Japanese for Busy People: Kana Workbook

✍ Scribed by AJALT

• Publisher: Kodansha International
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 77
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Learn hiragana and katakana more quickly and easily than ever before Japanese for Busy People: Kana Workbook is a concise course for busy students who want to learn the two kana scripts, hiragana and katakana, as effectively as possible in a limited amount of time. This workbook offers a unique and proven approach to writing accurate and well-formed kana that has been tried and tested in the classrooms of AJALT. The pronunciation and configuration of the kana are taught in tandem, based on a solid foundation of clear-cut commentary, unique writing drills, and an optional audio cassette called Japanese for Busy People: Kana Workbook Tape. Using basic sentence patterns and phrases, the student learns not only how to read, write, and pronounce hiragana and katakana, but also how to incorporate and distinguish Japanese script in the living language. The Kana Workbook is a fully integrated component of the Japanese for Busy People series. All sentence patterns and vocabulary have been modeled after Lessons 1 through 10 of the best-selling Japanese for Busy People 1. Used together, these two books accelerate and strengthen the learning process. It is the ideal workbook for anyone using or planning to use the Kana Version of Japanese for Busy People. The Kana Workbook has the following features: * a unique approach to well-written Kana * parallel learning of reading, writing, listening, and pronouncing * optional audio cassette Japanese for Busy People: Kana Workbook Tape * focus on basic sentence patterns and Kana usage * fully integrated with the Japanese for Busy People series

✦ Table of Contents

KANA WORKBOOK......Page 1
hiragana and katakana chart......Page 2
contents......Page 7
introduction......Page 8
hiragana 1......Page 10
basic syllables......Page 11
modified syllables......Page 26
other syllables......Page 30
hiragana 2......Page 37
lesson 1......Page 38
lesson 2......Page 40
lesson 3......Page 42
lesson 4......Page 44
lesson 5......Page 46
lesson 6......Page 48
lesson 7......Page 50
lesson 8 - reading and writing......Page 52
katakana......Page 54
katakana in daily life......Page 55
katakana chart......Page 56
basic syllables......Page 57
modified syllables......Page 63
test your reading ability 1......Page 67
test your reading ability 2......Page 69
test your writing ability......Page 72
reading review......Page 74

✦ Subjects

Языки и языкознание;Японский язык;Деловой японский;