Japanese With Ease with Assimil

Rate this book: (3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)  Loading ... Assimil is different from other texts in that the bulk of it is dialogues which you listen along to with the provided CDs. While it does have explanations, called “まとめ　－　Revision and Notes”, a grammar enthusiast will be wanting more. The idea is to learn through assimilation. While it doesn’t...

Learning Japanese Gets Genki: A Review

Rate This Textbook: (3 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)  Loading ... Genki is a very popular textbook, and it was this popularity that convinced me to make it the first text book I bought, and began my quest to learn Japanese. This was back sometime in 2005 and I was self studying. It was my first attempt at learning a language, apart from some years earlier in school in Italian and...

All You Need To Learn Japanese Is Time

In a recent post on the Language Learning Forums an interesting theory is being discussed. The idea is that it doesn’t matter what materials you use to learn a language, all that matters is time. In other words, you can use any method, it doesn’t matter what, but as long as you do it you will learn Japanese. I note that somewhere through the original poster changed his or her tune...

An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese: First Impressions

An Integrated Approach To Intermediate Japanese by Akira Miura and Naomi Hanaoka McGloin I recently borrowed this book out from my University library, and after having it for two weeks, I decided to buy this as the next step in my Japanese studies. I’m half way through Japanese for Everyone, and I find this book right for my level. This actually makes me more impressed with Japanese For...

Want Cheap Japanese Books? Go to a Bookfest!

Recently I had the pleasure of going to my local bookfest. For those not in the know, my local bookfest, run twice a year, is where a lot of second hand books are sold. These books have been donated to a local charity (lifeline - you donate old clothes etc to them and they go to people in need. It is also a phone help line for free counselling), and so all the money raised goes towards a good...