Japanese latest news listening and reading (with CD)

Author: Li Xuemei
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: New News in Japanese is selected from New News broadcast by Japan's TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) since 2005 (up to early July 2006). The book is divided into two main parts: "Listening to News" and "Reading News," each containing four categories of news: "International Relations," "Economy," "Social, Culture, and Life," and "China Affairs." This book provides key vocabulary annotations for the majority of the news. Each of the two parts, "Listening to News" and "Reading News," is followed by 20 practice exercises to reinforce the learned content and further enhance students' learning abilities during the teaching process. The primary objective of this book is to help Japanese learners train their ability to listen to online news, develop quick scanning and reading skills, and improve their oral and written translation abilities. At the same time, it also provides timely, detailed, and authentic Japanese original reading, translation, and listening materials for Japanese learners to gain a comprehensive understanding of Japan's economy, society, culture, life, and foreign relations. New News in Japanese serves as both a listening and reading textbook and a comprehensive training manual for translation and news writing skills.
New News in Japanese is selected from New News broadcast by Japan's TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) since 2005 (up to early July 2006). The book is divided into two main parts: "Listening to News" and "Reading News," each containing four categories of news: "International Relations," "Economy," "Social, Culture, and Life," and "China Affairs." This book provides key vocabulary annotations for the majority of the news. Each of the two parts, "Listening to News" and "Reading News," is followed by 20 practice exercises to reinforce the learned content and further enhance students' learning abilities during the teaching process. This book also provides reference translations for each news item (excluding the practice section) and comes with a CD recording all the selected news from the "Listening to News" part broadcast by announcers from Japan's broadcasting stations, to enhance the practical effectiveness of teaching and learning. The primary objective of this book is to help Japanese learners train their ability to listen to online news, develop quick scanning and reading skills, and improve their oral and written translation abilities. At the same time, it also provides timely, detailed, and authentic Japanese original reading, translation, and listening materials for Japanese learners to gain a comprehensive understanding of Japan's economy, society, culture, life, and foreign relations. New News in Japanese serves as both a listening and reading textbook and a comprehensive training manual for translation and news writing skills.