Japanese for Busy People: Kana [With CD (Audio)]: 1

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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.

Japanese for Busy People I: Kana Version (Japanese for Busy Japanese for Busy People I: Kana Version (Japanese for Busy

Students acquire practical conversation skills with step-by-step lessons on Key Sentences, Word Power, Speaking Practice(s), and Target Dialogue. 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. This workbook provides practice problems on the grammar and vocabulary covered in each unit of the textbook. There are also practice problems for listening comprehension and reading comprehension. By default the Component Builder shows the most common Joyo kanji components (ie, components which are themselves Joyo kanji, or which are used in at least 3 other Joyo kanji). Select an alternative set of components below. Most common Joyo kanji components 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.

The bestselling series Japanese for Busy People has guided hundreds of thousands of students to a fluent, natural, and precise use of the Japanese language. Volume I teaches the absolute minimum amount of Japanese to live in Japan and handle everyday situations. This workbooks provide practices for using the vocabulary and grammar in the textbooks, including conversation Exercises, Speaking Practices, and Target Dialogues, which are accompanies by a large number of illustrations. Understand and know how to use the vocabulary related to the Japanese society, as well as uniquely-Japanese expressions

Japanese for Busy People: Bk. 2: An All New Edition of All Japanese for Busy People: Bk. 2: An All New Edition of All

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. The only negative thing I can say about this particular book is that I would have liked the introduction of Kanji to start with this book instead of with the second book in the series. This edition presents a new method of studying kanji. Each lesson offers 10 topic-specific kanji to add to the vocabulary. The Kana Workbook includes exercises for helping the student learn to recognize, pronounce, and write each hiragana and katakana. The student will learn one character at a time and move onto reading and writing words and simple sentences. The student will also learn interesting facts about Japanese characters, traditional Japanese tools and crafts, and English words that have originated in Japan by reading the notes, written in English, throughout the book. Japanese ( Nihongo) is a language spoken by over 130 million people, mainly in Japan, but also by Japanese emigrant communities around the globe. It’s an agglutinative language and is distinguished by a system of honorifics reflecting the hierarchical nature of Japanese society, with verb forms and particular vocabulary to indicate the position of speaker & listenerThe 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. If you know the meanings of the components, type any of them in the text area: water (氵), grass (艹), mouth (口) or husband (夫) All of these are issues are solved when this book is used in a classroom environment (as is the case with me), but as stated I think this would be a difficult book to use on its own.