Japanese for Busy People 1: Romanized Version

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Now, a decade after its first revision, the entire series has been redesigned, updated and consolidated to meet the needs of 21st-century students and businesspeople who want to learn natural, spoken Japanese as effectively as possible in a limited amount of time.

Biography: The Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (AJALT) was recognized as a nonprofit organization by the Japanese Ministry of Education in 1977. The Kana Workbook has been specially designed for students wishing to learn the two basic Japanese scripts, hiragana and katakana.I came to agree with a friend who's an expert in Japanese: use the English alphabet at first to get one's head around the grammar and vocabulary (while learning the Japanese alphabet (kana)). 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.

Like the JBPI, the book's lessons are organized into 8 units, each of which covering a specific topic. The Kana Workbook teaches the two basic Jap anese scripts, hiragana and katakana, which are essential for any student wishing to read Japa nese. Would have preferred fewer romanized sentences throughout the lessons, but that's understandable for a first volume. In addition, the book features notes on Japanese culture intended to expand the learner’s understanding of Japan, its customs and people. A comprehensive course for teaching Japanese to young adults in English-speaking countries -- from The Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (AJALT), developers of the renowned Japanese for Busy People series.When compared with the other languages, the Japanese language is fairly easy when it comes to gender articles and the distinction between plural as well as the singular. Japanese for Busy People' is, as the title suggests, a concise course for 'busy' students who want to learn natural spoken Japanese as effectively as possible in a limited amount of time.

This isn't a huge problem if you're learning your kanji with WaniKani, but it can become irritating to read all kana paragraphs when you're used to kanji. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. While the same highly successful teaching methodology is retained in this 4th Edition, it has been thoroughly and fundamentally revised to bring it up to date with contemporary language usage and speech patterns, as well as to reflect the great changes in modern society and culture in the 16 years since the previous edition.Through repeated oral and listening practice, learners will come to acquire the rhythm of real life Japanese conversation. The grammar explanations only teach you enough to be functional, there are no deep digressions into the socio-psychological meaning of 'wa', the path it takes is clear and simple. Kanji (Chinese characters used in Japanese) are gradually introduced in Book II along with furigana so that learners know how to pronounce them. Students acquire practical conversation skills with step-by-step lessons on Key Sentences, Word Power, Speaking Practice(s), and Target Dialogue.