まるごと 日本のことばと文化 入門 A1 かつどう- Marugoto: Japanese language and culture Starter A1 Coursebook for communicative language activities

by 独立行政法人国際交流基金 (Editor)

The Japan Foundation has been engaged in a various cultural initiatives with the objectives of deepening understanding of Japan overseas and promoting mutual understanding between Japan and other countries. We believe it is important that our work, including our work in Japanese education, proceeds in a way that encourages mutual understanding between people in situations where international cultural exchange takes place. This coursebook, Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture, was developed for adult learners of Japanese as a foreign language, based on this way of thinking.

Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture is based on the JF Standard for Japanese Language Education, and was designed with an emphasis on using Japanese to communicate, and on understanding and respecting other cultures. In addition, the coursebook's contents and approach were devised so that students can enjoy studying language and culture for its own sake, even if they are not in Japan.

Each topic in Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture contains situations where people from a variety of cultural backgrounds interact in Japanese. You can experience various aspects of Japanese culture through photographs and illustrations while listening to a number of natural conversations taking place in each situation. We will be very happy if, through this book, people throughout the world feel completely familiar with the language and culture of Japan, and the people who actually live in this culture and speak this language.

国際交流基金オフィシャル日本語コースブック
この1冊がまったく新しい授業をつくる!
JF日本語教育スタンダード準拠入門(A1)

相互理解の増進を目的とする「JF日本語教育スタンダード」に準拠した初のコースブック。日本語熟達度がCEFRに準じて客観的に把握できる。重点を置くべきCan-doが明確に示され、多様な学習目的に対応が可能。「かつどう」「りかい」の2分冊構成。

4技能をしっかり伸ばす! 『まるごとサイト marugotonihongo.jp』にて各課の音声、ごいちょう、作文教材など配信。

Genres: Language, Japanese Literature, Reference, Japan, Nonfiction

146 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2013

Reviews

[Elise Belleville · Rating 4 out of 5]

En vrai il a l'air complet et compétent, mais je n'ai pas eu le temps de faire les exercices oraux avant mon départ, donc je n'ai rien appris ~

[Richard Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Almost a year to the date later, and I've finished the first textbook. Going from Starter A1 to Elementary A2 at the Japan Foundation, the first textbook spills over into Year 2. Which was probably good considering that my brain started unlearning everything covered during 2020. Maybe a stupid year to start learning a language in retrospect, but who would have predicted a global pandemic? While the textbook alone is probably not great as a study aid, and the accompanying audio online only gets you so far, the real value is in learning it with a sensei who knows what they are doing and a group of fellow learners to prop you up and motivate you. I was pleased to get some survival Japanese, get a chunk of kana under my belt, and tell people that I like watching Japanese movies. (For the record: 日本の映画がすきです)。

As for now, at least I can say 'わたし は 日本語 が 少し わかります.' And maybe hope to travel there again soon.

[Debo]

haha, I am so fucked, but we're doing this!!!
For my one week intensive class going into three months of 2 hours a week, this was our course book. Can't imagine this works well for self-study, but maybe that's just me :D It's topics are well structured, focused on practice / application and vocabulary, but without guidance I would not have figured out a sensible path through the individual pages. And it's not big on grammar input. Written mostly in Hiragana and still equipped with Romaji.
Anyway, now I know that I should be able to count at least five different ways for different types of things, but I still can't DO it (to my big, big chagrin) :D

[Mari Kros · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book! It has listening exercises throughout the book and it can be downloaded from their web page. The listening exercises makes a good practice, specially if you do shadowing. Lots of vocabulary and the book is very organized and colorful.