Japanese: From Complete Beginner to Intermediate Level in 14 Easy-To-Digest Units

by Lynne Strugnell

Book Overview

This course book can be used in combination with the cassettes or CDs of the Oxford Take Off in Japanese language learning course, or on its own. Suitable for all from absolute beginners to students... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198603010
• ISBN13: 9780198603016
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Very basic - but that's not necessarily a bad thing!

Yes, it's very basic. There's 14 lessons divided into small units (or maybe it's the units that are divided into lessons, whatever) and you can easily go through one unit in two days, sometimes even less. There's lots of audio exercises (please, don't settle for buying just the book!) as well as plenty of exercises in the book. Also there's short tests/quizzes for each lesson and four (I think) larger tests every four or maybe five lessons. Completing all the lessons won't make you fluent in Japanese but nobody said you would be either :) I think it's a great -first- book if you're studying on your own or want to do some studying prior to taking a Japanese course in college. If you want to continue I recommend using "Ultimate Japanese: Basic - Intermediate" before buying an intermediate or advanced level book. Ultimate Japanese's also a beginner's book but there's much more grammar and details. Word of warning: if you want to learn kana and kanji from moment one, this is the wrong book for you!