This practical workbook is for all students of Japanese who want to learn the basic phonetic writing system in use by the Japanese. This workbook is a self contained course, which can be used both for independent study or in the classroom. It can also serve as an ideal supplement to any basic conversation course in Japanese.
This workbook was absolutely essential to my learning of the Japanese language. Learning to write the basic kana characters really made me enthusiastic about learning more. If you have any interest in learning this language, this is a great workbook to start with. It doesn't give you much practice on vocabulary, grammar, etc. but it will teach you the basic kana needed to read Japanese (does not include the very complicated and numerous Kanji...that's something different).