My Japanese Coach - Nintendo DS

.com Thanks to UbiSoft's My Japanese Coach for the Nintendo DS, you can carry a tutor in your pocket that lets you learn a new language in as little as 15 minutes a day. With plenty of entertaining lessons, loads of fun-to-play mini-games, and a host of helpful features, this unique language coach will have you not only speaking like a native in no time, but reading and writing like on as well! .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } ul.indent { list-style: inside disc; text-indent: -15px; } table.callout { font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1. 3em; } td.vgoverview { height: 125px; background: #9DC4D8 url(https://images-na.ssl-images-.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/callout-bg.png) repeat-x; border-left: 1px solid #999999; border-right: 1px solid #999999; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 250px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; } Carry a tutor in your pocket with My Japanese Coach. View larger . Learn in Fun and Interactive Ways My Japanese Coach is an installment in the My Coach series from UbiSoft series that teaches the basic pronunciations unique to the Japanese language. This convenient and easy-to-use tutor allows users to compare their pronunciation to that of native speakers via the Nintendo DS's microphone. It also lets you use the DS stylus to practice writing Japanese Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji characters. My Japanese Coach takes

Highlights: Explore Japan as you learn Japanese from your own personal teacher, or sensei Compare your pronunciation of the sounds unique to Japanese with native speakers Learn and practice writing Japanese Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji characters using the DS stylus Play 12 different types of mini-games that test your grasp of the structured lessons Built-in dictionary and phrase book with over 12,000 words and hundreds of useful phrases

Key details: Number of Players: 1 | Publication Date: October 14, 2008 | Computer Platform: Nintendo DS | Global Trade Identification Number: 00008888164289 | UPC: 008888164289 | Release date: October 14, 2008 | Customer Reviews: 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (249) 4.1 out of 5 stars | Product Dimensions: 5 x 5.25 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 ounces | Type of item: Video Game | Language: English

What you can expect: Explore Japan as you learn Japanese from your own personal teacher, or sensei Compare your pronunciation of the sounds unique to Japanese with native speakers Learn and practice writing Japanese Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji characters using the DS stylus Play 12 different types of mini-games that test your grasp of the structured lessons Built-in dictionary and phrase book with over 12,000 words and hundreds of useful phrases

Customer feedback: 4.1/5 average rating.

Customers say: Customers find this Japanese language learning tool effective as a supplement to regular classes, making studying and memorizing easier.

Review snippets: Hello, It seems that most who have written reviews here generally wrote them after completing only a handful of lessons. Since I'm currently up to lesson 70 after about two months of playing the game about 40 minutes a day, / Since I'm seriously considering studying in Japan for college either next fall or the year after that, I knew I needed to start somewhere. Picking up a good-sized book is all well and good, but taking some of them (often