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Summary: Great book for learning Japanese
Review: I had 1 month before heading to Japan and this book was great in learning the basics. The content is clear, simple, and easy to follow. The cut-out cheat sheets came in handy while in Japan and I wasn't afraid to interact with my broken Japanese. It covers context for a wide range of everyday situations such as transportation, dining, housing, siteseeing, etc.
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Summary: Excellent kickstart to Japanese study.
Review: I have been studying Japanese for over 10 years and am still not fluent. Basically I have no impetus as I am learning solely for myself. I find this book very good, especially for the price. If I have not picked it up for a while, I find I can easily 'kickstart' my study again.
I find it similar to those puzzle books I used to do as a child. Lots of little exercises laid out in a fun way. As with any language, unless you keep it up it is easily forgotten. with this workbook it is easy to find your flow again.
If you are a complete beginner or intermediate but not studied for a while, both will find this book useful. If you are a beginner, be prepared to keep to 10mins a day & you will soon have a good understanding of the language. I wish I could say that I did! Good luck!
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Summary: Excellent kickstart to Japanese study.
Review: I have been studying Japanese for over 10 years and am still not fluent. Basically I have no impetus as I am learning solely for myself. I find this book very good, especially for the price. If I have not picked it up for a while, I find I can easily 'kickstart' my study again.
I find it similar to those puzzle books I used to do as a child. Lots of little exercises laid out in a fun way. As with any language, unless you keep it up it is easily forgotten. with this workbook it is easy to find your flow again.
If you are a complete beginner or intermediate but not studied for a while, both will find this book useful. If you are a beginner, be prepared to keep to 10mins a day & you will soon have a good understanding of the language. I wish I could say that I did! Good luck!
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: I have now completed four books in this series and in this one Japanese book, have learned more than I have learned in several computer programs. These books are great, they start out with very simple words such as "Where" or "Who". Then by the end of the book the reader should have the ability to translate complicated sentences. Going through the whole book took me about a month and a half, and I was able to travel to Japan, get to my hotel, book a reservation, eat out at a restaurant, ask for directions, utilize the subway and train system, and much more. I was thouroughly impressed by this book. Unlike most learning material I purchased, this book doesn't make you memorize necessary sentences, but teaches you basic words, and grammar, so you can build sentences. I was even suprised how they mixed in some culture which makes each book unique. I recommend this book to absolutely anyone, erspecially those with no previous Japanese experience.
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Summary: I think this book is an excellent way to explore Japanese!
Review: I have used many different products to try to learn Japanese. From cassets to internet programs, this book was the most fun, quick, exciting, and understandable method I've seen! I'd recomend this product to anyone who wants to learn Japanese for any reason. Other methods easily got frustrating, but this book kept my attention and intrest from cover to cover. I especially like the sticky labels. They make it easy to learn words for everyday objects in Japanese--effortlessly. Overall, I'd say this book is a great way to learn Nihongo! (Japanese)
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Summary: This actually works!
Review: I needed to learn basic Japanese fast, and by scheduling a lesson a day about a month before my trip to Japan, I was able to complete each lesson in the book (although admittedly, to say it only took 10 minutes a day is a bit of a stretch).The best things about the book are the friendly font and that instructions are written in an engaging, non-academic tone. Often, the lessons substitute one Japanese word for a common English word until you become accustomed to that particular word, even in the middle of a sentence. For instance, "Doko is the bathroom?" ("Where is the bathroom?") There are really handy yellow stickers that you can put on objects in your house and the like to help you remember things, and you can cut out ready-made index cards, which were quite portable and helped me en route to Japan. What's missing from this book are more Hiragana/Katakana/Kanji written clues. Although that might be too much to ask for from a beginning textbook like this, the essentials could be presented so that one could recognize basic signs in the midst of being lost in the Tokyo subway system. Don't buy this, however, thinking you'll be fluent. It's meant to be, and is, a survival tool for travelers.
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Summary: My First How To Speak Japanese Book
Review: I never did take a foreign language class in school b/c I never found spanish language to me. But once I purchase this book, I caught on very quick. I also purchase this to better understand the anime I also love to watch. I would recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: Good for introducing the Japanese language
Review: I think this book is a great introduction to the Japanese language and especially for introducing it to kids because it is a fun format for learning a language. But if you want to be a serious student of the Japanese language, I suggest you pass this book up and invest it in something more in depth...and one book is definitely not enough. Japanese is a very difficult and complex language and it takes many years of constant study to start to really get a grip on it...this book is barely a drop in the bucket.
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Summary: Good for introducing the Japanese language
Review: I think this book is a great introduction to the Japanese language and especially for introducing it to kids because it is a fun format for learning a language. But if you want to be a serious student of the Japanese language, I suggest you pass this book up and invest it in something more in depth...and one book is definitely not enough. Japanese is a very difficult and complex language and it takes many years of constant study to start to really get a grip on it...this book is barely a drop in the bucket.
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Summary: A Good Start
Review: If you can work your way through this fun and easy book you will be able to feed yourself and move around the country's train and bus systems relatively well. If wandering outside the larger urban areas of Japan it is a good idea to know some key phrases (For example: Where is the train station? Take me to.. Do you have... etc) This book is a quick way to digest these snippets of language. Don't expect to carry on deep philosophical conversatioins in Japanese but you will be able to communicate and thus enjoy your trip much more!!
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