Japanese Conversation -- Business Part

Author: (Japan) Meguro Makoto (Japan) Hosoya Yusuke Zhi Hong
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Publish Date: 2004-02-20
Features: A brand-new Japanese conversation textbook, specifically designed for the characteristics and needs of business Japanese learners. It selects typical scenarios from business activities and teaches the response techniques at business negotiation tables. Accompanied by audio tapes, featuring authentic Japanese pronunciation by professional Japanese announcers, guiding you into the real business world. Additionally, "Japanese Conversation Basic Course" (Volumes 1 and 2) and "Japanese Conversation Techniques Course" are available to help learners further improve their practical application skills. "Japanese Conversation Business Course" includes various typical conversation scenarios between colleagues and clients that business professionals engage in throughout a day's business activities. Of course, due to space limitations, only a small portion of the business conversation world can be listed here. Regarding the core content of business activities, such as advancing business negotiations, bargaining, negotiations, handling complaints, and exchanging contracts, individual case analyses like "How to express yourself in this situation" should be provided, as these core issues contain the essence of business conversations. However, they cannot be fully reflected in this book. Therefore, it is more appropriate to view "Japanese Conversation Business Course" as an introductory textbook for business conversations. Additionally, the content of "Japanese Conversation Business Course" not only includes business vocabulary but also broader foundational knowledge of formal conversations. In fact, my students who have graduated from Japanese language schools and Japanese universities, and have worked in Japanese companies for many years, have told me that they "cannot speak authentic and formal Japanese." Although they have no problems in daily conversations, they seem to encounter similar issues after securing employment in Japanese companies. This book consists of two parts: Part 1 includes basic business Japanese conversations such as greetings, addressing, instructions, requests, apologies, justifications, conversations, suggestions, and reception; the second part includes content such as advancing, rejecting, urging, and protesting that appears in business activities.