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Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese 1 (Japanese Edition) ~ Japan Times
Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese 1 (Japanese Edition) ~ Japan Times

Genki outlines in 23 structured lessons all the fundamentals of the Japanese language. Abundantly illustrated and containing a wide variety of exercises, Genki is sure to bring vigor to your classroom! Though primarily meant for use in college-level classes, it is also a good guide for independent learners and is a nice resource book for teachers of Japanese. Genki's authors teach at Kansai Gaidai University, which hosts the largest number of North American students spending their junior year in Japan.
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Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I - Workbook (Japanese Edition) ~ Japan Times
Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I - Workbook (Japanese Edition) ~ Japan Times

Published in Japan, Genki gives a beginning student of Japanese a solid grounding in all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Packed with easy-to-understand grammar explanations, a variety of exercises full of illustrations, and scenes taken from everyday life, the 23 lessons will have students enjoying the often tedious beginning stage of Japanese-language learning and will enable them to acquire a well-balanced ability to communicate in elementary Japanese.
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Genki II: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese II (Japanese Edition) ~ Japan Times
Genki II: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese II (Japanese Edition) ~ Japan Times

Published in Japan, Genki gives a beginning student of Japanese a solid grounding in all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Packed with easy-to-understand grammar explanations, a variety of exercises full of illustrations, and scenes taken from everyday life, the 23 lessons will have students enjoying the often tedious beginning stage of Japanese-language learning and will enable them to acquire a well-balanced ability to communicate in elementary Japanese.
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Genki II: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese [workbook] (Japanese Edition) ~ Japan Times
Genki II: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese [workbook] (Japanese Edition) ~ Japan Times

Published in Japan, Genki gives a beginning student of Japanese a solid grounding in all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Packed with easy-to-understand grammar explanations, a variety of exercises full of illustrations, and scenes taken from everyday life, the 23 lessons will have students enjoying the often tedious beginning stage of Japanese-language learning and will enable them to acquire a well-balanced ability to communicate in elementary Japanese.
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Yookoso: Yokoso! An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese (Third Edition) ~ Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku
Yookoso: Yokoso! An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese (Third Edition) ~ Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku

Since its first edition, Yookoso!: An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese has been warmly and enthusiastically received by Japanese language instructors not only in North America, but also abroad. Yookoso! has been developed according to two basic premises: (1) proficient communication in the second language is the goal of foreign language instruction, and (2) the primary function of language is to allow people to communicate, interact, and negotiate meaning.
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Let's Learn Hiragana: First Book of Basic Japanese Writing (Kodansha's Children's Classics) ~ Yasuko Kosaka Mitamura
Let's Learn Hiragana: First Book of Basic Japanese Writing (Kodansha's Children's Classics) ~ Yasuko Kosaka Mitamura

There are three types of Japanese script--katakana, hiragana, and kanji. It is possible to read Japanese knowing only a limited number of kanji, but it is not possible with only a limited number of katakana or hiragana--one must know all of them. Let's Learn Hiragana, and its companion volume Let's Learn Katakana, is a textbook that introduces the learner to the basics of one of these fundamental Japanese scripts.
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