{"product_id":"contemporary-japanese-textbook-volume-1-an-introductory-language-course-audio-recordings-included-with-cd-audio-paperback","title":"Contemporary Japanese Textbook Volume 1: An Introductory Language Course (Audio Recordings Included) [With CD (Audio)] - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEriko Sato\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Japanese language book contains 61 short lessons grouped into 14 chapters--each of which presents a wide variety of activities and exercises and yet is designed to be covered in a single session.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis \"daily multivitamin\" approach to learning Japanese makes it easy to track your progress and to review later! Access to companion audio online comes free with the book, providing native speaker recordings giving correct pronunciations for the dialogs and vocabulary in each lesson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eContemporary Japanese\u003c\/i\u003e is a textbook series for beginning students of Japanese at the college or high school level. It is intended for classroom use as well as self-study. Each lesson in the book is very short and has a single, clearly-defined objective. All lessons make use of the \"active discovery\" approach which encourages rapid learning through \"guess and try\" problem-solving and participation as opposed to rote memorization. This highly effective method uses real-life conversations that make learning fun by involving you in a conversation with your peers. It also removes the fear of saying something wrong! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features of This Japanese language textbook include: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Basic sounds, words, phrases and kana \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribing the property of people and things\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Identifying things and people\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Requesting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Description\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Expressing what you have\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Using numbers and katakana\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Talking about the past\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Coming and going\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Relating states and events\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Describing daily-life activities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Talking about the present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Location of people and things\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Expressing the characteristics of people and things\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvailable separately is \u003ci\u003eContemporary Japanese Workbook Volume 1\u003c\/i\u003e. This accompanying Japanese workbook serves as a supplementary material as well as a standalone comprehensive workbook for practicing and reviewing the language. Audio recordings containing drills, dialogs and listening comprehension exercises for most activities accompanies the workbook. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll media content is accessible on the Tuttle Publishing website.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEriko Sato\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Japanese and translation studies at the State of University of New York at Stony Brook, where she is also the Director of the Japanese Teacher Education Program.She has authored and co-authored over a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eJapanese Stories for Language Learners, Essential Japanese Grammar \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLearning Japanese Kanji.\u003c\/i\u003e She has also authored or co-authored \u003ci\u003e Japanese Demystified, Japanese for Dummies, Complete Japanese Grammar, Japanese Phrases for Dummies, Basic Japanese, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy First Japanese Kanji Book\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.9 x 7.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757620265248,"sku":"9780804847131","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5d6d175150a3db17278ce64a8a35b007.webp?v=1780106995","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/contemporary-japanese-textbook-volume-1-an-introductory-language-course-audio-recordings-included-with-cd-audio-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}