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There are three types of Japanese script-katakana, hiragana, and kanji. It is possible to read Japanese knowing only a limited number of kanji, but it is not possible with only a limited number of katakana or hiragana-one must know all of them. Let's Learn Katakana, and its companion volume Let's Learn Hiragana, is a textbook that introduces the learner to the basics of one of these fundamental Japanese scripts. Being a workbook, it contains all the exercises that allow the student to master katakana by the time the book has been finished. Let's Learn Katakana is a classic in the field, and the huge number of students that have used it successfully is a sign of its preeminence as a self-study guide.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a slimmish textbook which focusses on both how to draw katakana, including stroke order, and when to use them- they're not just for foreign loan words as I had believed. It also mentions how the katakana were derived and why. It does NOT, however, include mnemonics or pictures to help you commit them to memory, and will not assist you in learning the alphabet quickly except by repetition and exercises. It also refers fairly often to its sister book on hiragana, which it recommends you study before katakana. This author is obviously respected as it's a recommended text for my university course. Good for more in-depth study of katakana- I didn't realise they were so useful!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a great follow up book from Mitamura's first book "Lets Learn Hiragana". This teaches the Katakana writing system in the same way the fisrt book taught Hiragana. That considered if you liked the first book then you will like this one too. The book is slightly thicker than the first and truth be told it didnt need be. Once i was Three Quarters through the book i had already mastered Katakana. However this book also teaches the uses of katakana (onomatapeia,telegrams,foriegn words etc.) which is also very important.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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before I started to read this book I only though that Katakana was used for words borrow for other countries. so with that in mind I was quite shock to find out how wrong I actually was. it is use for many more things then you would expect like names on animals and plantes. I would recomment though that you at least know Hiragana before you read this one, to get a more easy way to understand it, and it has all what you need to know like it's sisterbook "Let's learn Hiragana"
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Brilliant for dyslexics!
I've never managed to get my head round katakana though I have been learning Japanese for three years! Read more
Published 6 months ago by I<3TEES
Learning Katakana in easy steps
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The first one is where you learn Hiragana. It took me some time to learn the first group, then the second group and so on, and always remember the difference between... Read more
The first one is where you learn Hiragana. It took me some time to learn the first group, then the second group and so on, and always remember the difference between... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Maximilian Dengler
Amazing follow-up from the first book
This is a fantastic follow-up from the first book, it's in the same style as the first book 'Let's Learn Hiragana' in that it'll show you how to write each character and you'll be... Read more
Published 9 months ago by DH531
Excellent way to learn katakana
If you are foolish enough to decide to learn the Japanese writing system then this series of books is just excellent. 6 stars. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Paul Semicolon
Brilliant!
Books arrived very quickly as promised. I was worried the paperbacks might be damaged in the post, but arrived in perfect condition. Would definitely use amazon again.
Published 12 months ago by DD
I like it :P
I recently ordered this book and well yeah, it teaches you how to spell katakana
the book obviously lets you take a steady pace in learning japanese with some examples to test... Read more
the book obviously lets you take a steady pace in learning japanese with some examples to test... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Ereos
Very good
I found this book very useful it broke down the katakana into nice easy segments and worked in new ones while keeping the old. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Bethany Millen
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