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Complete Guide to Japanese
Most Japanese textbooks only go over a small subset of what you need to learn Japanese, typically covering a certain amount of grammar and vocabulary with a smattering of dialogues and readings. However, mastering a language requires much more than just learning grammar and vocabulary. What most Japanese textbooks fail to recognize is that they can't possibly hope to cover all the necessary vocabulary and kanji (Chinese characters) to obtain full fluency. This guide fully recognizes that it cannot teach you everything word by word and character by character. Instead, it will give you a solid understanding of the fundamentals with a wide collection of dialogues and examples. In addition, it will go over various techniques and tools to enable you to teach yourself. Essentially, this book is a guide on how you can learn Japanese to complete fluency by actually using Japanese in the areas of reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
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September 13, 2016
Telling from the title: 'Complete Guide to Japanese', this book guides you with Japanese.
It teaches you Japanese? Fine! Lots of people have written books intending to do this, but what makes this book so interesting is that it teaches very beginners up to a level where learners are confident with Japanese, providing example sentences with only concepts that already been taught earlier, unlike regular textbooks which are only aimed at a certain level.
Occasional short comics in the language the author is intended to teach help to keep readers motivated and interested. There are also frequent example conversations including the concepts learnt.
This book is very useful material for people who are interested in studying Japanese for the long term, but it may not be as catchy for readers who do not yield an extended interest in language.
Most example sentences include a translation in English, to show how to concept works and how it relates to various concepts in the English language, but occasionally there are sentences in Japanese without English, so the reader would know if they have really mastered the concepts taught.
I would recommend this book for readers at least 10 years old, as younger readers might not be able to grasp the concepts, which are difficult to absorb to at first.
I give 'Complete guide to Japanese' a 92/100, for its completeness, considerate catchiness, and the attempt to teach as easily as possible, with common attempts to familiarise the learner with the language.
It teaches you Japanese? Fine! Lots of people have written books intending to do this, but what makes this book so interesting is that it teaches very beginners up to a level where learners are confident with Japanese, providing example sentences with only concepts that already been taught earlier, unlike regular textbooks which are only aimed at a certain level.
Occasional short comics in the language the author is intended to teach help to keep readers motivated and interested. There are also frequent example conversations including the concepts learnt.
This book is very useful material for people who are interested in studying Japanese for the long term, but it may not be as catchy for readers who do not yield an extended interest in language.
Most example sentences include a translation in English, to show how to concept works and how it relates to various concepts in the English language, but occasionally there are sentences in Japanese without English, so the reader would know if they have really mastered the concepts taught.
I would recommend this book for readers at least 10 years old, as younger readers might not be able to grasp the concepts, which are difficult to absorb to at first.
I give 'Complete guide to Japanese' a 92/100, for its completeness, considerate catchiness, and the attempt to teach as easily as possible, with common attempts to familiarise the learner with the language.
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