An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese [Revised Edition] [With CD (Audio)]

by Akira Miura

Book Overview

Designed for learners who have completed beginning-level studies, this book helps users to build their proficiency in intermediate Japanese across all four skill areas--listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Each of the fifteen lessons builds language skills through mainly dialogues and readings, plus vocabulary, a kanji list, and grammar notes, and offers diverse forms of practice, comprising applied exercises, listening exercises, conversation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4789013073
• ISBN13: 9784789013079
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Japan Times Publishing, Ltd.
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

the next step towards fluency

Third level is without a doubt, a great challenge. However, this book provides a very similar structure to that from Genki I and II. If you liked the formatting of those two, I highly recommend this one.

Very Useful

The book is useful when used in conjunction with a Japanese teacher or tutor, but probably is not the best solution for those learning the language on their own. It also should be used in along with a dictionary or a translator, as the level is much higher than a beginner's Japanese. This is my third year of studying the language, and I still have a hard time reading through the reading passages without help. However, for what it was intended for, it does a great job.

an appropriate book 3 of the genki series

Though it doesn't have the same "genki" title as the other 2 standard Japanese textbooks published by the Japanese Times, this is essentially the 3rd book in the series, following a similar layout and integration. It has 15 chapters. At the beginning of each is a paragraph or two about something in Japanese culture. Each chapter has 3 or so conversations: a polite conversation, a medium-polite conversation, a casual, and then reading material. After that are the vocabulary lists, grammar points and exercises, and after that a similar reading material. Though the conversations and reading material don't have translations, after reading them 2 or 3 times they should be understood. There is very little furigana over the kanji, which is sometimes frustrating when it's not a word that I plan on ever using or hearing. The reading text is sometimes dull and difficult to understand, so if you're not a serious Japanese student, this book may be a little dry. Some of the grammar is presented in JLPT level 2, but don't expect to be at that level upon finishing this book. Unfortunately there isn't a 4th book in this series yet, but after this, your Japanese should command compliments like "umai" instead of "jozu."