After learning the hiragana in Japanese 1, the course starts asking the student, who is presumably completely new to Japanese, ridiculously long Japanese phrases. So disappointing. No explanations. I predict this course will not have too many people finish it when it uses this methodology. I know I have little chance or want to remember 8 - 10 word phrases right off when I am having enough trouble remembering the few new simple phrases learned in the first couple of modules.