Basic Japanese ②

Author: Xu Minmin
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: This textbook is primarily designed for university and college students, as well as a broad range of Japanese learners. The teaching schedule is arranged for 10-12 hours per week, totaling approximately 200 hours of instruction, covering about 2,500 vocabulary words. It comes with a workbook, an overview of sentence patterns, vocabulary, and pronunciation exercises, and is accompanied by audio tapes. The main content and basic structure of this textbook are as follows:
1. This textbook consists of 16 lessons divided into 4 units. Each lesson includes 6 sections: "Basic Conversations," "Short Essays," "Sentence Pattern Explanations," "Rest Area," "Sentence Pattern Practice," and "Daily Conversations."
2. "Basic Conversations" focuses on fundamental topics, using conversational examples to introduce the sentence patterns covered in the lesson. The topics are set against the backdrop of a foreign student's life, presented with illustrations and images, aiming to help students understand Japanese customs and culture, master basic Japanese knowledge, and further expand their understanding.
3. "Short Essays" provide comprehensive learning content that combines sentence patterns and topics, designed to cultivate students' reading comprehension skills and their ability to use language comprehensively.
4. "Sentence Pattern Explanations" employs the current Japanese education grammar system, using numerous examples, charts, and other forms to summarize and explain the grammatical phenomena covered in the lesson.
5. "Sentence Pattern Practice" reinforces the learned grammar knowledge through various forms of questioning and conversation.
6. "Rest Area" introduces Japanese songs, proverbs, riddles, customs, and other topics in the form of columns to enhance students' language communication skills.
7. "Daily Conversations" centers on a specific topic close to Japanese life, aiming to improve students' language communication skills through short dialogues.
8. This textbook is accompanied by the workbook for Basic Japanese (II), which includes comprehensive language skill tests divided into 9 sections: listening comprehension, vocabulary, fill-in-the-blanks, Japanese-Chinese translation, and reading comprehension.