The stony way...

Chapter 1.2:

Hey guys! Ok ... this week I did some more exercises in Rosetta Stone. First thing I want to say at this point is that I think I got a good ear for the japanese language. It is from one week to the next allways a bit easier to understand all the syllables of the words right. So in the software two nice voices of a man and a woman are always dictating all phrases. At the beginning everything sounds like the confusing sayings in animes. But by the time everthing makes a bit more sense. Sometimes it is a bit annoying if one and the same sentence is repeated again and again. But the learning effect of this can not be denied.

The hardest typ of lection are the reading ones. I mean the program so soooo good that you have to say the word EXACTLY in the right way. This is good....but there are limits. I hear myself in my mind saying the word or a syllable, but what is leaving my mouth is sometimes simply not the same. So you have to pick it up again and repeat. And what happens? Sure - you know that if you say a word over and over. It sounds more and more funny. So the correct pronunciation is more difficult the more often you have to repeat yourself. For me it is like this. I have always to take a little break - then it goes again.

So... here you can see all the different types of lections in the curiculum. 

My summary opinion about this program is, therefore, as already mentioned, this program is recommended as the main medium of learning. You learn to have "an ear" for the language and you learn to bend your tongue. You learn the sentences given at Kana to read. And a lot of theme-related vocabulary.

So as I said, you have to look for other media to supplement learning.

For the problem with learning the hole Kana (Hiragana and Katakana) I ordered some flashcards. It will show them when I already got them in Chapter 2.0.

So see you later... maybe on sunday :-)