Language Learning click here Learn in your Car - Japanese - The Complete Language Course Brand New - 9 CDs and 3 Books Simple yet effective LEARN IN YOUR CAR Japanese teaches key words first then builds grammar and new vocabulary into sentences. Your ability to comprehend and converse is developed within an amazingly short period of time. You will rapidly join the millions of people who can arrange hotels order in restaurants change money and feel more at home when traveling abroad or communicating with strangers. This audio course is economical easy to use while driving walking or working around your home. The audio was prepared by dialect-free professionals and includes grammar basics learned through recorded examples. This course includes a total of 9 h more information.....

Instant Immersion Japanese 8 Audio CDs - play in your car - portable CD player - or at home - (they are not computer software) More Japanese Language Learning click here Instant Immersion Japanese 8 Audio CDs - Learn to speak Japanese Brand New (still shrink wrapped): . 8 CDs Millions of people worldwide have discovered the value of Instant Immersion™ the most effective program available for learning to speak a foreign language quickly. Based on the highly effective Euro Method™ (an intuitive approach that surrounds you with native speakers and a new culture) New and Improved! Instant Immersion™ Japanese provides authentic dialogue and traditional settings that immerse you in the Japanese language and lifestyle. Written and developed by university professors and linguistic experts each lesson in this 8-CD suite utilizes the sam more here.....

Pimsleur Comprehensive Japanese Level 2 Get other Pimsleur Comprehensive Japanese click here Get other Japanese Language audio click here Comprehensive Japanese II includes 30 additional lessons (16 hrs.) which build upon the language skills acquired in Level I. Increased spoken language ability. Also includes a Culture Booklet Level II will double your vocabulary and grammatical structures while increasing your spoken proficiency exponentially. Upon completion of a Level II you will be able to: * engage in fuller conversations involving yourself your family daily activities interests and personal preferences * combine known elements into increasingly longer sentences and strings of sentences * create with language and function in informal situations * deal with concrete topics in the past present and future * meet social demands and limited job requirements. Note: In order for the Pimsleur Method to work correctly you must first complete the Level I language program before proceeding to the Level II languag more.....

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Drive Time Japanese 4 Audio CDs and reference guide More Japanese Language Learning click here Drive Time Japanese 4 Audio CDs and Reference Guide - Learn to speak Japanese Brand New (still shrink wrapped): 4 CDs Now anyone can learn a foreign language while commuting to work running errands or even taking a trip with the family. The new all-audio Drive Time series starts with an ingenious "On-Ramp" CD that eases language learners into Spanish French Italian German or Japanese with simple practical expressions and engaging warm-up exercises. Three additional CDs contain 18 lessons that cover all of the essentials-vocabulary pronunciation grammar and basic conversation. Drive Time also includes a 64-page reference guide for anyone who would like to see spellings or read dialogues as a review-from the passenger seat of course! About the Japanese La more information.....

Pimsleur Express Japanese What to know before you go! Get Other Japanese Audio Language Learning click here Pimsleur Express Japanese - Audio CD Brand New : 1 CDs The PIMSLEUR EXPRESS audio program features eleven real-life interactive conversations. You hear Japanese as it is used in everyday speech. You get the background you need for success and survival on your trip. In addition the CD provides a complete Pimsleur Japanese lesson that will have you speaking and understanding Japanese from the very first day. Also included is a Booklet which contains the conversations with translations so you can follow along with the speakers; and a handy Pocket Express Phrase Card to carry with you on your travels. Situations You Can Master with PIMSLEUR EXPRESS: Landing at the Airport In front of the Tokyo Tower At a Ryokan- A Traditional Inn At the Emergency Rooms Lost and found at a Subway station At Customs Shoppimg At a Department Store At the Hotel Breakfast At the Post Office About the Japanese Language Michae more here.....

