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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre  If you can afford them, check out the Pimsleur Japanese audio lessons. I found them very very helpful. |
Interesting that you mention Pimsleur, because I recently gave up on those lessons.
My knowledge of spoken Japanese from Pimsleur was useless. It didn't help my reading or listening comprehension...at all.
Conversely, when I switched to learning the written language, it helped my listening skills a great deal.
I know of other people who have criticized Pimsleur for its limited dialogue (Do you want to drink osake? Do you want to drink beer? Where do you want to drink? Would you like to drink something? Do you like beer?
).
I'm guessing, Mark, that you're a very social person who spends more time speaking Japanese than reading and writing it. Would you say that Pimsleur would be helpful to someone more focused on the written language?
(Of course, I'm the person who forgot the "n" in "konnichiwa", so I still have a long way to go in learning the language.
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