Japanese for Busy People 1: Romanized Version

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The Kana Version—exposing students to hiragana and katakana from the very beginning—uses only kana. The content of the two books is otherwise exactly the same. This first of three volumes introduces "survival Japanese"—the absolute minimum amount of Japanese needed to live in Japan. Thus, the vocabulary and grammatical items it introduces are limited to about a third of what is typically introduced in a first-year course. In addition, the book features notes on Japanese culture intended to expand the learner’s understanding of Japan, its customs and people.

In Book I, the revisions are directed at making the grammatical explanations easier to understand, while adding further explanations of points that students have difficulty with. Changes have also been made in favor of more natural practice sentences and dialogues. In addition, new appendices list the particles, interrogatives, and sentence patterns in the book, as well as the kanji introduced. The new Japanese for Busy Revised 4th Edition is made up of three Book I, Book II, and Book III. Book I is available in both romanized and kana versions, similar to the Revised 3rd Edition. Revised Edition of JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE, the most popular Japanese language textbook series in the world. Audio recordings are embedded in this enhanced eBook edition. The Kana Version is exactly the same as the Romanized Version except for the scripts used throughout the hiragana and katakana .The new Japanese for Busy People: Revised 4th Edition is made up of three volumes: Book I, Book II, and Book III. Book I is available in both romanized and kana versions, similar to the Revised 3rd Edition. Vocabulary and grammar have been limited to about one-third that usually encountered in beginner courses, and words and patterns that students will find immediately useful are emphasized. Ability to select appropriate words and phrases for different situations and speech levels, such as having a meeting about holding a party, greetings for job transfers and leaving, Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang la Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Ocr_parameters -l eng+jpn Old_pallet IA14446 Openlibrary_edition

The workbook provides ample speaking and listening practice in the form of illustrated exercises that call on learners to construct dialogues and role-play in Japanese. Illustrations combined with conversations, which proceed at a natural pace in the audio recordings, help learners to feel as if they are actually experiencing each situation. Through repeated oral and listening practice, learners will come to acquire the rhythm of real-life Japanese conversation. As suggested in the title, this is a concise course for busy students who want to learn natural, spoken Japanese as efficiently as possible in a limited amount of time. This first of three volumes introduces “survival Japanese”—the absolute minimum amount of Japanese needed to live in Japan. Thus, the vocabulary and grammatical items it introduces are limited to about a third of what is typically introduced in a first-year course. In addition, the book features notes on Japanese culture intended to expand the learner’s understanding of Japan, its customs and people. In the ten years since its publication, Japanese for Busy People has won acceptance worldwide as an effective, easy-to-understand textbook, either for classroom use or for independent study. In this new edition, numerous revisions and additions have been made, taking into account the comments and responses of both students and teachers who have been using the course.The Kana Version is exactly the same as the Romanized Version except for the scripts used throughout the book: hiragana and katakana. Japanese for Busy People I: The Workbook for the Revised 4th Edition is for all learners who wish to improve their speaking and listening skills. It can be used in tandem with Japanese for Busy People I: Revised 4th Edition, both Kana Edition and Romanized Edition, or as independent study material. The textbook I actually used was Assimil's Japanese With Ease, which I much preferred. If I was to start again I'd probably go with Genki I and II along with the techniques described here: http://japaneselevelup.com/how-to-use.... I did follow those guidelines, but I used the Assimil textbook which is a bit more haphazard in its introduction of grammar concepts. Japanese for Busy People I is available in two formats: romanized and kana. The Romanized Version uses romanized Japanese throughout, with kana in the Opening Dialogues of each lesson. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2021-12-10 21:09:15 Associated-names Kokusai Nihongo Fukyū Kyōkai (Japan) Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40309116 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier