Michel Thomas Method: Japanese Foundation Course

by Helen Gilhooly

Learn another language the way you learnt your own You learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Japanese in the same way. You'll stick with it because you'll love it Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas. This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your Japanese in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out the answers for yourself. You learn through listening and speaking without the pressure of writing or memorising. You pick up the language naturally and unforgettably. The NEW Japanese Foundation Course An eight-hour, 100% audio method for learning Japanese, written by teachers Helen Gilhooly and Niamh Kelly. Join Helen Gilhooly, native speaker Mikiko Kurose and two students in a live lesson and within the first hour you will be able to construct simple phrases. You will learn the language with the students, hearing both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course. By the end, you will have the confidence to understand and speak Japanese. Join the millions of people worldwide who have learnt a new language with the Michel Thomas Method Contents:8 CDs plus booklet with Japanese phrases in romaji transliteration and English translation

Genres: Language, Japanese Literature

Audio CD

First published July 25, 2008

Reviews

[Soaring Leaves · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listened to the Japanese course before the Mandarin one, I prefer the Mandarin tutor. The Mandarin tutor had a more humorous style and better mnemonics for introducing words.

The tutor here does a good job, but I had the impression they did not brief the students enough, or maybe they needed to reassure them outside of the recorded sessions. Mistakes make it more organic, but it'd have helped the listener more if they got all the in course students up to to speed before recording.

Still, it is a good introduction, and the listener will learn a few key phrases to begin their journey.