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Title: Drive-In Japanese by Jann Huizenga, NTC Publishing Group, Passport Books ISBN: 0-8442-0406-4 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 January, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 1 (2 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: Not worth it
Comment: I don't know where to begin, to describe this tape/book. It really is pretty bad.

The Japanese male on the tape will at times explain a few things in English (the main narrator is an American female voice), and his English is so bad, I though he had a speech defect... I replayed a phrase half a dozen times before I could understand a phrase that sounded like "Dah woooh oda wouuuwh" which turned out to be "The role of the word". I have yet to understand other parts of his English text. His Japanese isn't anywhere near as mangled, but there are phrases that I cannot understand, and have to rely on the other, Japanese female teacher, to pick up.

The comment about the "important language skill" (of faking understanding by saying such as "hm, aha, really, you don't say") is quite funny. I think it reflect some unique Japanese attitudes. I have found that some Japanese regard it as either embarrassing for themselves to admit that they don't understand you -- or possibly embarrassing for you.

Rating: 1
Summary: STAY AWAY!!!! I hate to even give it one star.
Comment: This tape is absolutely horrible. It's so bad that at first it was funny, then it became quite discouraging. It nearly convinced me that I would never learn one word of Japanese. It is difficult to understand even the English on the tape. The instructor will say a long phrase, barely give you time to repeat it once (if you can), and move on to the next phrase. Rather telling: before they even finish the first lesson, the instructor starts teaching you to "bluff": "What do you think this person might be saying? 'How are you,' 'I'm fine' etc." Absolutely ridiculous. Buyer beware. I do recommend the Pimsleur tapes. If I hadn't found those, after this tape, I really may have given up.