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Instant Immersion Mandarin Chinese Deluxe | 
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| From: Topics Entertainment
Category: Software
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $11.98
You Save: $38.01 (76%)
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 5060
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Deluxe
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: Windows 98
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.9 x 1.4
MPN: 80384
Model: CS-384d
UPC: 781735803844
EAN: 0781735803844
ASIN: B0000AFVEO
Release Date: July 28, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | PC: Pentium(166 MHz recommended), Windows 95 and higher includeing XP, 16 MB RAM (32 MB RAM recommended) | | • | 90 MB HD (110 MB recommended), 2X CD-ROM drive (12X CD ROM drive recommended) | | • | 16-bit Windows - compatible sound card, 640 X 480, 256 color graphics card (1024 X 768, 65,536 color graphics card recommended) Microphone and speakers or headset, Internet access and e-mail address r | | • | Topics | | • | Shipping New Version 2.0 - PC |
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MANUFACTURER WARRANTY: 90
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Again, Instant Immersion Did it.... October 31, 2005
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Some time ago i bought the French version of this software, and it helps me a lot. Based on this reference, i bought the Mandarin software, and i started to learn some phrases and practic some dialogues after 1 or 2 hours of being started.
My review, is simple, i was expecting to learn, and i'm.
Thanks!!
Not a replacement for a chinese teacher ... but can help you to improve your chinese skills September 14, 2005
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
I bougth this Set after 2 months of intensive chinese mandarin lessons, and it was hard for me to understand the method used by this software to teach mandarin.
First, the method starts inmediatly with chinese caligraphy and not with pinyin.
Second, some of the test that supose to help you to remember the vocabulary are really bad, for example the software dictates: "Ni hao" (hello/how are you) and if you write "ni hao" instead "Ni Hao!" you have a wrong answer, and you will spend your time until you understand that this software recognize capital letters and exclamation symbols in a dictation.
Also one of the test ask for the opposite of the word ... and i don't have a clue where is the meaning of the word (in english), how could i know the opposite of that word in a chinese caracther
Third, 3 Cds are just audio CDs with no more information than the others cds with the sofware.
Fourth, one cd it's a game!
Five the others Cd could be in just one!
A+++: However, this pack have good graphics, a good software for voice recognition and a good chinese--->english dictionary. But doesnt replace a good chinese teacher.
Lack: It doesnt have an english --->chinese dictionary (very important), just have like four lessons (common expressions, clothes, animals, etc).
Doesnt have a tool to help you with your chinese caligraphy (i have another software that includes one, and it's really useful)
Starts toooo fast with chinese caracthers.
It's a funny software.. can help you... but it's not for beginners and not for advanced students
PD: Sorry... for my english ... my first language it's spanish,
From the south of the world
Carolina from Chile
 Where to start? August 10, 2005
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
Wow, I wish I had read these other reviews before buying Instant Immersion Mandarin Chinese Deluxe. I'm a beginner trying to learn the language because my girlfriend is Chinese. But when I put the CD in, the autorun takes me to a screen where I can choose from several different lessons. But there is no explanation as to what lesson to do first and when I browse around in the different lessons, I still don't get any clues about where I start. Surely, as a biginner, I would think they would tell me "Do this lesson first", etc., but they don't. I contacted their customer support and their only answer was "Do whatever one you want to do first"!! Wow, that may work for someone experienced in Chinese, but for a total beginner like me I have no criteria or hints as to what one to choose first, and when I choose one at random, I'm lost in the lesson. It's clear that's not the one to start with. Help me!! I want to learn Chinese, but clearly this is not the way. Don't buy this software unless you already know Chinese somewhat (I'm basing that on other reveiws I read here).
bit of a con June 13, 2005
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
As another reviewer said, this "deluxe 8 cd" stuff is misleading. The core part of the software is the "Tell Me More" 4-cd set. However, there is only 1 lesson on each cd (total = 4 measley lessons). If you click on the "choose a lesson" icon, you are presented with a choice of...one lesson! Pathetic! If you buy the proper "Tell Me More" pack, you will have only 1 cd but it will contain loads of lessons.
Also, I was really interested in learning to speak and listen, not so bothered about reading and writing. Speaking and listening only makes up about 5% of the software, so it's not very useful in that respect. Also be aware that the characters are all simplified Chinese characters, so if you wanted to learn traditional characters, keep away. If your main interest is learning to read simplified Chinese,then this is not bad,otherwise I think it's not much use, and putting so little content on so many cds is really dishonest, and I think Topics shouldn't be rewarded for such trickery. My advice is: don't give them your money!
 Good vocabulary builder November 19, 2004
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
This program doesn't seem to be good for absolute beginners, but it's good for expanding your vocabulary. It took me a while working with other programs for learning Chinese before I was ready to make good use of this one. Dictionary part of it is awesome because you can see how the words are written in Chinese characters as well as in pinyin. It has lots of fun games to test your comprehension and a lot of the material is focused on testing your knowledge of Chinese characters.
The program does teach some dialogues as well as grammar and it is helpful for making sure you're pronouncing the words correctly, but for me the greatest benefit of this program lies in helping one to learn lots of words and characters. You get to learn about 3000 words and 800 characters and the best part about all of these words is that you get to hear them and you get to play with characters through lots of fun games. It really does help to retain the information.
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