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Japanese for Dummies 3 Audio CDs and reference Booklet Get Other Japanese language learning Audio click here Japanese for Dummies 3 Audio Cds and Booklet - Learn to Speak Japanese Brand New : 3 Audio CDs and Booklet The fun and easy way to communicate effectively in a new language! Want to speak japanese? Don't have a lot of time? This practical audio set is designed to help you learn quickly and easily at home or on the road. From basic greetings and expressions to grammar and conversations you'll grasp the essentials and start communicating right away! Plus you can follow along with the handy 96-page portable guide — filled with the words and phrases you'll hear on the CDs plus a mini-dictionary. Skip around and learn at your own pace CD1: Get started with basic words and phrases. CD 2: Form sentences and practice parts of speech. CD 3: Handle real-world situations. Discover how to: * Handle greetings and introductions * Ask questions and understand answers * Build your vocabulary * Talk about numbers time and the calendar * Ask for directions Includes all Audio Files in mp3 formats as well as CD format - so you can copy th click here.....

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Human Beings have long had an oral tradition. We used to sit around the campfire listening to stories. Children love having stories read to them. Talking Books are in that oral tradition. More than that you can listen to talking books when you are doing something else. Many people get terribly car sick (well car sick, bus sick, plane sick...any kind of motion sick), and for them there is no way to read a book while in a car or a bus (or anything moving). A talking book is fantastic on along car/bus/plane/boat journey. The time flies as you are taken away on an imaginary journey that is just like reading (except you can keep you eyes closed)

Talking Books are great when you are doing boring things. When you do the vacuuming, cleaning the house .... Take a talking book while you do the gardening, taking a walk ..

Talking Books are great for children on long car trips, boys (its usually boys) who don't like to read - get them to listen to an adventure Talking Book and they will be hooked. - Good for older people with failing eyesight. Sitting in hospital, or recuperating from an illness can be much more enjoyable listening to a Talking Book.

Truck Drivers and other long distance drivers often use Talking Books for fatigue management. Its a great way to keep you alert and attentive on a long drive.

Talking Books can give you a different perspective.

For example listening to an Talking Book Bible can be totally different to reading the Bible. Some Bible Talking Books are voiced with multiple actors voices giving the Bible a theatrical feeling. Some other Talking Books have been recorded with multiple voices - BBC Lord of the Rings, the Star Wars Trilogy, the New "Dune" AudioBook. These Talking Books become more like movie versions of books than standard Audio Books.

Learning new things with Talking Books

There are many Business Talking Books , talking books that allow you listen to great business ideas while you are driving around to appointments. Talking Books like Psychology of Selling, Freakonomics and Buffetology. There are some great History Talking Books titles as well. Stephen Ambrose Band of Brothers , John M Barry The Great Influenza, Bill Bryson - A Short History of nearly Everything.

About the Japanese Language

Japanese is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is related to the Ryukyuan languages. There may exist relationships with other languages, but they have still remained undemonstrated. It is an agglutinative language and is distinguished by a complex system of honorifics reflecting the hierarchical nature of Japanese society, with verb forms and particular vocabulary to indicate the relative status of speaker, listener and the third person mentioned in conversation whether he is there or not. The sound inventory of Japanese is relatively small, and it has a lexically distinct pitch-accent system. It is a mora-timed language. The Japanese language is written with a combination of three different types of scripts: modified Chinese characters called kanji, and two syllabic scripts made up of modified Chinese characters, hiragana and katakana. The Latin alphabet, romaji, is also often used in modern Japanese, especially for company names and logos, advertising, and when entering Japanese text into a computer. Western style Arabic numerals are generally used for numbers, but traditional Sino-Japanese numerals are also commonplace.
Japanese vocabulary has been heavily influenced by loanwords from other languages. A vast number of words were borrowed from Chinese, or created from Chinese models, over a period of at least 1,500 years. Since the late 19th century, Japanese has borrowed a considerable number of words from Indo-European languages, primarily English. Because of the special trade relationship between Japan and first Portugal in the 16th century, and then mainly the Netherlands in the 17th century, Portuguese, German and Dutch have also been influential.

