| Speak Japanese Fast is a Japanese learning program | | | | little boy playing soccer on the hill appears with the |
| with a twist. Unlike most Japanese teaching systems, | | | | caption, "Imagine a small boy playing soccer (saka) on |
| the creator of this system applies techniques he | | | | a hill." Finally, you are assured that you will never |
| learned from the works of memory expert, Harry | | | | forget that the Japanese word for hill is "saka." It |
| Lorayne to the study of Japanese. In order to decide | | | | works. |
| if this course is for you, you need to first know who | | | | You might ask yourself why you should buy Speak |
| Harry Lorayne is and what he teaches. | | | | Japanese Fast when you might be better off |
| Harry Lorayne became famous as a magician before | | | | purchasing The Memory Book. The reason is because |
| he became a well-known memory expert. One of the | | | | word association works brilliantly, but you need to |
| card tricks he was most famous for was the ability | | | | make the associations first. This program has already |
| to memorize, in order, all the cards in a shuffled 52 | | | | done that for you, so you can jump right into |
| card deck in seconds. He then went on to co-write | | | | memorizing Japanese words fast, as promised. |
| The Memory Book with basketball legend, Jerry | | | | The current (March 2010) price of Speak Japanese |
| Lucas. The basic technique he teaches is word | | | | Fast is $49.95. Given the efficacy of the Harry |
| association. | | | | Lorayne inspired teaching technique, it is safe to say |
| The concept of word association is not difficult to | | | | that it's worth the price as it is. The creator of the |
| understand. It is much easier to memorize a word if | | | | program also throws in Bullet Hiragana and Katagana |
| we can associate it with something else. An example | | | | programs and other free extras, so it is no doubt |
| of this is given on the Speak Japanese Fast | | | | good value for the money if you use it as an adjunct |
| homepage in a short video clip. The clip begins, "The | | | | to more comprehensive Japanese learning programs. |
| Japanese word for hill is 'saka'" accompanied by a | | | | As a stand-alone learning program, though, it may be |
| drawing of green hills. Then a cartoon drawing of a | | | | too limited in scope. |