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Master Intermediate Japanese
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Reading real Japanese material is incredibly satisfying, but it’s also very difficult to find anything that is accessible to intermediate learners. This book is the perfect stepping stone from textbooks (or children’s books) to real Japanese articles aimed at native speakers. The book, which contains 15 interesting articles (all written by a native Japanese speaker), helps guide the reader through any unknown grammar and vocabulary with translations and in-depth explanations. Essentially you will learn naturally, while having fun.
Whether you are already an intermediate learner or are trying to break through to this level, this book is perfect for you. You will learn 100’s of new vocabulary and grammar points and gain the confidence and skill that come from reading real articles. It will also help you improve your kanji knowledge as it contains many of the everyday characters that are essential for your progress. In addition, if you are studying for the N4-3 JLPT test, this will be a huge help for the Kanji, Vocabulary and Reading sections.
Take the next step and master intermediate Japanese with this engaging, interesting and useful reading collection.
Reading real Japanese material is incredibly satisfying, but it’s also very difficult to find anything that is accessible to intermediate learners. This book is the perfect stepping stone from textbooks (or children’s books) to real Japanese articles aimed at native speakers. The book, which contains 15 interesting articles (all written by a native Japanese speaker), helps guide the reader through any unknown grammar and vocabulary with translations and in-depth explanations. Essentially you will learn naturally, while having fun.
Whether you are already an intermediate learner or are trying to break through to this level, this book is perfect for you. You will learn 100’s of new vocabulary and grammar points and gain the confidence and skill that come from reading real articles. It will also help you improve your kanji knowledge as it contains many of the everyday characters that are essential for your progress. In addition, if you are studying for the N4-3 JLPT test, this will be a huge help for the Kanji, Vocabulary and Reading sections.
Take the next step and master intermediate Japanese with this engaging, interesting and useful reading collection.
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Published August 8, 2017
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September 3, 2017
I have been studying Japanese for almost seven years with a variety of tools, and this audiobook has a wealth of information for the intermediate learner. The organization of the lessons has an article read in small sections with grammar and vocabulary bits between each section. Then the article is read in Japanese, summarized in English, and there is a short quiz on the content.
One of the tools I often used to help myself was language podcasts, and this is very much like you will find in the languagepod101 podcasts. For those of you familiar with that, the similar structure should make it easy to pick up the material.
The grammar is definitely intermediate Japanese. If you are only a beginner, you will find using this frustrating, but an intermediate learner like myself will have no trouble finding the texts enriching. I plan on listening to the articles again until I get through the material without consulting anything in English.
My default Audible app setting is to listen to materials at 1.25 speed. I listened to Pimsleur Japanese 4 on that speed without difficulty, but that was almost too fast for this. So as a study tip, I do recommend you slow down your playback speed if you need to.
I didn’t care for the male narrator’s voice, but that’s a personal preference. He was easy to understand and was not otherwise problematic. The female narrator spoke quickly but sounded otherwise standard Japanese and not dialect. I also didn’t care for some of the advice aspects of the texts, but it might have been because I heard them in male English narrator’s voice.
The best audience for this is an intermediate Japanese learner (no surprise). You’ll expand your grammar, especially with different verb structures. Do take advantage of the supplementary PDF with full lesson information, including full texts of the articles.
Truth in reviewing: I received this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
One of the tools I often used to help myself was language podcasts, and this is very much like you will find in the languagepod101 podcasts. For those of you familiar with that, the similar structure should make it easy to pick up the material.
The grammar is definitely intermediate Japanese. If you are only a beginner, you will find using this frustrating, but an intermediate learner like myself will have no trouble finding the texts enriching. I plan on listening to the articles again until I get through the material without consulting anything in English.
My default Audible app setting is to listen to materials at 1.25 speed. I listened to Pimsleur Japanese 4 on that speed without difficulty, but that was almost too fast for this. So as a study tip, I do recommend you slow down your playback speed if you need to.
I didn’t care for the male narrator’s voice, but that’s a personal preference. He was easy to understand and was not otherwise problematic. The female narrator spoke quickly but sounded otherwise standard Japanese and not dialect. I also didn’t care for some of the advice aspects of the texts, but it might have been because I heard them in male English narrator’s voice.
The best audience for this is an intermediate Japanese learner (no surprise). You’ll expand your grammar, especially with different verb structures. Do take advantage of the supplementary PDF with full lesson information, including full texts of the articles.
Truth in reviewing: I received this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
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