Easy Japanese (Explicitly States Japanese Difficulties, Providing Keys for Self-Learning)

Author: Hu Yiling
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Publish Date: 1999-03-28
Features: This book attempts to attract readers with simple, interesting, and complete-statement stories. It serves as both an introductory textbook and offers a certain depth. In its brief 20 lessons, it covers almost all common Japanese grammar phenomena in a progressive manner. To help learners grasp key points, grammar summaries are provided after each lesson, starting with the analysis and resolution of the terminal changes of conjugation markers, which helps beginners master the fundamentals. Moving on to the analysis of parts of speech, these are all indispensable for improving comprehension and reading skills. Finally, an appendix analyzes and categorizes major Japanese grammar phenomena, similar to combing hair. In summary, this is a reference textbook with a low starting point, strong comprehensiveness, and helps learners master the general patterns of Japanese and improve their reading skills in a short period. The material, being stories, has a limited vocabulary compared to general Japanese textbooks, but its readability can compensate for this. At the same time, the editor believes that it would be beneficial to view all vocabulary as symbolic units with attributes of nouns, verbs, and other parts of speech during learning. By focusing on key vocabulary with present grammatical meaning, learning can be made twice as effective. This book is divided into two parts. Part 1 can be taught in four to six months and is suitable for self-study by individuals with high school or above education or first-year university students.