Learning Hiragana and Katakana is a systematic and comprehensive Japanese Workbook that is perfect for self study or in a classroom setting.
Accompanying online recordings demonstrate the correct pronunciation of all the characters, vocabulary, and sentences in the book..
About this new edition: The new third edition has been expanded and revised to include many additional reading and writing exercises.
Vocabulary selected for usefulness and cultural relevance.
Helpful additional information for language students accustomed to romanized Japanese.
Access to online Japanese audio files to aid in correct pronunciation.
Ample provision for Japanese kana practice, review, and self-testing at several levels Detailed reference section explaining the origin and function of kana, and the various kana combinations.
This Japanese Workbook includes: Systematic and comprehensive coverage of the two Japanese kana systems.
The main body of the book is devoted to presenting the 92 hira and kata characters along with their variations, giving step-by-step guidelines on how to write each character neatly in the correct stroke order, with plentiful practice spaces provided for handwriting practice.
A comprehensive introduction presents their basic function, origin, pronunciation and usage.
Learning Japanese Hiragana and Katakana provides beginning-level students of Japanese a thorough grounding in the basic Hiragana and katakana phonetic symbols or syllabaries.
Written Japanese combines three different types of characters: the Chinese characters known as kanji, and two Japanese sets of phonetic letters, Hiragana and katakana, known collectively as kana, that must be mastered before the Japanese kanji can be learned.
Learning Hiragana and Katakana is a systematic and comprehensive Japanese Workbook that is perfect for self study or in a classroom setting
