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For Beginners

To Study Japanese Character

Let's Learn Japanese For Beginners
1. JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE I - III
Published by Kodansha International
Textbook (romanized edition) \2,900
Cassette tapes (3 tapes totaling 120 minutes) \4,800
Workbook: textbook \2,300
tapes (2 tapes totaling 100 minutes) \3,800
Videotape \9,500
Using a step-by-step and easy-to-understand layout, this series is designed to help people that do not have a lot of time to devote to Japanese study acquire conversation ability.

2. AN INTRODUCTION TO MODERN JAPANESE
Published by the Japan Times
Textbook \3,408
Cassette tapes (2 60-minute tapes) \15,000
This is an introductory textbook that presents modern, standard Japanese with emphasis on everyday conversation. It gives clear instruction on pronunciation and also aims to help students read hiragana, katakana, and basic kanji.

3. SHIN NIHONGO NO KISO I - II
Edited by the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS)
Published by 3A Corporation
Textbook (romanized edition) \2,524
Workbook \825
Cassette tapes (8 90-minute tapes) \16,000
Supplements: include vocabulary, sentence \1,505
patterns, and conversation from the textbook
in various languages (English, Chinese, Thai,
Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian,
French, Vietnamese, and Burmese)
Grammatical guide (English, Chinese, Thai, \1,650
Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian,
French, and Vietnamese)
This textbook introduces 830 words and 75 elementary sentence patterns needed for basic conversation. The example sentences and model conversations are devised to allow natural understanding of how certain phrases are used and at what times.

4. JAPANESE-AN INTEGRATED CONVERSATIONAL APPROACH I (Revised Edition) - III
Edited by the Japan International Cooperation Agency
Published by the Japan International Cooperation Center
Textbook (romanized edition) \2,200
Grammatical guide (English, Indonesian, Spanish) \2,200
Wordlists: include vocabulary and conversation \1,000
from the textbook in various languages
(Romanized edition-Thai, Malaysian,
Indonesian, Chinese, Spanish and French
editions are available)
Cassette tapes (8 60-minute tapes) \16,000
This practical textbook emphasizes communication with focus on the vocabulary and expressions needed by JICA training participants in their training activities and daily life in Japan. Book I, which is an introduction to Japanese, has been revised so that its topics are not only suitable for training participants but also all people interested in learning Japanese. A grammar guide has also been included, which means that all of the items needed by students of Japanese have been combined into one handy study resource.

5. BASIC FUNCTIONAL JAPANESE
Edited by the Pegasus Language Service
Published by the Japan Times
Textbook \3,505
Cassette tapes (6 60-minute tapes) \12,000
This is a beginners' textbook that focuses attention on the functions of words used in greetings, requests, etc.


 
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