Series: Instant Recall
Audio CD
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education; 1 edition (November 9, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0071637834
ISBN-13: 978-0071637831
Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.8 x 7.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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I was very disappointed in this product .Because no effort is made to help you remember the tones of each of the roughly 300 words it teaches.IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE TONE YOU DON'T KNOW THE WORD.Also the 300 words are not the 300 words you would be most likely to use, just words that the author could find a linkword for. eg would you need to say BULL (male cow) in common usage? I think not.The printed list supplied with the course does not use standard pinyin, and is, of course, tone free.Overall, a complete waste of money.
This is one of the few Russian resources that I got that i did not like. I personally do not like to slam products but this was the worst one I have encountered. The use of mnemonics as described does not work at all for me. I am gving it two stars as it may work for someone else but you listening to two minutes of jibber-jabber for each word is not a wise use of my time. And there are not even any sentences. Pimsleur and Michel Thomas were much, much more useful audio courses to me.
It gets sort of boring after ahile, but you just have to do it in short concentrated sessions.Some of the mnemonics doesn't make sense to me. However, I've retained what I've done so far. All of the animals and clothings, I can say them with what sounds to me like the correct accent. So far so good.
I have just started using the CD - I am learning the names of animals - but I can already tell the system works and it is a lot of fun if you start slow and do 15 minute sessions with a 10 minute break to do something to exercise another part of your brain like origami - I made a Sonobe box and learned 10 new words in 25 minutes. Not bad for the price
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