- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Teach Yourself Books; 3rd Revised edition edition (12 Feb 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 034087080X
- ISBN-13: 978-0340870808
- Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 16 x 5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,074,919 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This title is for anyone who wants to progress quickly from the basics to understanding and speaking with confidence. Key structures and vocabulary are introduced in 22 thematic units which deal with everyday situations. The emphasis throughout is on communication, with important language structures introduced through dialogues on the accompanying recording. The dialogues feature authentic Japanese as it is spoken on the street. The book uses a system of romanised script usually called the modified Hepburn system which is better suited to English speakers than the "kunrei" system officially used in Japan. Culture notes should help you to appreciate the culture of Japan and avoid causing offence during a visit.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good workbook,
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Japanese Book/CD Pack (Teach Yourself Languages) (Paperback)
If you already have a basic grasp of Japanese sentence structure, then this is a good intermediate and comprehensive language book for those who want to extend on their Japanese.
As the exercises progress, they try to incorporate what you've already learnt from previous chapters; however this book would benefit from a little more coverage on particles which can be a very confusing aspect of Japanese. Wa and Ga, potentially 2 of the hardest to master, are only really dealt with properly a bit later on, and in addition to this, I also noticed a few grammatical errors, one of which was in the exercises. I think it is especially important that language books are proof read and edited well before publishing. This was a little disappointing, but on the whole would definately say this book is worth buying; it's a very good student reference.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book.,
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Japanese Book/CD Pack (Teach Yourself Languages) (Paperback)
I'm 15 years old and have been learning Japanese for close to a year now. This book is fantastic and I enjoyed the fun conversations and the Language and Society sections at the end of each Unit. However, I believe that you can't possibily learn any language in only a matter of months, as the previous reviewer states. It takes dedication and hard work, unless all you want to do is go on holiday with barely more than a phrasebook and manage to just about communicate. Japanese can hardly be called an easy language and I for one find the grammer and particles particularly hard to fathom at times. Teach Yourself Japanese is a great book and I'd recommended it to anyone that seriously wants to learn the language.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
V. Good,
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Japanese Book/CD Pack (Teach Yourself Languages) (Paperback)
This is a great book from a great series. It will teach you how to speak Japanese (nihongo!) in just a few months. It only loses the last star however as it does move quite quickly, but this can be easily counter-acted buy buying the beginners version of this first, as I did.
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