"Volume I dealt with ""survival Japanese"" for tourists and other
short-term travelers and newcomers to Japan. Volume II, meanwhile, turns
to the basics of Japanese syntax. The book is by no means only about
grammar, however. Rather, it is designed to help learners consolidate
their understanding of syntactical structure through lessons that focus
on how to talk about topics relevant to daily life. In addition to
serving learners continuing from Volume I, Volume II will benefit those
who have already studied beginning Japanese to some extent but wish to
brush up on syntax.
Major Features of Japanese for Busy People II, Revised 3rd EditionJapanese for Busy People II,
Revised 3rd Edition will enable learners to progress smoothly through
the equivalent of the latter half of a typical first-year Japanese
course while gradually building speaking and listening skills.
Learners
approaching mid-beginner status often find themselves suddenly faced
with syntax and vocabulary much more complex than what they have studied
before. Such grammar and vocabulary do not appear as frequently in
everyday conversation as those words and structures they have learned up
to this point, necessitating that they spend ample time on review.
Moreover, learners at this stage are expected to become familiar with
verb tense and aspect, time expressions, conditional clauses, and other
topics that require them to have a solid grasp of context and speaker
intent if they are to fully understand the differences in meaning
conveyed by each. Such points cannot be mastered by reading through
grammatical explanations alone. In short, the mid-beginner level is a
difficult one for many adult learners who, unlike students in school,
have neither time nor opportunities to take repeated tests or to
otherwise gauge their progress.
Japanese for Busy People II,
Revised 3rd Edition helps overcome the above obstacles through grammar
and content topics carefully selected to be appropriate to learners at
this level of Japanese proficiency. The book is designed so that by
practicing talking about each topic, learners will gradually and
effectively acquire sentence patterns and vocabulary related to that
topic. Like Volume I, Volume II is organized into several large units,
each covering topics grouped under a particular theme. In this way, the
book enables learners to achieve a well-balanced understanding of
grammar, sentence structure, and context.
Themes and lesson objectives of the five units in Volume II are as follows.
Unit 1- Souvenir Shopping Following
up on Volume I, Unit 1 presents survival Japanese related to shopping,
thus providing learners with a thorough review of simple clauses. The
unit also goes beyond what was covered in Volume I by showing ways of
asking someone's opinion while shopping, making comparisons between
items, and describing an item's characteristics. The overall theme is
""picking souvenirs,"" a subject that should be relevant to learners both
in Japan and abroad. The verbal skills and dialogue patterns studied
here may be applied not only to shopping but also more broadly to any
situation that involves choosing between options.
Unit 2- Building Rapport with Colleagues This
unit introduces the plain forms of verbs -
a crucial component of
Japanese compound sentences -
along with several sentence-final
elements that make use of these forms. Topics are selected from among
those that typically come up when interacting with people from work.
Covered are constructions for indicating interest in another's actions,
inviting someone to do something outside of work, asking for help or
offering advice, and otherwise interacting with people in ways that help
build relationships of trust and understanding.
Unit 3- Returning to Japan for Work This
unit explains how to build sentences using temporal"
By:
AJALT Imprint: Kodansha International Country of Publication: United States Edition: 3rd Dimensions:
Height: 267mm,
Width: 191mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 682g ISBN:9781568363868 ISBN 10: 1568363869 Series:Japanese for Busy People Pages: 328 Publication Date:15 November 2007 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Mixed media product Publisher's Status: Active
