This article is from the Japanese FAQ, by TANAKA Tomoyuki tanaka@cs.indiana.edu and Olaf Meeuwissen olaf@IMSL.shinshu-u.ac.jp with numerous contributions by others.
ANSWER: no.
< sci.lang.japan> can help a learner's Japanese if for
every minute spent with < sci.lang.japan> , the learner
spends several minutes actually practicing Japanese
talking/writing about the topics raised there.
 
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