Title: One of the worst text books I have ever seen
Product review: My main problem with this series (besides the outdated vocab, and HORRID conversation tapes) is the way it keeps the student stuck on reading English. She goes out of her way to not make a connection with English, but in doing so spends way too much time talking about the grammar in English. It is difficult for students to understand, and those I've known who have only studied on JSL and then go to Japan have a incredibly hard time. There is a large gap between what is taught in JSL and what is actually useful in a conversation.As far as the romaji goes, her system of romaji makes perfect sense. However, if used in an intro college course that does not have a lot of student-teacher interaction, it leads to horrible pronunciation.Japanese: The "Spoken" Language does next to nothing in preparing students to actually speak the Japanese language.
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