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Japanese for Busy People I: Kana Version includes CD (Japanese for Busy People Series) (Bk. 1) |  | Author: Association For Japanese-Language Teaching (Ajalt)
Publisher: Kodansha International
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 7.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 4770030096
Dewey Decimal Number: 495.683421
EAN: 9784770030092
ASIN: 4770030096
Publication Date: December 1, 2006
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Product Description
Japanese for Busy People is the most popular Japanese language textbook series in the world. With over 20 components including texts, workbooks, CDs, videos and teacher's manuals, it is also one of the most comprehensive. Now, a decade after its first revision, the entire series is being redesigned, updated and consolidated to meet the needs of 21st-century students and businesspeople who want to learn natural, spoken Japanese as effectively as possible in a limited amount of time.
The book features not only a sleek, new design but also a unit structure that groups thematically linked lessons together, making it easier than ever to learn Japanese.
Moreover, it now comes with a CD containing audio for the dialogues and listening exercises from the text. The exercises in the book have also been thoroughly revised to incorporate more comprehension and production tasks. Many of these exercises are illustrated, making for a stimulating learning experience, and the purpose of each one is clearly stated.
This first of three volumes introduces "survival Japanese"-the absolute minimum amount of Japanese needed to live in Japan. Thus, the vocabulary and grammatical items it introduces are limited to about a third of what is typically introduced in a first-year course. In addition, the book features notes on Japanese culture intended to expand the learner's understanding of Japan, its customs and people.
Japanese for Busy People I is available in two formats: romanized and kana.
The Romanized Version uses romanized Japanese throughout, with kana in the Opening Dialogues of each lesson.
The Kana Version-exposing students to hiragana and katakana from the very beginning-uses only kana.The content of the two books is otherwise exactly the same.
The companion volume, Japanese for Busy People 1: The Workbook for the Revised 3rd Edition contains a variety of illustrated exercises for mastering the basic sentence patterns presented in the main text.
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 It's a classic September 7, 2010
lostinlymbo
I had the Romaji version of this book when I was younger. But, now two things are different. First, I don't need Romaji, and second, I'm a little more advanced in my Japanese. If you consider yourself a decent level 2 in your Japanese study, then I highly recommend this book. It's easy to use, has good flow, and what it has that other books don't is explanations of the dialogues in the text - word for word.
Decent but could be improved March 13, 2010
menkey (Raleigh, NC United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
First of all, don't bother with the Romaji version - get a good Hiragana book (Mitamura's Let's Learn Hiragana or the one from Tuttle Library). You should be able to learn all hiragana within a month. When I first picked up this book, being all kana was a little scary, although now that I've been working with it for 2 mos. it's not bad at all. This book has a lot going for it, although now I wish it had some kanji in it so I could start getting used to seeing it. The vocabulary and dialogues in this book all seem very useful and I can envision myself needing to use the vocabulary, which is good. You don't want to waste time learning words you're not likely to use. The bad news is that (at least for the first few chapters) the exercises are not very challenging - they are all substitution exercises with the words you're supposed to replace already in Japanese so you could successfully complete the exercises without fully comprehending what you're writing. There are no translation exercises, nothing to really challenge your understanding. Vocabulary (and grammar) as stated in the book has been thinned down to 1/3 that of a typical college course, and I feel that there really could be more vocabulary included (e.g. when you're taught colors, you learn a total of just 4 colors, although if you look in the back of the book you'll find some more that are not incl. in the text). Although it's stated that this book is for the self learner as well as the classroom, the self learner may find that the grammar explanations are a little thin. I do like how the chapters are organized into units (2-3 chapters/unit) with a one-page grammar summary at the beginning of ea. unit (so you can see what you're getting into). The incl. CD is good although be forewarned that it starts out at breakneck pace right from the beginning, and the woman on the CD has a habit of swallowing her "g" sounds (don't know if this is a regional variation). So, I guess if it's not quite as challenging as it could be then it truly is for Busy People.
Really Good!! January 3, 2010
Esco (Irvine, CA)
This is a really good series. It teaches you how to write also. I taught myself Japanese with this series.
Great Japanese Language Study Tool December 4, 2009
Lydia (Victoria, Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book as a coupling to the Romaji version I had for my course. I initially bought to sharpen my Kana reading/writing ability. For a beginner like me, it is very useful and help me to achieve my goal in learning Japanese.
I definitely will recommend this book for people who are working full time and have limited time to study, since it teaches Japanese bit by bit from the simplest possible basis. However it might sound tedious for people who want to learn it quick.
 Better texts available July 6, 2009
D. Smith (Dallas, Texas, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have used this text for my introductory course, and must say that compared to Genki, I find Busy People I to be lacking. The vocabulary is alright, and if you get the kana version it is superior to trying to muddle through with the romaji crutch. However, I find the exercises to be repetitive and non-educational. For each exercise, an example is given. All the student is asked to do is fill in the blanks to repeat the same thing with different people / places / things for the 3 exercises that follow. That is great for practicing writing kana--but not much else. A person can literally complete the exercises without learning the grammatical point that is supposed to be learned in the section.
Unless your class requires this book, I'd suggest looking at Genki or Minna no Nihongo--both far superior books that I've relied on as supplements. An added advantage with those texts is early introduction to kanji.
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