Oxford Take Off In Japanese: Complete Language Learning Pack (Audio CD)

I already had some knowlege of Japanese when I bought this, and intended to use it just for revision and getting slightly ahead of the rest of my class (because I'm a teachers pet like that!). I ended up sticking at it longer than I intended because I found it very helpful. The pack contains 4 CD's with 5 hours of recorded material, and a workbook. The book contains a good guide to pronounciation, which is backed up by the CD. This was helpful because the vowels in Japanese are pronounced in a slightly different way than how an English speaker would automatically try to read them. It also provided tables for Hiragana and Katakana, although I felt there was ...  Read the complete review