Instant Immersion Mandarin Chinese 2 CD-ROM Set (Jewel Case)
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Software Reviews of Instant Immersion Mandarin Chinese 2 CD-ROM Set (Jewel Case)
Customer Review: If want to learn 5 words...
Summary: 1 Stars
I was a complete beginner, and wanted to learn Mandarin. I said LEARN, not acquire four or five phrases or words. I mistakenly bought this cheap software (like said in other review, get what you pay for) to begin my learning process. The CD's proved to be better frisbees than tutorials and are gathering dust on my computer desk. If you really wish to learn a language DO NOT buy this software. Translations are sketchy, explanations non-existant, and pronunciations deceptive. You don't know what words of a phrase mean what, that tones are vitally important to Chinese, and they don't even bother with pinyin. I recommend other means of learning language than this piece of software...Customer Review: CD 1 was well done; CD 2 was less engaging
Summary: 4 Stars
The Instant Immersion CD set is very good on the whole. The lessons are logically divided, and the games and quizzes are surprisingly fun and effective. Learners can have vocabulary words repeated by either a male or female speaker. The graphics are attractive and amusing. However, the second CD just didn't seem as well executed as the first. I found the lessons more random and less useful (would have preferred more time on money and transportation, less time on how to say giraffe and hot pink for example), and the pacing erratic. Even with its flaws, I definitely got a lot more out of the disks than the [money] I paid for them.Customer Review: Good program but have a few problems
Summary: 4 Stars
Ok first id like to state that i just recentley started to use the program but i found it to be very good i learned 19 words in one day and i still remember them. :) ok my first problem is that taking advice from another reveiw here i decided to get a chinese english dictionary and when i looked up the words alot of them didnt match what was being said ex.yes on the cd is pronouced Dway but online i found them saying Shi no way that could be confused for dway by the way im not sure if thats how you spell it. any how other than that the program does work as far as the other guy who says its a waste of money i think he didnt really study it if you play it once you wont be able to speak chinese :p with constant practice tho i could easily see being able to learn from it my only concern is that im not sure which language im speaking now i thought it was mandarin but according to alot of online dictionaries im not which could be a huge problem not to mention quite embarrsing.oh and for practice i made up flash cards which i pull from a hat and try to say either the chinese or english meaning depending on which side faces up i think it works really well i do this so i could practice a few words at a time instead of trying to learn them all at once i figure once i learn them all that way i will do the test/games and not untill i can score a perfect on them at least 20 times will i move on to the next section :) seems like a good method all it takes is a lil hard work and ingenuity to make these cds work. So wether or not the words are correct the cds deffiantely work if your willing to do themCustomer Review: SELF DESCOVERY
Summary: 5 Stars
I DISCOVERED A TRUE LANGUAGE IN ME. FROM THE TIME I STARTED SPEAKING CHINESE I KNEW IT WAS IN MY ROOTS. WITH THIS GREAT PRODUCT HELPING ME ENHANCE MY LANGUAGE I GIVE IT 5 OUT 5 RATING. I RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT TO ANYONE WHO IS A BEGINER THANK YOU.Customer Review: A bargain, but you get what you pay for.
Summary: 2 Stars
This is an affordable language set for learning very basic Mandarin. I have not studied Mandarin before, so pronunciation is somewhat unclear on the CD. There is no pinyin which makes it difficult to know the correct pronunciation. The male voice on the first CD seems to pronounce the words too quickly and make the tones unclear for an untrained ear. Since the tones are of uttmost importance in Chinese, this is a serious drawback.That said, there is much helpful on these CDs. The games do help the student to learn to link the concept or object with a particular Chinese word. The immersion approach is helpful in learning basic phrases and the meaning of phrases that are not immediately evident (like the "hosts" of the games telling you in Chinese whether the answer was right or wrong). It stresses listening skills (maybe to the detriment of speaking skills). If one were unfamiliar with Chinese (the importance of tones and the correct pronunciation of consonantal sounds) it would be very difficult to learn to speak Chinese well.
But the set very inexpensive. You get what you pay for.