Reading Japanese

Author : Olly Richards
Publisher : Teach Yourself
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781529377170

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Short Stories in Japanese for Intermediate Learners by Olly Richards Pdf

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners of Japanese. "Olly's top-notch language-learning insights are right in line with the best of what we know from neuroscience and cognitive psychology about how to learn effectively. I love his work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in Japanese for Intermediate Learners has been written especially for students from low-mid intermediate (ACTFL) level of Japanese. Mapped to B1 and approaching B2 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when reading, and most importantly - enjoyment! What does this book give you? - Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller - making reading fun, while you learn a wide range of new vocabulary - Controlled language at your level to help you progress confidently - Spoken dialogues in a range of polite and casual forms in real settings to help you to improve the flow and accuracy of your spoken Japanese. - To help you advance your kanji recognition skills, furigana is used to support reading higher level or unusual kanji and for the first appearance for common kanji. - Common vocabulary from levels 4 and 5 of the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) along with vocabulary carefully chosen from the higher levels help you learn useful new expressions and progress through the intermediate reading levels. - Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, without feeling overwhelmed or frustrated - Practical tips help you to unlock the meaning of Japanese sentences and new kanji words successfully. - Beautiful illustrations accompanying each story, to set the scene and support your understanding - Pleasure! Research shows that if you're enjoying reading in a foreign language, you won't experience the usual feelings of frustration - 'It's too hard!' 'I don't understand!' With intriguing plots that will spark your imagination and keep you reading, Short Stories in Japanese for Intermediate Learners will take your grasp of Japanese to the next level with key features to support and consolidate your progress, including: - A glossary for bolded words in each chapter - Full plot summary - A bilingual word list - Comprehension questions after each chapter. As a result, you will be able to focus on enjoying reading, delighting in your improved range of vocabulary and grasp of the language, without ever feeling overwhelmed. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in Japanese for Intermediate Learners will accelerate you journey towards fluency. Use the codes inside the book and ebook to access a bonus story for free and the discounted audiobook on our Language Readers Library site or in the Language Readers app.

Author : George Trombley,Yukari Takenaka
Publisher : Yesjapan Corporation
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0976998122

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Japanese from Zero! 1 by George Trombley,Yukari Takenaka Pdf

"The Japanese language uses a set of symbols called 'hiragana' (to spell Japanese words), 'katakana' (to spell foreign words), and 'kanji' (to represent entire words or names). Over the course of BOOK 1, we will teach you groups of hiragana piece-by-piece to gradually build up your understanding and familiarity."--Introduction.

Author : Eleanor Harz Jorden,Hamako Ito Chaplin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0300019130

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Reading Japanese by Eleanor Harz Jorden,Hamako Ito Chaplin Pdf

This text presents a thorough introduction to the modern written language of Japan. It introduces 425 kanji characters.

Author : 相原節子,Graham Parkes
Publisher : Kodansha
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Japanese language
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004407404

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Strategies for Reading Japanese by 相原節子,Graham Parkes Pdf

Author : Len Walsh
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-19
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781462919680

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Read Japanese Kanji Today by Len Walsh Pdf

The method that has helped thousands—Read Japanese Kanji Today provides readers with a quick and simple method to learn kanji characters. Far from being a complex and mysterious script, Japanese writing is actually a simple and fascinating pictographic and ideographic system, easily understood and mastered. With the approach used in this easy-to-read, entertaining kanji book you'll soon be able to recognize and read over 400 kanji, whether or not you have any knowledge of Japanese grammar or the spoken Japanese language. The 400+ kanji characters stick in your mind thanks to an engaging text and illustrations that show the historical development and meaning of each character. The description of each kanji explains its origins and development, its modern uses, and how it is pronounced. Many examples of everyday usage are included. This new, expanded edition has added: Pronunciations Readings Vocabulary Stroke Order Practice Boxes Use Read Japanese Kanji Today to learn kanji quickly and painlessly!

