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Ultimate Japanese: Advanced Course: Advanced CD/Manual (Living Language) [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

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Book Description

Publication Date: 1 Oct 2003 | ISBN-10: 1400020697 | ISBN-13: 978-1400020690 | Edition: Revised edition
Available October 2003

Created for the serious language-learner, our deluxe Ultimate Japanese Advanced course has been revised and updated. It teaches a sophisticated level of conversation and grammar and is equivalent to two years of college study. Free additional exercises are now available on line!

Perfect for the businessperson and anyone traveling or living abroad, Ultimate Japanese Advanced course contains a 400+ page book with eight 60-minute CDs covering 20 lessons. Each lesson includes lively, up-to-date dialogues, vocabulary, exercises, culture notes, and detailed explanations of grammar and usage.

KEY FEATURES:
• Ideal for anyone planning to live or conduct business abroad
• Includes extensive business vocabulary and details of
business etiquette
• Free extra practice on line with more than 100 additional practice sections
• Updated with new vocabulary and information about culture and everyday life; and now include references to the euro
• Now available on CD for ease in moving between lessons–perfect for use in the car, at the gym, or anywhere you please

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  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: Random House Inc; Revised edition edition (1 Oct 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1400020697
  • ISBN-13: 978-1400020690
  • Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 23.4 x 5.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,680,945 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars There are very few negative qualities to this book. 12 Nov 1998
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
This book is one of the better language books I have read and used. It is quite clear and interesting, and has proven to be very helpful. The book is divided up into twenty lessons, each with a similar format. It begins with a few pages of dialogue, after which some notes on the more difficult or interesting aspects of the dialogue are explained. I quite like that. Afterwards it focuses on grammar and then introduces a few kanji. The twenty lessons are first written in romaji, and then repeated afterwards in kana and kanji, complete with furigana for each compund (except for one - I wonder if that was an error). The only negative aspect to this book is its tendancy to over-rely on business and polite grammar as opposed to normal speech. It is difficult to find books that teach Japanese the way it is actually spoken. However, this book does include some plain speech and guidelines for usage, but generally it assumes that one will wish to use the -masu form of the verbs, watakushi instead of watashi or ore for 'I', and so on. Nevertheless, I am finding it to be quite useful, and would not have bought it if it wasn't.

One last note: the system of romaji is the Hepburn system, with only some minor variations, such as using n before b instead of m (ie, shinbun instead of shimbun for newspaper).

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars There are very few negative qualities to this book. 12 Nov 1998
By torquil@innocent.com or Dave MacLeod - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This book is one of the better language books I have read and used. It is quite clear and interesting, and has proven to be very helpful. The book is divided up into twenty lessons, each with a similar format. It begins with a few pages of dialogue, after which some notes on the more difficult or interesting aspects of the dialogue are explained. I quite like that. Afterwards it focuses on grammar and then introduces a few kanji. The twenty lessons are first written in romaji, and then repeated afterwards in kana and kanji, complete with furigana for each compund (except for one - I wonder if that was an error). The only negative aspect to this book is its tendancy to over-rely on business and polite grammar as opposed to normal speech. It is difficult to find books that teach Japanese the way it is actually spoken. However, this book does include some plain speech and guidelines for usage, but generally it assumes that one will wish to use the -masu form of the verbs, watakushi instead of watashi or ore for 'I', and so on. Nevertheless, I am finding it to be quite useful, and would not have bought it if it wasn't.

One last note: the system of romaji is the Hepburn system, with only some minor variations, such as using n before b instead of m (ie, shinbun instead of shimbun for newspaper).

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Not advanced at all 6 Nov 2006
By Tulugaq - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This book isn't bad, it's just not what the title claims. Advanced? Far from it! Don't buy this if you're expecting anything above low-intermediate level Japanese.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A bit easy for an advanced series 15 Aug 2006
By Kyle Sisler - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
Great dialogues and useful situations but I was expecting something a little more difficult from the advanced series. I completed the basic-advanced series and thought it was fantastic. However, the advanced series teaches many of the grammar structures already taught in the intermediate section of the first book. Not to say it isnt a nice book, but from what I had learned from the first book, I easily understood the first five lessons on the CD the first time I listened to them. I only learned about three new words or so from the first five lessons. Not to say this isnt a nice series, but if you completed the beginner-intermediate book, you may find the advanced series a bit easy.
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