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I'm Learning Japanese!: A Language Adventure for Young People
Emily, Nico and Teo are sitting on the grass after school, minding their own business, when—unbelievable!—a giant talking fox dressed in a kimono appears. Explaining that he knows magic, speaks 3,000 languages and is respected as a sensei (master), he wonders if the three kids are ready to learn Japanese from him.
During the next 128 amusing pages the three friends learn to speak, read and write the basics . . . along with taking breaks to try Japanese hot-spring baths, sumo wrestling, Zen meditation and more. Focusing on exactly what the 9 to 13-year-old learner wants to know, this book is carefully set up to allow them to learn Japanese independently, at their own speed, without an adult's help.
Every page of I'm Learning Japanese! is in full color and the illustrated comic book-approach, with its speech bubbles and funny side remarks, makes the learning seem to fly. It gives preteens a fun grounding in the language, and one that's accurate and practical. Nothing they learn here is ôwatered downö or will ever need to be unlearned, should they continue on with their Japanese studies in school or later in life.
During the next 128 amusing pages the three friends learn to speak, read and write the basics . . . along with taking breaks to try Japanese hot-spring baths, sumo wrestling, Zen meditation and more. Focusing on exactly what the 9 to 13-year-old learner wants to know, this book is carefully set up to allow them to learn Japanese independently, at their own speed, without an adult's help.
Every page of I'm Learning Japanese! is in full color and the illustrated comic book-approach, with its speech bubbles and funny side remarks, makes the learning seem to fly. It gives preteens a fun grounding in the language, and one that's accurate and practical. Nothing they learn here is ôwatered downö or will ever need to be unlearned, should they continue on with their Japanese studies in school or later in life.
- GenresJapan
128 pages, Spiral-bound
First published May 10, 2010
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About the author
Christian Galan
17 booksChristian Galan is head of the Japanese department at the University of Toulouse le Mirail and is a researcher at the Centre d'Etudes Japonaises in Paris, part of the National Institute of Asian Languages and Civilizations (Inalco). His specialties are the Japanese educational system and Japanese language teaching. He is the author of several language resources for Japanese teachers.
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August 22, 2017
minus 2 very little miniscule mistakes in the book i thought it was a great and fun way to refresh my memory and learn a couple of things i didnt know. i took japanese level 1 about 2 years ago and finally able to take the second one this time around so thia book definitely helped w a refreshed on hiragana and grammar in a fun kid style of stories.
June 15, 2020
this was so cute i really learned a lot <3
March 29, 2011
Mila 2011
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