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Japanese for Busy People (Kana version) Vol. II PDF

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In eddidan to ttus distaguw 8t ths bmginnuig af ssch lasson, the Quizze~,a nd Prsetice 6 4al- a~@giwr~ in bw snd bnji to iainforw writtm mnd oral oomprshsn- don and Irnprove prdwtion ddlb. ThuJqpsnulsefbrBusyhopkssriwhnnbmn preprrrsdurodsrthoguidsncsdm wwking grcud af mpdancsd JspamI snguage Instnicton who rsvkwad and tarted tb rnatsrlal in sn suttrsntk d menvim runent TtJIMwKniVrtbnhduk 220 itanji, -h 4th e stephy-mp guibe ta strUtstr order I a a lager, der-to-reed m ' p h y '.a. a M,c iwrm-frìend~ye, ywxtch~t~pgsg e dmdgn.. i 1 eluar, cmncise uxglentrtlcrne of how the langwge works full EnglisMapsnsae snd Jepmw~Mngiiihg iomariies e ma, . . k*L* JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE PANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE Kana Version *- Association for Japanese-Language Teaching --. KODANSHA INTERNATIONAL Tokyo = New York London The Authors: The Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (AJALT) was recognized as a nonprofit organization by the Ministry of Education in 1977. It was established to meet the practical needs of people who are not necessarily specialists on Japan but who wish to communicate effectively in Japanese. In 1992 the Association was awarded the Japan Foundation Special Prize. The Association maintains a web site on the Internet at www.ajalt.org and can be contacted over the Internet via [email protected] by teachers and students who have questions about this textbook or any of the Association's other publications. Distributed in the United States by Kodansha America, Inc., and in the United Kingdom and continental Europe by Kodansha Europe Ltd. Published by Kodansha International Ltd., 17-14 Otowa I-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8652, and Kodansha America, Inc. Copyright O 1996 by the Association for Japanese-Language Teaching. Al1 rights reserved. Printed in Japan. ISBN- 13: 978-4-7700-205 1-2 ISBN- IO: 4-7700-205 1-1 First edition, 1990 Revised edition, 1994 Kana version, 1996 100908070605 15 14 13 1211 10 CONTENTS Preface vii ... About the Kana Version of Japanese for Busy People 11 V111 Introducing the Characters Lesson 1: Rush Hour Lesson 2: Lost and Found Lesson 3: The Health Club Lesson 4: A Business Trip Lesson 5: A New Word Processor Lesson 6: A Pale Face Lesson 7: Mr. Johnson's Arriva1 Lesson 8: The O-Bon Festiva1 Lesson 9: Prep School Lesson 10: Letter from Kyushu Lesson 11: Job Interview Lesson 12: Hotel Reservations Lesson 13: A Gift of Chocolate Lesson 14: The Referee's Role Lesson 15: A Forgotten Umbreila Lesson 16: The New Showroom Design Lesson 17: Brown's Diary Lesson 18: Birthday Flowers Lesson 19: The Public Library Lesson 20: Cherry Blossoms Appendices A. Plain Forms and Connective Patterns B. Verb Conjugations C. Grammatica1 Patterns and Common Constructions Quiz Answers Japanese-English Glossary English-Japanese Glossary Index Fu11 Text with Kanji Preface for the Kana Version of Japanese for Busy People When Japanese for Busy People I was first published in 1984, rnany non-native learners, particularly frorn non-kanji cultures, considered Japanese one of the world's rnost difficult languages because of its seerningly inaccessible writing systern. Japanese for Busy People was designed especially for such learners-be they businessrnen frorn English-speaking countries or learners of Japanese-as-a-second-language frorn other parts of the world- people wished to learn natural, spoken Japanese as effectively as possible in a limited arnount of time. To this end, rornanized Japanese was included in the Japanese for Busy People series so that learners both incide and outside Japan, as well as non-native instruc- tors, could use the textbook to its fu11 extent without the need to read Japanese script. As a rneasure, however, kana and kanji were progressively introduced through volurnes I to 111. But in the decade since Japanese for Busy PeopleS first publication, there has been a growing increase in the number of people learning Japanese-as-a-second-language through- out the world. Many of thern are now interested in studying Japanese in a more compre- hensive way, and wish to learn to read and write as well as speak and understand what is said to thern. Educationalists have pointed out the problerns of teaching and learning accu- rate and natural pronunciation through rornanization, as well as the inconvenience of not being able to read and write at an early stage. AJALT has received rnany requests to drop rornanization and include more exercises in kana and kanji. In this, the Kana Version of Japanese for Busy People, al1 rornanization has been omitted so that the learner can now learn Japanese directly through native script frorn Book I. We sincerely hope that the book will be of much use for the rnany people interested in Japan and the Japanese language. Septernber 1995 Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (AJALT) vii W

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How can the Japanese for Busy People series help you learn Japanese? Japanese for Busy People is, as the title suggests, a concise course for 'busy' students who want to learn natural, spoken Japanese as effectively as possible in a limited amount of time. Three main texts-Japanese for Busy People I
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