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Japanese in Mangaland
Kanji in MangaLand: Volume 1
The Japanese in MangaLand series from JPT introduced language learners to an innovative, entertaining and educationally-sound way of learning Japanese through the use of manga. Now, this same approach is applied to the often-daunting task of mastering kanji—the Chinese ideograms—in Kanji in MangaLand , the first of a 3-volume course covering the 1,006 basic kanji characters.
Aimed at Western students aged 12–25, the Kanji in MangaLand program differs from traditional methods in that it uses distinct drawings for the "parts" that form each kanji character; then it shows a manga-style illustration to help the student connect the shapes and the meaning. In addition, the books present information on compound words, stroke order, meaning and such unique features as identifying similar-looking kanji and alternative or older shapes for the same character.
Kanji in MangaLand : Levels 1 & 2 includes 21 lessons. The first seven of these cover all 80 kanji characters learnt by Japanese children in their first primary school year. Lessons 8-21 cover the 160 kanji studied in the next year. In every lesson, the student will learn 8 to 12 kanji and then move on to the exercise section, which features one page of manga using all the characters learnt in that lesson; a page of different types of exercises; and a page with the correct answers, translations and a summary of the new drawing-compounds that will appear in the next lesson. The book also has two special exercise parts—one at the end of each level—as well as indexes of kanji and reading.
With manga sales booming—in 2006, they approached $200 million—and interest in learning Japanese skyrocketing as well, the Kanji in MangaLand series is the perfect blend of entertainment and solid language instruction to make learning fun and effective.
Aimed at Western students aged 12–25, the Kanji in MangaLand program differs from traditional methods in that it uses distinct drawings for the "parts" that form each kanji character; then it shows a manga-style illustration to help the student connect the shapes and the meaning. In addition, the books present information on compound words, stroke order, meaning and such unique features as identifying similar-looking kanji and alternative or older shapes for the same character.
Kanji in MangaLand : Levels 1 & 2 includes 21 lessons. The first seven of these cover all 80 kanji characters learnt by Japanese children in their first primary school year. Lessons 8-21 cover the 160 kanji studied in the next year. In every lesson, the student will learn 8 to 12 kanji and then move on to the exercise section, which features one page of manga using all the characters learnt in that lesson; a page of different types of exercises; and a page with the correct answers, translations and a summary of the new drawing-compounds that will appear in the next lesson. The book also has two special exercise parts—one at the end of each level—as well as indexes of kanji and reading.
With manga sales booming—in 2006, they approached $200 million—and interest in learning Japanese skyrocketing as well, the Kanji in MangaLand series is the perfect blend of entertainment and solid language instruction to make learning fun and effective.
240 pages, Paperback
First published November 16, 2007
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Marc Bernabé
558 books31 followersTraductor e intérprete del japonés, con especial hincapié en la traducción de manga y anime, campo en el que cuenta con un bagaje de cientos de volúmenes y episodios traducidos, además de ser especialista en didáctica de la lengua y cultura japonesas para hispanohablantes. Entre sus obras se cuentan la serie de cuatro libros Japonés en viñetas (Norma, 2001-2006), la serie de tres libros Kanji en viñetas (Norma, 2006-2009), Apuntes de Japón (Glénat, 2002), la serie Kanji para recordar (Herder, 2001-2004, junto con J. W. Heisig y V. Calafell) y la guía de viajes Rumbo a Japón (Laertes, 2005, junto con V. Calafell y J. Espí). Recientemente ha trabajado en los libros Hanzi para recordar (Herder, 2009, junto con J.W. Heisig, T. Richardson y V. Calafell, obra para aprender los caracteres chinos en dos versiones: chino simplificado y tradicional. Es fundador y director de la empresa de traducciones e interpretaciones Daruma Serveis Lingüístics, SL, desde donde gestiona sus propias traducciones, así como las de un extenso equipo de colaboradores.
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November 6, 2016
La edición española era la más barata y la compré. Tengo un libro en italiano (lo de los ejercicios), y otro en inglés, lo de la teoría. Pero los tres no me ayudaron a aprender el japonés. Fue mi culpa, no la de los libros.
Me gustaba mucho el método utilizado en este libro porque asociaba un kanji con un dibujo mui fácil de recordar.
Utilicé el libro con Brian, que entonces era mi enseñante de japonés.
Me gustaba mucho el método utilizado en este libro porque asociaba un kanji con un dibujo mui fácil de recordar.
Utilicé el libro con Brian, que entonces era mi enseñante de japonés.
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