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Quickie: JapanShop Sale till Friday Morning (EST)

Posted on 16. Apr, 2009 @ 1:58 pm by harvey in Language

Quickie sale alert for your Japanese-studying needs.

The Japan Shop is having a 10% off sale on everything in the store until Friday morning (EST).

That includes this nice collection of their popular $5 downloads on CD, which is on sale for $24.95 (retail $29.95). Take an additional 10% off that and get 12 of their $5 downloads (total value of $60) on one CD (shipping is free too)!

All of their $5 downloads are included on this CD. If you bought everything on the CD separately through the The Japan Shop, it would cost $60, so this is a good deal.

The official description of what the CD includes…

READERS – Short story e-books for beginners to intermediates
– Ikkyuu-san – A wise priest and a tiger BEGINNER+
– Inch-high Samurai – A tiny warrior with a brave heart BEGINNER+
– Mouse Bride – Parents hunt for a husband for their daughter BEGINNER+
– The Cut-Tongue Sparrow – A kind man, mean wife, and a bird BEGINNER+
– The Restaurant with Many Orders – Miyazawa Kenji INTERMEDIATES+
– The Tortoise and the Hare – The famous story in Japanese BEGINNER+

VOCABULARY – Lessons focusing on vocabulary building
– Beginners Vocabulary – 500+ words and phrases BEGINNER+
– JLPT 4 Vocabulary A – Half of the vocabulary needed for level 4 BEGINNER+
– JLPT 4 Vocabulary B – The other half for level 4 BEGINNER+

LESSONS – Other
– Hiragana & Katakana lessons – Learn hiragana quickly BEGINNER+
– Using the phone with Japanese – UPPER BEGINNER+
– Japanese proverbs – 25 useful kotowaza UPPER BEGINNER+

BONUS – Contains various lessons, readers, and flash files

That’s a hearty helping of Japanese.

I’m an advanced learner (passed the JLPT level 1), but I still enjoy using the Japanese proverbs application, and all of the readers are fun, especially Miyazawa Kenji’s “The Restaurant with Many Orders” (you can read the original version on Aozorabunko here). The audio quality is top notch, so it’s great to load the mp3s into your iPod (or any other mp3 player), if you’re the kinda person who likes to hear Japanese on-the-go.

If you have already bought four or more of these $5 downloads, you may be eligible for a further discount off the CD. Check The Japan Shop website for details!

Enjoy!

- Harvey

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