2. What does Interactive Japanese ① cover?
Interactive Japanese ① and its CDs or tapes (available separately) teaches you basic Japanese conversation with a focus on commonly used daily expressions, question and answer techniques, and the conversational strategies you need when interacting with Japanese people either as a visitor to Japan or as a host to Japanese people in your own country.
We have limited the complexity of the language to simple single-verb sentences which have wide application in everyday conversation. By using these basic structures in over sixty frequently encountered situations you will learn how to communicate your needs and make social contact with Japanese people.
Besides being an introduction to Japanese conversation, Interactive Japanese ① teaches you the basics of the Japanese writing system. You learn to read and write all the hiragana, twenty-four kanji, as well as dictionary skills. This text also exposes you to katakana and a considerable number of kanji without requiring their mastery. Romanization is included for all Japanese script in the first three lessons. From Lesson 4 this romanization is progressively removed for hiragana and the kanji covered in the textbook. This step bv step introduction of Japanese script steadily raises your reading and writing level throughout the text in line with the improvement in your speaking and listening.
Each lesson is followed by a homework section that provides you with the means to check your understanding of the language you have covered. At the back of the text are charts for hiragana and katakana, instructions for using a Japanese-English dictionary, a comprehensive vocabulary list, a list of grammatical points and key expressions, and homework answers.
Interactive Japanese ① and its CDs or tapes (available separately) teaches you basic Japanese conversation with a focus on commonly used daily expressions, question and answer techniques, and the conversational strategies you need when interacting with Japanese people either as a visitor to Japan or as a host to Japanese people in your own country.
We have limited the complexity of the language to simple single-verb sentences which have wide application in everyday conversation. By using these basic structures in over sixty frequently encountered situations you will learn how to communicate your needs and make social contact with Japanese people.
Besides being an introduction to Japanese conversation, Interactive Japanese ① teaches you the basics of the Japanese writing system. You learn to read and write all the hiragana, twenty-four kanji, as well as dictionary skills. This text also exposes you to katakana and a considerable number of kanji without requiring their mastery. Romanization is included for all Japanese script in the first three lessons. From Lesson 4 this romanization is progressively removed for hiragana and the kanji covered in the textbook. This step bv step introduction of Japanese script steadily raises your reading and writing level throughout the text in line with the improvement in your speaking and listening.
Each lesson is followed by a homework section that provides you with the means to check your understanding of the language you have covered. At the back of the text are charts for hiragana and katakana, instructions for using a Japanese-English dictionary, a comprehensive vocabulary list, a list of grammatical points and key expressions, and homework answers.