Japanese for Busy People is the most popular Japanese language
textbook series in the world. With over 20 components including texts,
workbooks, CDs, videos and teacher's manuals, it is also one of the most
comprehensive. Now, a decade after its first revision, the entire series
is being redesigned, updated and consolidated to meet the needs of
21st-century students and businesspeople who want to learn natural,
spoken Japanese as effectively as possible in a limited amount of time.
The book features not only a sleek, new design but also a unit structure
that groups thematically linked lessons together, making it easier than
ever to learn Japanese. Moreover, it now comes with a CD containing
audio for the dialogues and listening exercises from the text. The
exercises in the book have also been thoroughly revised to incorporate
more comprehension and production tasks. Many of these exercises are
illustrated, making for a stimulating learning experience, and the
purpose of each one is clearly stated.
This first of three volumes introduces survival Japanese--the absolute
minimum amount of Japanese needed to live in Japan. Thus, the vocabulary
and grammatical items it introduces are limited to about a third of what
is typically introduced in a first-year course. In addition, the book
features notes on Japanese culture intended to expand the learner's
understanding of Japan, its customs and people.
Japanese for Busy People I is available in two formats: romanized and
kana. The Romanized Version uses romanized Japanese throughout, with
kana in the Opening Dialogues of each lesson.
The Kana Version--exposing students to hiragana and katakana from the
very beginning--uses only kana. The content of the two books is
otherwise exactly the same.
The companion volume, Japanese for Busy People 1 The Workbook for the
Revised 3rd Edition contains a variety of illustrated exercises for
mastering the basic sentence patterns presented in the main text.
