Japanese Listening Ability Training (MP3)

Author: (Japanese) Chikaharu Kogawa
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Since the target audience of this book is beginners who have just learned Hiragana, the training starts with strengthening basic listening skills. First, select words that are easily confused, such as long vowels, sokuon (small tsu), yōon (diphthongs), pure consonants, and devoiced consonants, to train correct Japanese pronunciation and listening recognition. Then, focus on sentence patterns, following the learning order of nouns, adjectives, and verbs, progressing from simple to advanced in stages. Each unit consists of two parts: Basic Practice I and Basic Practice II. Basic Practice I mainly targets the grammar points of the unit, using short sentences to form basic conversations. Basic Practice II takes the grammar points practiced and integrates them into natural situational dialogues, using normal conversational speed for listening exercises. This book uses repetitive practice, continuously appearing two or more verb or adjective forms in the exercises, to help readers achieve "repeated listening, memorization, and natural fluency through habit" rather than getting stuck in complex grammar rules. Through this "natural habit" training method, readers can achieve more vivid spoken expression. At the end of the content, there is a mock test for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) Level 4. To help readers build a solid foundation, this book evenly distributes the grammar of JLPT Level 4 across each unit project.