Advantages: Clear layout, pocket sized, easy to use, good cultural notes. Disadvantages: No Japanese to English mini dictionary.
means that should you hear a Japaneseword that you would like to know the meaning of, you can't look it up. I would have preferred a small Japanese to English dictionary too, but that's me being picky.
Value for money
With an RRP of £2.99 you can't really go wrong! With 128 pages of extensive vocabulary, truly helpful cultural notes and essentialphrases this is a true gem of a book.
Conclusion
Of course it's not for those who actually want to learn the language; there are no grammar lessons or anything, just set phrases and vocabulary which is perfect for those who just want to dip into the language to make their holiday that little bit more fun. It does its job of giving the traveller handy phrases in a quick and easy to find way and it does it extremely well considering the price. If you're in a restaurant, or trying ...
Advantages: supports early reading skills Disadvantages: none
I discovered lotto can be traced back to the year 1530 a lottery game" Lo Giuco de Lotto"originated in Italy. The game still played every Saturday. Now a form of this game is played in many countries. One form is often called bingo. Basically lotto is a game where a group of people play together each has a card with numbers or pictures on, there is a person who acts as caller and that person calls out a number and the person who has that number on his card covers it up and the first person to get all the numbers on his card is the winner.
The lotto game I am going to talk about is the farmyard tales picture lotto made by Usbourne toys. The illustrations by Stephen Cartwright.
I have played with many lotto sets with children during my working life and the Usbourne set is one we have at school.
This set costs £6.99p. You can buy ...
mumsymary 14.09.2006 (06.01.2007)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Picture Word Lotto
Advantages: Learn words and phrases quickly and easily. Disadvantages: Your landed with the responsibily in speaking ALL the Spanish on holiday
I study Spanish at school, but still wanted to get an advantage for my first trip there. I bought this CD from play.com. I uploaded it onto my iPod and listened to it all the way there.
Earworms uses a unique method of music (don't worry it's not a great spanish sing along) there is a voice that speaks over a beat like this Hello (beat beat) Hola (beat beat) Hello etc. It progresses onto much harder things towards the end of the C.D. And the great thing is, it dosen't even feel as if you have to try to learn it.
I was greatly supprised when I arrived in Spain having learnt a great deal of words. Although it did mean I was landed the responsibility of ordering all the food on holiday.
A really productive and affordable way to learn Spanish, there is also a second volume featuring more complex words and phrases. ...
Product Information for "Talk Now! Learn Japanese: Essential Words and Phrases for Absolute Beginners" »
General
Language(s)
English
Subcategory
Games - miscellaneous / entertainment / educational
Category
Games
MPN
9781862210202
Software
License Pricing
Standard
License Qty
1 user
License Type
Complete package
Platform
Windows, MacOS
Distribution Media
CD-ROM
Package Type
Retail
System requirements
Peripheral / Interface Devices
Mouse or compatible device, CD-ROM
OS Required
Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Apple MacOS, Microsoft Windows NT
Manufacturer's product description
This is an excitingly different language learning series. Talk Now! uses games and quizzes as a basis for making the learning process fun and relaxing. There's no better way to teach an old dog new tricks and this fun element of the program means that your fears are forgotten as you absorb words and phrases without even realizing you are learning them.
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