Although Japanese is spoken almost exclusively in Japan, it has been and sometimes still is spoken elsewhere. When Japan occupied Korea, Taiwan, parts of the Chinese mainland, the Philippines, and various Pacific islands before and during World War II, locals in those countries were forced to learn Japanese in empire-building programs. As a result, there are many people in these countries who can speak Japanese in addition to the local languages. Japanese emigrant communities (the largest of which are to be found in Brazil) sometimes employ Japanese as their primary language. Approximately 5% of Hawaii residents speak Japanese, with Japanese ancestry the largest single ancestry in the state (over 24% of the population). Japanese emigrants can also be found in Peru, Argentina, Australia (especially Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Cairns), the United States (notably California, where 1.2% of the population has Japanese ancestry, and Hawaii), and the Philippines (particularly in Davao and Laguna). Their descendants, who are known as nikkei (literally Japanese descendants), however, rarely speak Japanese fluently after the second generation. Japanese is the de facto official language of Japan and in Palau, in the island of Angaur. Standard Japanese is the common language. This normative language was born after the Meiji Restoration (happy pie, meiji ishin?, 1868) from the language spoken in the higher-class areas of Tokyo for communicating necessity. Hyojungo is taught in schools and used on television and in official communications, and is the version of Japanese discussed in this article. Formerly, standard Japanese in writing ("literary language") was different from colloquial language. The two systems have different rules of grammar and some variance in vocabulary. Bungo was the main method of writing Japanese until about 1900; since then kogo gradually extended its influence and the two methods were both used in writing until the 1940s. Bungo still has some relevance for historians, literary scholars, and lawyers (many Japanese laws that survived World War II are still written in bungo, although there are ongoing efforts to modernize their language). Kogo is the predominant method of both speaking and writing Japanese today, although bungo grammar and vocabulary are occasionally used in modern Japanese for effect. Dozens of dialects are spoken in Japan. The profusion is due to many factors, including the length of time the archipelago has been inhabited, its mountainous island terrain, and Japan's long history of both external and internal isolation. Dialects typically differ in terms of pitch accent, inflectional morphology, vocabulary, and particle usage. Some even differ in vowel and consonant inventories, although this is uncommon. The main distinction in Japanese accents is between Tokyo-type and Kyoto-Osaka-type (Keihan-shiki), though Kyushu-type dialects form a third, smaller group. Within each type are several subdivisions. Kyoto-Osaka-type dialects are in the central region, with borders roughly formed by Toyama, Kyoto, Hyogo, and Mie Prefectures; most Shikoku dialects are also that type. The final category of dialects are those that are descended from the Eastern dialect of Old Japanese; these dialects are spoken in Hachijo-jima island and few islands.

Dialects from peripheral regions, such as Tsushima, may be unintelligible to speakers from other parts of the country. The several dialects of Kagoshima in southern Kyushu are famous for being unintelligible not only to speakers of standard Japanese but to speakers of nearby dialects elsewhere in Kyushu as well. This is probably due in part to the Kagoshima dialects' peculiarities of pronunciation, which include the existence of closed syllables (i.e., syllables that end in a consonant, such as /kob/ or /ko/ for Standard Japanese /kumo/ "spider"). A dialects group of Kansai is spoken and known by many Japanese, and Osaka dialect in particular is associated with comedy. Dialects of North Kanto are associated with typical farmers. The Ryukyuan languages, spoken in Okinawa and Amami Islands that are politically part of Kagoshima, are distinct enough to be considered a separate branch of the Japonic family. But many Japanese common people tend to consider the Ryukyuan languages as dialects of Japanese. Not only is each language unintelligible to Japanese speakers, but most are unintelligible to those who speak other Ryukyuan languages. Recently, Standard Japanese has become prevalent nationwide (including the Ryukyuan islands) due to education, mass media, and increase of mobility networks within Japan, as well as economic integration.

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