Author : James W. Heisig
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0824836693

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Remembering the Kanji 2 by James W. Heisig Pdf

Following the first volume of Remembering the Kanji, the present work provides students with helpful tools for learning the pronunciation of the kanji. Behind the notorious inconsistencies in the way the Japanese language has come to pronounce the characters it received from China lie several coherent patterns. Identifying these patterns and arranging them in logical order can reduce dramatically the amount of time spent in the brute memorization of sounds unrelated to written forms. Many of the “primitive elements,” or building blocks, used in the drawing of the characters also serve to indicate the “Chinese reading” that particular kanji use, chiefly in compound terms. By learning one of the kanji that uses such a “signal primitive,” one can learn the entire group at the same time. In this way, Remembering the Kanji 2 lays out the varieties of phonetic pattern and offers helpful hints for learning readings, that might otherwise appear completely random, in an efficient and rational way. Individual frames cross-reference the kanji to alternate readings and to the frame in volume 1 in which the meaning and writing of the kanji was first introduced. A parallel system of pronouncing the kanji, their “Japanese readings,” uses native Japanese words assigned to particular Chinese characters. Although these are more easily learned because of the association of the meaning to a single word, the author creates a kind of phonetic alphabet of single syllable words, each connected to a simple Japanese word, and shows how they can be combined to help memorize particularly troublesome vocabulary. The 4th edition has been updated to include the 196 new kanji approved by the government in 2010 as “general-use” kanji.

Author : Tom Gally
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Japanese language
ISBN : 499028481X

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Reading Japanese with a Smile by Tom Gally Pdf

Taken from the weekly magazine "Shukan Asahi," these stories are accompanied by an English translation, faithfully done and easy to follow. Included is a short glossary of each word and phrase, a reverse derivation of each declined verb and adjective, detailed notes on vocabulary and grammar, and information and commentary on the cultural background. (Foreign Language-Dictionaries/Phrase Books)

Author : George Trombley,Yukari Takenaka,Kanako Hatanaka
Publisher : Kanji from Zero
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-24
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0996786317

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Kanji From Zero! 1: Proven Techniques to Master Kanji Used by Students All Over the World. by George Trombley,Yukari Takenaka,Kanako Hatanaka Pdf

Kanji From Zero! isn't just another kanji reference book, instead, it's designed to give genuine insight into kanji, the associated Japanese culture, and related Japanese words that other books often ignore.

Author : James W. Heisig,Tanya Sienko
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780824831677

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Remembering the Kanji 3 by James W. Heisig,Tanya Sienko Pdf

Volume 2 (4th ed.) updated to include the 196 kanja approved in 2010 for general use.

Author : Florence Sakade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Japanese language
ISBN : OCLC:1097220817

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当用漢字 by Florence Sakade Pdf

Author : Tomoko Aoyama
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780824832858

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Reading Food in Modern Japanese Literature by Tomoko Aoyama Pdf

Literature, like food, is, in Terry Eagleton’s words, "endlessly interpretable," and food, like literature, "looks like an object but is actually a relationship." So how much do we, and should we, read into the way food is represented in literature? Reading Food explores this and other questions in an unusual and fascinating tour of twentieth-century Japanese literature. Tomoko Aoyama analyzes a wide range of diverse writings that focus on food, eating, and cooking and considers how factors such as industrialization, urbanization, nationalism, and gender construction have affected people’s relationships to food, nature, and culture, and to each other. The examples she offers are taken from novels (shosetsu) and other literary texts and include well known writers (such as Tanizaki Jun’ichiro, Hayashi Fumiko, Okamoto Kanoko, Kaiko Takeshi, and Yoshimoto Banana) as well as those who are less widely known (Murai Gensai, Nagatsuka Takashi, Sumii Sue, and Numa Shozo). Food is everywhere in Japanese literature, and early chapters illustrate historical changes and variations in the treatment of food and eating. Examples are drawn from Meiji literary diaries, children’s stories, peasant and proletarian literature, and women’s writing before and after World War II. The author then turns to the theme of cannibalism in serious and popular novels. Key issues include ethical questions about survival, colonization, and cultural identity. The quest for gastronomic gratification is a dominant theme in "gourmet novels." Like cannibalism, the gastronomic journey as a literary theme is deeply implicated with cultural identity. The final chapter deals specifically with contemporary novels by women, some of which celebrate the inclusiveness of eating (and writing), while others grapple with the fear of eating. Such dread or disgust can be seen as a warning against what the complacent "gourmet boom" of the 1980s and 1990s concealed: the dangers of a market economy, environmental destruction, and continuing gender biases. Reading Food in Modern Japanese Literature will tempt any reader with an interest in food, literature, and culture. Moreover, it provides appetizing hints for further savoring, digesting, and incorporating textual food.

