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Master essential language skills to build your confidence in basic Japanese
Whether you are learning on your own with a textbook or taking a beginning class, Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Japanese will support your study and build your confidence in your new language. Each chapter of this proven guide focuses on essential vocabulary and key grammar concepts, illustrated with clear examples. You will then learn to communicate in authentic Japanese: how to meet new people, engage in small talk, express ideas, and more.
More than 230 entertaining exercises will help you practice your new skills, including a new chapter devoted entirely to review. And this second edition is also accompanied by flashcards and audio recordings, available via app, that will provide a new dimension and flexibility to your study.
Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Japanese will help you master:
Whether you are learning on your own with a textbook or taking a beginning class, Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Japanese will support your study and build your confidence in your new language. Each chapter of this proven guide focuses on essential vocabulary and key grammar concepts, illustrated with clear examples. You will then learn to communicate in authentic Japanese: how to meet new people, engage in small talk, express ideas, and more.
More than 230 entertaining exercises will help you practice your new skills, including a new chapter devoted entirely to review. And this second edition is also accompanied by flashcards and audio recordings, available via app, that will provide a new dimension and flexibility to your study.
Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Japanese will help you master:
- High-frequency vocabulary
- Core grammar concepts
- Japanese pronunciation and writing systems
- Everyday Japanese presented in Japanese characters and phonetic translation
Author
Eriko Sato
Eriko Sato is Associate Professor of applied linguistics and Japanese, Stony Brook University (State University of New York), USA. Her research interests include translation studies, translanguaging, intercultural communication, language learning, foreign language pedagogy, online teaching and Japanese linguistics.
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