JFE

brose Wrote:In my view JFE is the best general book out there for studying Japanese. When I think of the time people waste (including me) with JfBP etc. it brings tears to my eyes.

Hi brose. I totally agree about JFBP. I finished the first book, and decided never to use any of those products again. Just out of curiosity, did you finish JFE? Am I speaking to a veteran? I have two copies of the book, both used, each under $10. I noticed one previous owner got thru lesson 23 or so, and the other lesson 8. Seems the book takes its toll on some people.

brose Wrote:It's a great book for self-study, but you really want to get something on audio if you aren't living in Japan while you're studying.

Yup. I did Pimsleur, and eventually got a 30hr dorama from an ex girlfriend. I also hired a tutor for conversation only. That really helped.

friderman Wrote:But the thing is that I cannot find the tapes anywhere. I've looked in specialized language bookstores in Barcelona but they don't even have the book.
It would be great if someone post the audio in mp3. I will really appreciate that. I suggest to upload zipped file to http://www.megaupload.com or rapidshare.com and post the link in the forums.

Much gusto sr friderman, y bienvenidos. Hey, I bet your english is better than my spanish, so tranquilo.

I don't have the audio that comes with the book, but thanks for the link. I'll see if that's a good location for me to upload the audio for the exercises that I've been making. I'll try to get to in this weekend. There isn't enough room in that yahoo users group; I was only able to hang 1 out of 15 or so files.

Well, I'm still barely hanging onto my 1 lesson per week schedule. I'm on lesson 19. My goal is to finish 20 by next weekend. That'll give me just enough time to get everything under control, into supermemo and audio, by my vacation at end of the year. My plan is still to come back from my vacation refreshed, and do the final 7 lessons before the end of Feb.

I've really changed the way I do the lessons. Instead of going thru the lessons again and again, now I just make lists, review the lists, dump them into supermemo, make audio from the lists, and play the audio when I commute. This works soooo much better for me - I'm actually remembering the grammar now!

Here's another question for y'all. Can anyone compare JFE to Genki1&2? My feeling is the content in JFE is a little more difficult and realistic, but I could be wrong. I have the first Genki book, but not the second.