Contemporary Japanese is a textbook series for beginning students of
Japanese at the college or high school level. It is intended for
classroom use as well as self-study.
Each lesson in the books is very short--meant to be covered in just an
hour--and has a single, clearly-defined objective. All lessons make use
of the "active discovery" approach which encourages rapid learning
through "guess and try" problem-solving and participation as opposed to
rote memorization. This highly effective method uses real-life
conversations that make learning fun by involving you in a conversation
with your peers. It also removes the fear of saying something wrong!
This book, the second volume in the series, contains 45 short lessons
grouped into 12 chapters--each of which presents a wide variety of
activities and exercises and yet is designed to be covered in a single
session. This "daily multivitamin" approach to language learning makes
it easy to track your progress and to review later! Free online audio
files can be downloaded, providing native speaker recordings and giving
correct pronunciations for the dialogs and vocabulary in each lesson.
In this book you'll learn more about:
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Kanji and their meanings
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Japanese verb forms
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Comparison and stating preferences
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Using common set phrases and making requests
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Evaluating facts and expressing opinions
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Sightseeing, food cravings and tastes
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Insights into Japanese culture
Accompanying the textbook is Contemporary Japanese Workbook Volume
2--it serves as a supplementary material as well as a standalone
comprehensive workbook for practicing and reviewing the language.
