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Japanese for Busy People Revised 3rd Edition

Japanese for Busy People, as the title suggest, a concise course for "busy" students who want to learn natural, spoken Japanese as effectively as possible in a limited amount of time. This worldwide best-selling series was prepared by a working group of experienced Japanese language instructors who revised and tested the material in an authentic classroom environment. 

Japanese for Busy People comprises the following features:

• A fully integrated three-level series with related supplementary materials, which is suitable for both self-study and classroom use, forms a comprehensive course in basic Japanese.
• The Japanese for Busy People series requires about 300 hours of classroom instruction. At each level, enough vocabulary and grammar has been provided to enable the learner to easily communicate in uncomplicated adult Japanese.
• Students who have completed all three levels of this series will acquire language skills generally equivalent to Level 3 of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test.
• The text comes with a free audio CD that includes recordings of dialogues and exercises from the book. The natural speed of the Japanese narration helps to improve listening skills.

Japanese for Busy People Ⅰ

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Japanese for Busy People Ⅱ

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Japanese for Busy People Ⅲ

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Japanese for Busy People The Main Textbooks : Contents for Each Volume

Japanese for Busy People Workbook & App

Core Points

•  Improves oral fluency, and enables nonnative students to speak Japanese at normal conversational speed
•  Can be used for homework and self-review
•  Coordinated with the exercises and quizzes

Japanese for Busy People Ⅰ: The Workbook for the Revised 3rd Edition

・Basic Japanese sentence pattern
・Encourages basic oral fluency

This workbook includes exercise conversations from the textbook, Short Dialogues, Target Dialogues, and additional materials, many of which are accompanied by illustrations. The CD, designed for listening and speaking exercises, is an ideal resource for private lessons, in a class setting, or for independent studies.

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Japanese for Busy People Ⅱ: The Workbook for the Revised 3rd Edition

・Complex sentence patterns

・Expands vocabulary and increases sentence patterns and expressions

This workbook accompanies the Japanese for Busy People II, Revised 3rd Edition, and

offers exercise problems for practicing the sentence forms and grammar introduced in

each Lesson in the main textbook. The workbook is a useful tool for independent

studies, as well as for private and group lessons with an instructor. A CD-ROM, that is

included with the workbook, provides listening exercises. The reading materials include

a "blog written by a Canadian living in Japan." Students will practice reading by

                          following the blog entries, that correspond with each Lesson, and writing in comments.

                          The exercises toward the end of the workbook involve words and expressions for more

                          advanced conversations, for example, for setting up an appointment or exchanging

                          information.

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Japanese for Busy People Ⅲ: The Workbook for the Revised 3rd Edition

・Practice problems designed to show how to apply various sentence structures for more effective communication

・Quizzes designed to illustrate common mistakes in grammar and usage
・Reading materials for better comprehension

Each lesson in this workbook provides practice problems for helping students apply what they have learned. Each lesson provides quizzes for reviewing the grammar and reading materials for improving the comprehension level. Practice problems cover the same topics covered in the main textbook in order to help students learn vocabulary more

                          quickly through repetition.

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Japanese for Busy People: Kana Workbook for the Revised 3rd Edition

・Effective mastery of hiragana and katakana

・Fully integrated with Japanese for Busy People I

・Free CD enhances oral fluency

The Kana Workbook includes exercises for helping the student learn to recognize, pronounce, and write each hiragana and katakana. The student will learn one character at a time and move onto reading and writing words and simple sentences. The student will also learn interesting facts about Japanese characters, traditional Japanese tools and crafts, and English words that have originated in Japan by reading the notes, written in 

                          English, throughout the book.

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Japanese for Busy People Ⅰ: App

App for all lessons (Lesson 1 through Lesson 25) in Japanese for Busy People I is available to download from both the App Store and Google Play.

iOS version: Use the keyword "AJALT" to look for the app.

                   Requires iOS 5.0 or later. 

Android version： Use the keyword “Japanese for Busy People” to look for the app.

                          Requires Android 4.0 later.

Japanese for Busy People : Teacher's Manual (Japanese version only)

A comprehensive and practical resource for all instructors using Japanese for Busy People series

Japanese for Busy People Ⅰ: 

Teacher's Manual for the Revised 3rd Edition (Japanese version only)

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Japanese for Busy People Ⅱ ＆ Ⅲ: 

Teacher's Manual for the Revised 3rd Edition (Japanese version only) 

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