Using conversations on QuickTime video combined with sentence-by-sentence and word-by-word translations, this software instantly immerses you in practical situations, such as ordering food or traveling by train--exactly what you need before you head to Tokyo next month, right? Best-suited to students who've already had about one year of Japanese, this CD-ROM applies "authentic language" and "communication gap" exercises--widely used university approaches. In lay speak, this means you will:
* Watch videos of native Japanese speakers interacting naturally with each other (the acting's not half bad, either)
* Read printed versions of their dialogs
* Listen to the dialogs word by word or segment by segment
* Practice pronouncing dialogs word by word or segment by segment, using the included microphone
* Apply vocabulary by filling in new words from the dialogs, or in other gamelike activities, such as crossword puzzles
Transparent language successfully uses this model in its other language packages. Its Japane...
