New Japanese Basic Course (2)

Author: Overseas Technical Training Association (AOTS)
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Publish Date: 2001-05-01
Features: After the 1980s, with the rise of Japanese language fever abroad, many trainees had already studied Japanese before coming to Japan, and companies also hoped that trainees could master the high-level Japanese proficiency required for technical learning. At the same time, many institutions both inside and outside the organization, which used New Japanese Foundation Course 1 & 2, also requested us to write an intermediate textbook following the beginner's course. Therefore, to meet the demands of the new era, we began developing the intermediate textbook in 1992 and, after repeated internal discussions and trials, completed the writing of this book. This textbook is designed for students who have completed New Japanese Foundation Course 1 & 2, aiming to systematically summarize the knowledge learned, help students master practical conversational skills in daily life, and enable them to communicate fully with Japanese people. This textbook is written for the technical training of the association, but we believe that students who have completed the beginner level in ordinary Japanese language education institutions and are transitioning to the intermediate level can also use this textbook to achieve the goal of improving their Japanese proficiency smoothly and in stages.
"Listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation" are the five basic components of foreign language learning. To learn a foreign language well, one should grasp these five components. However, for foreign language learners who are separated from the language environment, "listening and speaking" become the most fierce obstacles on the path forward, especially for non-majors, self-learners, and advanced learners. New Japanese Foundation Course 1 & 2 has well addressed this issue. The fact that this textbook has become the best-selling Japanese language course globally (according to Asahi Shimbun) and holds a 60% share of the Japanese market is not due to chance. It is the result of nearly forty years of continuous exploration, refinement, and revision by the Overseas Technical Training Association (AOTS), and it has gone through the arduous process of three versions to arrive at the current New Japanese Foundation Course 1 & 2. To enable learners to master basic listening and speaking skills within a limited time (200 hours), the textbook's layout is unique, and its learning methods are also unconventional, emphasizing the use of the textbook and audio cassettes.