Listen & Learn - Japanese

This language-learning system is designed for people to learn quickly and efficiently the practical Japanese needed for travel.

The 2 CDs with 90 minutes of recorded speech feature phrases and sentences spoken first in English and then in Japanese, followed by a pause for repetition.

The accompanying 80-page manual contains each word and phrase.

Table of Contents for Listen & Learn Japanese (CD Edition)

• Introduction
• Japanese Pronunciation
• Scheme of Pronunciation
• The Japanese Writing System
• The Japanese Syllabary
• Disk 1
• Social Conversation
• Personal Matters
• Making Yourself Understood
• General Expressions
• Difficulties and Repairs
• Customs
• Baggage
• Travel Directions
• Tickets
• Boat
• Airplane
• Train
• Bus, Streetcar and Subway
• Taxi
• Automobile Travel
• Hotel
• Telephoning: Conversation at normal rate of speech
• At the Café
• At the Restaurant
• Disk 2
• Food List
• Breakfast Foods
• Soups and Entrées
• Vegetables and Salad
• Fruits
• Beverages
• Desserts
• Restaurant Conversation: At normal rate of speech
• Church, Temple
• Sightseeing
• Amusements
• Sports
• Bank and Money
• Shopping
• Clothing
• Miscellaneous Articles
• Colors
• Stores
• Bookstore and Stationer
• Cigar Store
• Camera Shop
• Drugstore
• Laundry and Dry Cleaning
• Barber Shop and Beauty Salon
• Health and Illness
• Dentist
• Post Office: Conversation at normal rate of speech
• Cablegram and Telegram: Conversation at normal rate of speech
• Time
• Days of the Week
• Months
• Seasons and Weather
• Numbers
• Index