Instant Immersion Japanese 8 Audio CDs - Learn to speak Japanese
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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 same learning methods and retention techniques used in
university-level language programs. The lesson plan is designed to build a
solid foundation of vocabulary terms and fundamental dialogue skills, all of
which are reinforced throughout each advancing lesson. You will quickly move
from a basic speaking level to an intermediate level with easy-to-follow
activities on pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, sentence formation, and
listening. Additionally, the cultural notes provide you with an inside glimpse
of Japanese customs, and introduce proper etiquette appropriate to various
situations. Whether learning for business or for pleasure, you'll quickly learn
how to confidently speak Japanese with Instant Immersion™.The Quickest way to learn a language, guaranteed!
The most widely used method in the world!
Written and Developed by University Language Experts!
CD 1: Alphabet, sounds, pronunciation tips
CD 2: Greetings, introductions, jobs
CD 3: Numbers (1-100), telephone numbers, age, time/hours, days & months
CD 4: Shopping and asking questions, numbers (100-90,000), colors, adjectives
CD 5: Family, addressing family members
CD 6: Verbs, forming sentences
CD 7: Finding and following directions, using the telephone
CD 8: Descriptive words relating to weather, sickness, events, and friends
Designed to emulate everyday situations
you may experience while in a foreign country, the New & Improved! Instant
Immersion Japanese course fully prepares you for interaction among native
Japanese speakers. Developed by university professors and linguistic experts,
this thorough curriculum moves you from a beginner level to an intermediate
level, fast - simply hear the words in Japanese, their English translation, and
then repeat. Starting with a complete phonetic introduction to the alphabet
(each sound is also demonstrated with a vocabulary term), this 8-compact disc
suite focuses on building a strong vocabulary base of commonly used terms. Each
proceeding Tape includes concepts from the previous lessons, ensuring you
retain each core principle. As you progress, you'll easily apply verbs and
vocabulary terms to informal and formal dialogue. In addition, the cultural
notes introduce you to ethnic foods, Japanese traditions, and appropriate
etiquette that will benefit you while traveling. From greetings and questions
to food and days of the week, the New & Improved Instant Immersion Japanese
suite is the quickest and easiest course available for confidently learning to
speak the Japanese language.
About the Japanese Language
Japanese is a language spoken by over 130 million people, in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities around the world. 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 and listener. The sound inventory of Japanese is relatively small, and has a lexically distinct pitch-accent system.
Japanese vocabulary has been heavily influenced by loans 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 Holland in the 17th century, Portuguese and Dutch have also been influential. German linguist, Johann Joseph Hoffmann noticed the systematic relationship between Japanese, Mongolian and Manchu language and wrote a book in the 19th century.
The Japanese language is written with a combination of three different types of scripts: Chinese characters called kanji (漢字), and two syllabic scripts made up of modified Chinese characters, hiragana (平仮名) and katakana (片仮名). The Latin alphabet, rōmaji (ローマ字), is also often used in modern Japanese, especially for company names and logos, advertising, and when inputting Japanese into a computer. Western style Arabic numerals are generally used for numbers, but traditional Sino-Japanese numerals are also commonplace.
The original language of Japan, or at least the original language of a certain population that was ancestral to a significant portion of the historical and present Japanese nation, was the so-called yamato kotoba (大和言葉 or infrequently 大和詞, i.e. "Yamato words"), which in scholarly contexts is sometimes referred to as wa-go (和語 or rarely 倭語, i.e. the "Wa words"). In addition to words from this original language, present-day Japanese includes a great number of words that were either borrowed from Chinese or constructed from Chinese roots following Chinese patterns. These words, known as kango (漢語), entered the language from the fifth century onwards via contact with Chinese culture, both directly and through the Korean peninsula. According to some estimates, Chinese-based words may comprise as much as 60%–70% of the total dictionary vocabulary of the modern Japanese language and form as much as 18%–40% of words used in speech.
Like Latin-derived words in English, kango words typically are perceived as somewhat formal or academic compared to equivalent Yamato words. Indeed, it is generally fair to say that an English word derived from Latin/French roots typically corresponds to a Sino-Japanese word in Japanese, whereas a simpler Anglo-Saxon word would best be translated by a Yamato equivalent.
A much smaller number of words has been borrowed from Korean and Ainu. Japan has also borrowed a number of words from other languages, particularly ones of European extraction, which are called gairaigo. This began with borrowings from Portuguese in the 16th century, followed by borrowing from Dutch during Japan's long isolation of the Edo period. With the Meiji Restoration and the reopening of Japan in the 19th century, borrowing occurred from German, French and English. Currently, words of English origin are the most commonly borrowed.
In the Meiji era, the Japanese also coined many neologisms using Chinese roots and morphology to translate Western concepts. The Chinese and Koreans imported many of these pseudo-Chinese words into Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese via their kanji in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. For example, 政治 seiji ("politics"), and 化学 kagaku ("chemistry") are words derived from Chinese roots that were first created and used by the Japanese, and only later borrowed into Chinese and other East Asian languages. As a result, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese share a large common corpus of vocabulary in the same way a large number of Greek- and Latin-derived words are shared among modern European languages, although many academic words formed from such roots were certainly coined by native speakers of other languages, such as English.
In the past few decades, wasei-eigo (made-in-Japan English) has become a prominent phenomenon. Words such as wanpatān ワンパターン (< one + pattern, "to be in a rut", "to have a one-track mind") and sukinshippu スキンシップ (< skin + -ship, "physical contact"), although coined by compounding English roots, are nonsensical in a non-Japanese context.
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