Basic Japanese: Learn to Speak Everyday Japanese in 10 Carefully Structured Lessons (Audio Recordings Included)
Language: English
Published by Tuttle Publishing, 2012
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- Title
- Basic Japanese: Learn to Speak Everyday Japanese in 10 Carefully Structured Lessons (Audio Recordings Included)
- Author
- Martin, Samuel E.,Sato, Eriko
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 4805309628
- ISBN 13
- 9784805309629
This method was pioneered by the author, Samuel E. Martin. Once considered controversial, modern linguists now agree that the structurally based approach for learning a language allows for more efficient retention than the traditional repetition-based approach. It is especially useful for self-study and first-time learners as well as in a classroom setting. The native-speaker audio recordings help to reinforce pronunciation and build listening comprehension.
Each lesson is set up to ease learners into not just understanding the new material but mastering it, using a four-step method:
- Step 1: Basic Sentences: Each lesson begins with the key to quick mastery of spoken Japanese―learning and understanding new sentence patterns. Vocabulary is learned in context. A Basic Vocabulary section lists only essential words and phrases that are relevant to the theme of the lesson.
- Step 2: Structure Notes: Next the learner is guided through complete, in-depth explanations of the sentences' grammar essentials, to aid in mastering the sentence patterns.
- Step 3: Conversation: Authentic dialogue teaches the way people naturally speak, putting into practice the lesson's sentence patterns with everyday topics.
- Step 4: Exercises: An opportunity for practicing―and for strengthening your understanding of the lesson's key points and ability to read Japanese.
All media content is accessible on the Tuttle Publishing website.
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About the Author
Eriko Sato is lecturer of Japanese and Japanese linguistics and the director of the Pre-College Japanese Program and the Teacher Certification Program for Japanese at the State University of New York at Stony brook, where she received her Ph.D. in Linguistics in 1996. She authored Japanese for Dummies (Wiley, 2002), Japanese Demystified (McGraw Hill, 2008), and Contemporary Japanese: A Textbook for College Students (Tuttle, 2005), and co-authored My First Japanese Kanji book (Tuttle, 2009) and Essential Japanese Grammar (Tuttle, 2012).
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