Japanese for Busy People I: Romanized Version1 CD attached

by Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (AJALT)

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.

Genres: Nonfiction, Japanese Literature, Reference, Education, Textbooks, Language

296 pages, Paperback

First published November 11, 2011

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Reviews

[Anjuna Harper · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to follow, good introduction to learning Japanese, I still use it every month for memorising. Subarashii!! 🌟🌟🌟

[Kristopher Dukes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful introduction to Japanese you can use right away (though the book is written for a male business audience than for a tourist).

That said, fantastic break down of grammar/sentence structure, and to my amusement I found myself using most of the book's vocab -- words for "keys," "post office," etc., which I assumed a near useless exercise in rote memorization -- in a small onsen town.

Highly recommended!

[Shirley K · Rating 4 out of 5]

You will need to have good hold of hiragana and katakana for this. Even though they have english translations, it would be faster if you can read it well. It is good for beginners but does not necessarily make you good at normal conversations. Its a good head start towards learning Japanese.