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Japanese for Busy People: Kana [With CD (Audio)]: 1

Japanese for Busy People: Kana [With CD (Audio)]: 1

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  • Create Date：2021-04-28 08:55:54
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (AJALT)
  • ISBN：1568363850
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Reviews

Mat Davies ，

The kana （Meaning hiragana and katakana/the first two scripts of Japanese） version of this book is OK。 The romanised （English alphabet） book is useless just as all English alphabet resources are for learning Japanese in my opinion。 The annoying aspect of this kana version of the book is that it throws grammar such as いたんです。。。and specifically， a reason for doing something in randomly which would totally confuse a learner。 In my case I knew that grammar point。 But that plus the very limited amount The kana （Meaning hiragana and katakana/the first two scripts of Japanese） version of this book is OK。 The romanised （English alphabet） book is useless just as all English alphabet resources are for learning Japanese in my opinion。 The annoying aspect of this kana version of the book is that it throws grammar such as いたんです。。。and specifically， a reason for doing something in randomly which would totally confuse a learner。 In my case I knew that grammar point。 But that plus the very limited amount that book 1 contains makes me give it a 2 and a half stars。 There is some very good vocabulary in the book which is good for an adult learner。 Often meetings 会議 and other professional words do not pop up soon enough in other textbooks， but here they do。 The grammar is dead basic and you will not be able to have a basic conversation beyond 5 minutes in a bar after reading it which is my litmus test for a textbook。 It is also quite dry and there is a lot of waste on the pages plus meh images and few， if any， online resources。 That said， I have used it to review what I have already studied in a different context and for that purpose， it is fine。 As for learning Japanese， you are better off with the Genki or Minna no nihongo series。 。。。more

Carrie ，

I used this book for two Japanese courses。 Wanting to learn Japanese for work， I felt that this book provided a really good introduction to the basic phrases used most often during business travel。 The phrases are appropriate for polite conversation in a workplace。 There were some items in the book that weren't explained that well by themselves， such as the use of counters， so I am not sure it is the best resource for someone trying to learn Japanese without further instruction。 However， after w I used this book for two Japanese courses。 Wanting to learn Japanese for work， I felt that this book provided a really good introduction to the basic phrases used most often during business travel。 The phrases are appropriate for polite conversation in a workplace。 There were some items in the book that weren't explained that well by themselves， such as the use of counters， so I am not sure it is the best resource for someone trying to learn Japanese without further instruction。 However， after working through the lessons and accompanying exercises， I feel comfortable reading and writing the Hiragana and Katakana alphabets and having basic conversations such as asking for directions， talking about plans or the weather， and buying things。I liked the book's characters， which were used in various scenarios to illustrate how Japanese is used in certain situations。 The illustrations used to define/explain vocabulary words were easy to understand。 Overall， I thought this book was a good resource for my purposes and I am looking forward to continuing with the classes using the other books in this series。 。。。more

Laura ，

I like this book better than Genki。

Mrdavidpeat ，

It took me a year， but it's a very good book。 It's a bit more business language oriented than I would like， but at such a low level it's not a problem。 Also， it's entirely kanji-less （some are introduced in the next text。） It took me a year， but it's a very good book。 It's a bit more business language oriented than I would like， but at such a low level it's not a problem。 Also， it's entirely kanji-less （some are introduced in the next text。） 。。。more

Nicole Livingston ，

This book is geared toward people traveling to Japan for business， but is still good for practicing to read and write in Kana。 Also the language CD is conversational （i。e。 fast） paced which I like。 I'm using this book in conjunction with the Mirai system。 Also， I learned the Kana backwards and forwards before purchasing。 If this is the first and/or only book you use to teach yourself Japanese， you are going to be a bit lost。 Compared to similar books， it is priced very cheaply which is a plus。 I This book is geared toward people traveling to Japan for business， but is still good for practicing to read and write in Kana。 Also the language CD is conversational （i。e。 fast） paced which I like。 I'm using this book in conjunction with the Mirai system。 Also， I learned the Kana backwards and forwards before purchasing。 If this is the first and/or only book you use to teach yourself Japanese， you are going to be a bit lost。 Compared to similar books， it is priced very cheaply which is a plus。 I doubt I will continue on with this series after I finish book 1。 I'll likely try another series when I start learning the 漢字。 。。。more

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