Japanese Level 3 Express Yourself. Make your journey personal when you take everything you’ve learned and convey your feelings, thoughts, dreams and desires. Inside the box, you'll find: * Version 3 Personal Edition CD-ROM software for Level 3 (Windows/Mac) * Headset microphone * User’s guide What You'll Learn * Engage in advanced-level conversations. * Learn to share your ideas and opinions, express your feelings and talk about everyday life * Move toward fluency in Japanese Sample topics include: * Emotions and life milestones * Opinion and judgments * Currency exchange and transactions * Political, media, business, and religious terms About Japanese The Japanese language is spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese communities around the world. Japanese Learning Tips * Japanese is written with no spaces between words. * Learning to read hiragana and katakana is simplified by the fact that each character generally corresponds to a single syllable. * Japanese words change depending on the formality of the situation. Rosetta Stone teaches you to communicate in informal or formal Japanese, as appropriate for the situation. * Don’t be surprised if you see sentences without subjects. The Japanese language often does not specify the subject. The meaning of the subject is conveyed by the context. * Nouns in Japanese do not change in the plural form. Instead, a number or counter before the noun indicates the quantity.