Maximus Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6755 days ago 417 posts - 427 votes Studies: Spanish, Japanese, Thai
| Message 1 of 5 10 November 2007 at 3:30pm | IP Logged |
Does anybody know anything about Vocabulearn products?
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-1034342-5016021?url =search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=vocabulearn+japanese
How are these products? Are the effective? What is their style? Are they merely reference material, or are the interactive courses with modules of excercises which allow us to actively put the newly learned vocabulary to use and reinforce it in our memory? I would appreciate any feedback based on your experiences? I must contemplate whether I will buy this product.
On a more general level, I am searching for a method which enhances the vocabulary in a structured and logical manner whilst employing an active and "full of excercise" attitude. For Japanese in particular, could anyone recommend any programs of this description and of course explain the strengths and characteristics of these programs?
Thanks before hand
Luke
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solidsnake Diglot Senior Member China Joined 7047 days ago 469 posts - 488 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin
| Message 2 of 5 26 December 2008 at 7:53am | IP Logged |
Can someone who owns this series confirm if the books accompanying the "Vocabulearn Japanese" indicate the pitch accent for all the vocabulary items. Thanks~
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Leopejo Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 6115 days ago 675 posts - 724 votes Speaks: Italian*, Finnish*, English Studies: French, Russian
| Message 3 of 5 26 December 2008 at 8:22am | IP Logged |
Sorry to hijack the thread, but
solidsnake:
please clear your Inbox, because you can't receive PMs now. A kind soul has some interesting material on Japanese pitch accent just for you.
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solidsnake Diglot Senior Member China Joined 7047 days ago 469 posts - 488 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin
| Message 4 of 5 26 December 2008 at 9:33am | IP Logged |
Leopejo-- I just cleared my Inbox. And please tell that kind soul THANK YOU!!!~~~:)
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Jeito Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5823 days ago 55 posts - 63 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Mandarin, German, Italian, Portuguese
| Message 5 of 5 26 December 2008 at 5:22pm | IP Logged |
I have vocabulearn in a bunch of languages. To be honest I have never gotten beyond the first level (some languages come in 3 levels) because the vocabulary lists seem to come in random order. That can be sort of fun for a while, but then gets tedious. I find them best not for learning new vocabulary as but as more for reinforcing vocabulary you may know passively but still not quite sure of.
Jeito
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