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Summary: Great!
Review: I started using JFBP level 2 after finishing the first book. I think this work book is better than the level 1 workbook. Instead of 2 or 3 longer exercises per chapter, this book has several smaller ones. I also like how this book tail makes the exercises to the grammar points discussed in the corresponding text book chapters. The best of which makes you construct sentences by filling in your own words around given structures Example: ______ is ______er than _______. (Bill is taller than Joe) This sounds silly... but its a great way to become familiar with new grammar structures. As others have said, this book is useless on its own. You need the text book!
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Summary: Great!
Review: I started using JFBP level 2 after finishing the first book. I think this work book is better than the level 1 workbook. Instead of 2 or 3 longer exercises per chapter, this book has several smaller ones. I also like how this book tail makes the exercises to the grammar points discussed in the corresponding text book chapters. The best of which makes you construct sentences by filling in your own words around given structures Example: ______ is ______er than _______. (Bill is taller than Joe) This sounds silly... but its a great way to become familiar with new grammar structures. As others have said, this book is useless on its own. You need the text book!
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Summary: Excellent Text Book
Review: Our class used this text and it's companion workbook for college level Japanese I & II classes. It's a wonderful text book and very effective when used within the context of an organized language class.
I struggled with self-study for a long time, but with the help of this textbook, I had learned to read/write Hirigana, conjugate common verbs & adverbs, use basic particles properly, comprehend the spoken langage more effectively and communicate in simple, grammatically decent, sentences.
This set of books is not intended for self-study. I strongly urge individuals interested in the Japanese language for both travel, business and recreational purposes take classes for the following reasons:
1) Discipline - assignments and repetition are necessary to learning a foreign language effectively.
2) Accuracy - this book 'hammers the grammar'. If your English grammer skills are lax, you're going to need professional instruction.
3) Pronunciation - CD language programs are fine for travel, but nothing beats a real-life instructor a linguistic reality check!
4) Commaraderie - Classmates are crucial in foreign language study. Who else will tolerate your learning curve?
5) MOST IMPORTANT - the language skills you'll learn in a real class with a wonderful book such as this will help you to speak and comprehend the language at a much higher level.
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Summary: An excellent supplement
Review: This is a very good book. It provides more comprehensive practice of the language taught in Japanese for busy people II. The characters are quite amusing in places - a welcome change from the dry. corporate, lifeless stories in the sister book. This book isn`t enough on its own, as it doesn`t actually explain the grammar, it only provides tasks. However, for me some of the sentence patterns were much clearer after using this book than reading them in the sister book. I think it`s an essential purchase for self-study students.
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