Japanese for Busy People (Kana version) Vol. II

by Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (AJALT)

How can the Japanese for Busy People series help you learn Japanese?
Japanese for Busy People is, as the title suggests, a concise course for 'busy' students who want to learn natural, spoken Japanese as effectively as possible in a limited amount of time. Three main texts-Japanese for Busy People I, Japanese for Busy People II, and Japanese for Busy People Ill-with related workbooks, cassette tapes, ODs, teacher's manuals, and videos make up this fully integrated three-level series. At each level, enough vocabulary and grammar has been provided to enable the learner to communicate in uncomplicated adult language without having to memorize excessive amounts of vocabulary and language patterns that are not immediately useful. All components of the Japanese for Busy People series have been prepared under the guidance of a working group of experienced Japanese language instructors who reviewed and tested the material in an authentic classroom environment.
Japanese for Busy People The Workbook is the ideal resource for any student who wishes to improve speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in Japanese. This collection of exercises and activities has been developed to provide practice for sentence patterns presented in both the Revised Edition and Kana Version of Japanese for Busy People Il. The workbook can be used both in the classroom as a supplement for introducing or reviewing lessons, and outside the classroom for homework and review. When coordinated with the exercises and quizzes in the main textbook, this workbook should enable learners to improve their command of basic Japanese in a relatively short time.'
This fully illustrated Workbook
'Structure Practice' -To understand the meaning and structure of sentence patterns.
'Receptive Practice' -To understand how a structure is used in context.
'Productive Practice' -To form spoken and written sentences based on the sentence patterns.
Japanese for Busy People Workbook Tapes (available separately) has been specially designed to support this workbook.

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

288 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1990

About the author

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Reviews

[Hawraki · Rating 4 out of 5]

درست هذا الكتاب مع مُعلمة بعد انتهائي من دراسة الجزء الأول. مقارنة بالكتاب الأول، هذا الكتاب أكثّف، وكما يقول الأغلب في مراجعاتهم، يعج بالمفردات الجديدة. هذه السلسلة على العموم جيدة لمن يريد تعلم اليابانية الرسمية للعمل. وتسلسل الدروس هو مثل تسلسل الكتب التعليمية الأخرى تقريبًا. مفيد فيما يتعلق بالقواعد لكني سأقول بأنه ممل وجامد للدراسة الذاتية.

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great resource, but moved on to other learning materials. DNF'd at p. 110

[James Knowles · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice follow-up to volume I.

Unlike others, I don't find the vocabulary coming so fast. I've had stiff textbooks that crammed far more vocabulary down your throat for other languages. (I remember my Russian textbook in particular with some horror.)

However, I'm studying one-on-one with a teacher from Japan Online School as we go at my pace, so if I fall behind in vocabulary, it's my fault. :)

(As an aside, I'd recommend checking out the J-OS if you don't have classes otherwise handy. They're quite legit.)

[Daniel Roy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This manual introduces new vocabulary at a dyzzling speed! As a result, have to accept to skip some new words, with the inconvenient result that the following lessons are harder to understand (since I still don't know some words I'm supposed to know at this point). What drives me completely crazy is that some new Kanji characters introduced are often not repeated later (they are written in hiragana, instead)! How are we supposed to remember these new Kanji characters if we see them only once?

[Echo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book progress in a slower pace than Genki and has more exercises to practice with. If you are a bit concerned about Kanji, then this is a great book to pick - though I personally prefer the opposite.

[Ebonique Boyd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to go through. Excited to start the next book.

[Mrdavidpeat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very useful, but vocab is definitely slanted towards business.

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Again, if you are learning Japanese and you finished the last book, you can move onto this one... =)

[Ilana · Rating 3 out of 5]

much harder than book 1. lots of necessary grammar, which needs to be understood. lots of vocabulary. I recommend taking the full advantage of the workbook as well. gambatte!

[Tobi ﾄﾋﾞ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I finished this last year but I’m reviewing it and I’m kind of impressed by how much I actually remembered because I thought I’d probably forgotten everything