Elementary Japanese Volume 1 by Yoko Hasegawa

Elementary Japanese Volume 1 by Yoko Hasegawa

This is a comprehensive beginning-level Japanese textbook and language learning program.

Elementary Japanese is designed for students who are just beginning their study of the Japanese language at the first-year college level or on their own. The author and contributors have created a highly structured approach to learning Japanese based on acquiring the fundamental patterns and constructions of the language as well as the Japanese writing system including the primary Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji characters.

Each volume of this two-book set is designed for one semester of study. The books feature detailed grammatical explanations which make them extremely useful as references and for review purposes when traveling to Japan or preparing for the Japanese Language Proficiency Examination (JLPT).

Printable PDFs and MP3 audio files are included with each volume on free CD-ROMs, making this a great way to learn Japanese on your own while ensuring that you learn the correct pronunciation. The recordings also help you build up your listening comprehension skills.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Describe yourself, your family and your friends.
• Talk about daily events using basic vocabulary and grammatical constructions.
• Understand conversations on these topics as well as classroom activities.
• Read Japanese articles and write short compositions and letters.

Elementary Japanese Volume One covers the first semester of a college-level Japanese beginner course. It contains 14 lessons, each representing one week of instruction over multiple sessions. Each lesson consists of a dialogue, usage notes, grammar notes, exercises, new kanji and explanations, and new vocabulary. Authentic Japanese script is used throughout; the two volumes together introduce 313 Kanji.

All disc content is alternatively accessible on tuttlepublishing.com/downloadable-content.

Hasegawa, Yoko: - Yoko Hasegawa is Professor of Japanese Linguistics, in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests range over the great diversity of Japanese linguistics. Her publications include: Japanese: A Linguistic Introduction (Cambridge, 2014), Soliloquy in Japanese and English (2010) and Nihongo kara mita nihonjin: Shutaisei no gengogaku, with Yukio Hirose (2010).

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ISBN 13	9780804835046
ISBN 10	0804835047
Title	Elementary Japanese Volume 1
Author	Yoko Hasegawa
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Tuttle Publishing
Year published	2005-08-15
Number of pages	400
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.