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Japanese for Busy People is the most popular Japanese language textbook series in the world. With over 20 components including texts, workbooks, CDs, videos and teacher's manuals, it is also one of the most comprehensive. Now, a decade after its first revision, the entire series is being 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.
The book features not only a sleek, new design but also a unit structure that groups thematically linked lessons together, making it easier than ever to learn Japanese.
Moreover, it now comes with a CD containing audio for the dialogues and listening exercises from the text. The exercises in the book have also been thoroughly revised to incorporate more comprehension and production tasks. Many of these exercises are illustrated, making for a stimulating learning experience, and the purpose of each one is clearly stated.
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 is available in two formats: romanized and kana.
The Romanized Version uses romanized Japanese throughout, with kana in the Opening Dialogues of each lesson.
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.
The companion volume, Japanese for Busy People 1: The Workbook for the Revised 3rd Edition contains a variety of illustrated exercises for mastering the basic sentence patterns presented in the main text.
The book features not only a sleek, new design but also a unit structure that groups thematically linked lessons together, making it easier than ever to learn Japanese.
Moreover, it now comes with a CD containing audio for the dialogues and listening exercises from the text. The exercises in the book have also been thoroughly revised to incorporate more comprehension and production tasks. Many of these exercises are illustrated, making for a stimulating learning experience, and the purpose of each one is clearly stated.
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 is available in two formats: romanized and kana.
The Romanized Version uses romanized Japanese throughout, with kana in the Opening Dialogues of each lesson.
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.
The companion volume, Japanese for Busy People 1: The Workbook for the Revised 3rd Edition contains a variety of illustrated exercises for mastering the basic sentence patterns presented in the main text.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Well organised and helpful. Better than some books on same subject I used in (admittedly distant) past.
But main point is that it has long been used by professional teachers of Japanese, working for language schools, airlines, company classes etc. It has track record of practicality.
Recommended, even if you are using 1 or 2 other textbooks already.
But main point is that it has long been used by professional teachers of Japanese, working for language schools, airlines, company classes etc. It has track record of practicality.
Recommended, even if you are using 1 or 2 other textbooks already.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
This book was used with the Japanese for Busy People 1 book, the workbook helped me practice what I learned. Good Revision book.
For use with either of the following
Japanese for Busy People: Kana Version Bk. 1 (Japanese for Busy People Series)
Japanese for Busy People: Romanized Version Bk. 1
For use with either of the following
Japanese for Busy People: Kana Version Bk. 1 (Japanese for Busy People Series)
Japanese for Busy People: Romanized Version Bk. 1
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
This book is functional I suppose at learning romanji or at best some basic phrase level English but skipping this book and going straight onto the kana workbooks is preferable.
Saying that the entire Japanese for busy people texts seem fairly basic and flawed to me, for best Japanese learning results buy the "Minna no Nihongo" books, fully in Japanese, but that book + a dictionary works much better at gaining a good level of Japanese proficiency.
Saying that the entire Japanese for busy people texts seem fairly basic and flawed to me, for best Japanese learning results buy the "Minna no Nihongo" books, fully in Japanese, but that book + a dictionary works much better at gaining a good level of Japanese proficiency.
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