{"product_id":"contemporary-japanese-textbook-volume-1-an-introductory-language-course-with-cd-audio-9780804847131","title":"Contemporary Japanese Textbook, Volume 1: An Introductory Language Course [With CD (Audio)]","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis Japanese language book contains 61 short lessons grouped into 14 chapters--each of which presents a wide variety of activities and exercises and yet is designed to be covered in a single session.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis daily multivitamin approach to learning Japanese makes it easy to track your progress and to review later  An audio CD comes free with the book, providing native speaker recordings giving correct pronunciations for the dialogs and vocabulary in each lesson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eContemporary Japanese\u003c\/i\u003e is a textbook series for beginning students of Japanese at the college or high school level. It is intended for classroom use as well as self-study. Each lesson in the book is very short and has a single, clearly-defined objective. All lessons make use of the active discovery approach which encourages rapid learning through guess and try problem-solving and participation as opposed to rote memorization. This highly effective method uses real-life conversations that make learning fun by involving you in a conversation with your peers. It also removes the fear of saying something wrong  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features of This Japanese language textbook include: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Basic sounds, words, phrases and kana \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribing the property of people and things\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Identifying things and people\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Requesting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Description\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Expressing what you have\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Using numbers and katakana\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Talking about the past\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Coming and going\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Relating states and events\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Describing daily-life activities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Talking about the present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Location of people and things\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Expressing the characteristics of people and things\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvailable separately is \u003ci\u003eContemporary Japanese Workbook Volume 1\u003c\/i\u003e. This accompanying Japanese workbook serves as a supplementary material as well as a standalone comprehensive workbook for practicing and reviewing the language. An audio CD containing drills, dialogs and listening comprehension exercises for most activities accompanies the workbook.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tuttle Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804847131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Eriko Sato","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643873816732,"sku":"9780804847131","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c752cf61-100c-41c6-bb5a-6ecbbe5168f9.jpg?v=1603857430","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/contemporary-japanese-textbook-volume-1-an-introductory-language-course-with-cd-audio-9780804847131","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}