Title: Poor choice
Product review: This series is used at Temple University, where I did my undergrad and it is awful. The system of romanization used, the kunreishiki (used primarily by linguists), is useless for those actually hoping to learn the language, especially when the Hepburn system of romanization is the only one in common use in Japan. The series waits far too long to introduce standard Japanese writing and insist on students focusing on word stress, which varies depending on dialect anyway! Many of the lexical items that appear in the series are also inappropriate for beginners. If you want to waste time learning a mostly useless system of romanization instead of learning to read normal Japanese text, then buy this series.
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