Japanese for Beginners

Japanese for Beginners is a straightforward learning guide which enables beginners to pick up a function knowledge of spoken Japanese very quickly and easily. This complete Japanese language package has helped many thousands of people learn to speak colloquial Japanese. Toyozato includes drills and exercises in each chapter to reinforce vocabulary, basic grammar, and sentence structures. The book also includes a free CD-ROM with recordings of native speakers demonstrating the correct pronunciation of Japanese words. Whether readers are going to work in Japan or for a Japanese company or simply seeing the sights in Tokyo and Kyoto, this affordably priced book will teach them everything they need to converse confidently in Japanese! Key features of Japanese for Beginners: Practical Japanese phrases help you converse with ease. Comic strips (Japanese manga) and dialogues bring Japanese to life. Exercises help you to practice speaking and listening. MP3 audio CD features native Japanese speakers to help you pronounce Japanese like a pro. \n Thousands of people need to communicate in Japanese for practical reasons, but don't have the time or opportunity to devote the many years it takes to study Japanese formally. By providing a firm grounding in Japanese sentence structure, using dialogues that reflect authentic Japanese culture and comic strips that emphasize conversations and humor, Tuttle Japanese for Beginners will soon have you on your way to becoming conversational in Japanese. When you consider that the Japanese language is spoken by 125 million people worldwide, and Japan is the world's third largest economy, the advantages of speaking Japanese become clear! In this new edition: Japanese for Beginners is now expanded to include IT, Social Media, mobile phone conversations and texting! \n