Learn To Read In Japanese: A Japanese Reader

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Learn To Read In Japanese: A Japanese ReaderISBN13:9780998378701ISBN10:0998378704Author:Lake, Roger (Author), Ura, Noriko (Author)Description:The Design Of This Japanese Reader Is Based On Our Belief That The Most Enjoyable And Efficient Way To Learn To Read In Japanese Is To Dive In And Start Reading Sentences Almost Immediately, Learning New Kanji As You Go In Order To Make This Approach Workable, We Introduce About Ten New Kanji At The Beginning Of Each Chapter And Then Ask You To Take A Quick Pre-Test On Their Pronunciations Before Starting To Read We Include In Each Chapter Only Kanji Characters That You Know Or Are In The Process Of Learning, And We Provide Immediate Feedback About Your Reading Accuracy In The Form Of Same-Page Romaji Equivalents And Translations Although It Might Seem Impractical To Start Reading Practice Before You Have Learned Japanese Characters Very Well, This Approach Is Firmly Grounded In A Study Technique Known As Active Recall, Which Can Be Defined As Learning By Answering Questions Active Recall Is The Basis Of Flashcard Learning Generally, And It Is Highly Effective For Building Strong Memories, Compared To More Passive Study Methods When You Try To Read One Of The Japanese Sentences In This Book, You Are Essentially Asking Yourself Two Questions How Is This Sentence Pronounced, And What Does It Mean? This Self-Interrogation Forces Your Brain To Work In Order To Recognize The Characters In The Sentence And Recall Their Pronunciations When You Need To Look At The Answers To The Implied Questions, They Are Available On The Same Page This Means That You Can Significantly Reduce The Amount Of Time That You Spend Memorizing Kanji You Can Also Minimize The Number Of Times That You Need To Look Up Information In Other Books Or Dictionaries As You Read The Book Includes 4,200 Japanese Sentences Which Employ Only Hiragana, Katakana And 608 Target Kanji Romaji Equivalents And Translations Are Always Available, Printed In Very Small Text In A Column Adjacent To The Japanese Text, But They Are Easy To Ignore When You Don't Need Them By Simply Reading And Taking Advantage Of The Feedback And The References In The Book, You Will Soon Be Able To Read With Confidence The Target Kanji That Are Used In The Sentences Are Taught By Means Of An Innovative Kanji Catalogue This Catalogue Includes Pronunciations, Meanings, Descriptions Of The Kanji As Images, And Examples Of Words That Use The Kanji When You Encounter A Kanji In The Japanese Text That You Do Not Know Well, You Can Easily Look It Up With The Help Of The Pronunciation Index Which Contains 1,634 Kanji Pronunciations Linked To Kanji Reference Numbers In The Kanji Catalogue After You Locate A Particular Kanji In The Catalogue, We Suggest That You Focus On The Memory Aides Provided These Memory Aides Are Both Visual (Descriptions Of Kanji As Images) And Verbal (Homophones For Each Of The Kanji's Pronunciations) If You Want To Progress Further With Your Japanese Reading, Please Be Aware That Learn To Read In Japanese, Volume Ii Is Scheduled To Be Released During The Summer Of 2018 This Second Book Will Introduce 600 Additional Kanji, For A Total Of 1208 In The Two Books Please Visit Us At Japaneseaudiolessons, Where We Also Provide 30 Hours Of Free High-Quality Japanese Audio Lessons Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Roger LakePublication Date:2016-12-30Weight:1.6 lbsDimensions:1.11'' H x 9'' L x 6'' WNumber of Pages:550Language:English

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