Author : Larry Herzberg
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781611729283

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Speak and Read Japanese by Larry Herzberg Pdf

Modeled on the same winning format as his Speak and Read Chinese, teacher Larry Herzberg's latest book offers simple, fun, and imaginative ways to remember essential Japanese words and characters. Mastering basic vocabulary and kanji is one of the first challenges any Japanese learner faces. This book addresses this task head-on, complementing the content of all major Japanese textbooks and providing valuable tips to independent students. Includes three hundred essential words and kanji from the first two years of study, indexed for quick reference. Larry Herzberg has founded two Asian language programs and taught Japanese at the university level for thirty years.

Author : George Trombley,Yukari Takenaka
Publisher : Yesjapan Corporation
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0976998130

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Japanese from Zero! 3 by George Trombley,Yukari Takenaka Pdf

Japanese From Zero! is an innovative and integrated approach to learning Japanese developed by professional Japanese interpreter George Trombley and co-writer Yukari Takenaka. The lessons and techniques used in this series have been taught successfully for over fifteen years in classrooms throughout the world. Using up-to-date and easy-to-grasp grammar, Japanese From Zero! is the perfect course for current students of Japanese as well as absolute beginners. In Book 3 of the Japanese From Zero! series, readers are taught new grammar concepts, over 1000 new words and expressions, and also begin learning the kanji writing system. Features of Book 3: * Integrated Workbook with Answer Key * Over 1000 New Words and Expressions * Easy-to-Understand Example Dialogues * Bilingual Glossaries with Kana and Romaji ...and much more!

Author : Keiko I. McDonald
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005-11-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0824829395

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Reading a Japanese Film by Keiko I. McDonald Pdf

Reading a Japanese Film, written by a pioneer of Japanese film studies in the United States, provides viewers new to Japanese cinema with the necessary tools to construct a deeper understanding of some of the most critically acclaimed and thoroughly entertaining films ever made. In her introduction, Keiko McDonald presents a historical overview and outlines a unified approach to film analysis. Sixteen "readings" of films currently available on DVD with English subtitles put theory into practice as she considers a wide range of work, from familiar classics by Ozu and Kurosawa to the films of a younger generation of directors.

Author : Eriko Sato
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781462922802

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Reading & Writing Japanese: A Workbook for Self-Study by Eriko Sato Pdf

The easy way to learn the Japanese writing system! In this beginner's workbook, students of Japanese will learn to read and write the Hiragana and Katakana alphabets, as well as 50 basic Kanji characters. A step-by-step approach moves from tracing letters to reading and writing complete words quickly and effectively. In this comprehensive guide, language learners will find: The 92 Hiragana and Katakana letters 50 Kanji characters Illustrations to help you remember each letter and its associated sound An extensive bidirectional dictionary Hundreds of drills suitable for self-study or classroom use An answer key for all exercises Useful everyday vocabulary and phrases--from numbers and colors to food and social media Free printable flashcards to help you review what you've learned Online audio recordings by a native speaker to help with pronunciation Instead of dealing with separate Hiragana and Katakana workbooks, as is common, this comprehensive guide provides an efficient way to learn both with the help of one book.