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Series 'Nakama'

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Reviews of the 'Nakama' series

Review by Charles Eicher

I see lots of students using Nakama, since it was written by professors at my school. Its about the best program I've seen for classroom instruction, but I've never heard of anyone using it for self study. I suspect it might be even more valuable in this role, since it comes with audio tapes. Its kinda expensive with the tapes, but this would really help if you don't have native speakers to practice with. Nakama is pretty thorough, it takes you through pretty much all the basic grammar, once you're through with this book you've got all the fundamentals.

Review by Shawn O'Donnell

For Nakama 1, the "student's Audio CD" is actually two CDs, with audio for the dialogs, listening exercises and conversation drills found in the textbook.

The "Audio Program" is a set of 7 CDs that goes with the "Workbook/Laboratory Manual." The Workbook/Lab Manual is a paperback book with ... read more


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