I'm always interested in new learning methods, before now I've not really studied from a text-book, I've done Pimsleur I & II, studied grammar mostly from 完全マスター(kanzen master) books and the Dict. of Basic Japanese Grammar, although lately I've fallen into the "only doing RTK trap" and have been looking for something else to help me along with grammar (something structured..) for JLPT (３級) and just further study in general.
I looked at this book on a couple of websites, and it seemed to be split into 3 pieces, the textbook, the workbook, and the audio tapes/CD's..
Japanese Textbook Info Board..
What I'd like to ask is; are the audio CD's a necessary part of this course? or can they be overlooked?
Also, do you think it'd really be beneficial to someone already a year into japanese study and (almost) at the JLPT 3 level? I'm not trying to say I'd know everything in the book... only that I'd like to know what level of JLPT might a student expect to be at once finished with the text?
Cheers,
Chris
edit: I know there won't be a line at the end of the book saying "you are now at JLPT level X" just wondered if you guys could guess roughly whereabouts you think a student might be afterwards. Cheers.
I looked at this book on a couple of websites, and it seemed to be split into 3 pieces, the textbook, the workbook, and the audio tapes/CD's..
Japanese Textbook Info Board..
What I'd like to ask is; are the audio CD's a necessary part of this course? or can they be overlooked?
Also, do you think it'd really be beneficial to someone already a year into japanese study and (almost) at the JLPT 3 level? I'm not trying to say I'd know everything in the book... only that I'd like to know what level of JLPT might a student expect to be at once finished with the text?
Cheers,
Chris
edit: I know there won't be a line at the end of the book saying "you are now at JLPT level X" just wondered if you guys could guess roughly whereabouts you think a student might be afterwards. Cheers.
Edited: 2006-10-14, 12:50 pm