2014 Edition - Instant Immersion Japanese Levels 1,2,3

Decent program to learn from...beats the HECK out of the price on Rosetta Stone, and I'm slowly learning the languages (I have Spanish, Italian, French, German, and now Japanese). I have fun in the course with the little games, though I will say the graphics used during pronunciation are generic of a man and woman mouthing something, but not the actual word so you cannot see what's being spoken truly if you have a word that you're unsure of how to pronounce; this is the same graphic I've seen for all of them, btw. Still, it seems a solid program thus far and has had not errors on my W7-based computer. The audio is 99% clear in understanding from what I've done (still in Ch. 1 of all courses, but I had to switch up for work-related reasons and wanting to know a little of the lingo where I travel prior), the program runs smooth, and the courses give a good vocabulary overview, then practice via recording what they give you to be played back post-practice. Next is the easy game of identifying items via virtual flash cards while stating the item and asking which is which...progressively more per test, then the hard game starts by showing the cards and stating the items followed by flipping them over for a memory game to find what they're asking for. If you are successful enough in the first few, they will flip back over on the next round for a timed quick ID of each item said. The program will aurally reward you for correct answers and lightly scold for the wrong ones as well as cause you to lose points on overall score. It's a great challenge for anyone learning a new language, I think, and it beats sitting in a lecture-style classroom. Not too bad and I would recommend...grade: A (just shy of a +).

One of the CD's did not work. The others were not very helpful and they were very outdated. I would liketo send it back but haven't had the time.

Very Good!

Brought this for my 14 yr old niece. She going to Japan soon. She loves it and is learning a lot.

If I could leave no stars, I would. If you truly want to learn the language, you are better off spending the money on Rosetta Stone. This product doesn't teach you anything. Instead they just put phrases up and don't even tell you the English translation. EVERYTHING is in Japanese.

Me agrado mucho solo que hay que instalar en pc y no se puede instalar en celular para continuar estudiando además que casi todo lo escrito como guías vienen en ingles