Eriko Sato - Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Japanese Grammar

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Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Japanese Grammar is designed as a study tool for elementary to intermediate students of Japanese or as a review for intermediate to advanced students of Japanese. It can serve as a helpful self-study tool or as a supplement for high school or college students. It starts with the basic sound and writing systems and covers complete major Japanese grammar, including conditionals and passive/causative constructions.

Chapters are organized in such a way that learners can understand the characteristics of each building block of Japanese sentences and then gradually gain insight into how these building blocks are combined to form complex sentences that are needed for authentic Japanese communication. Each chapter includes a number of short units, each of which focuses on a single grammar concept, such as Each unit can be completed in 20 to 30 minutes and provides concise explanations and various authentic examples of sentences followed by exercises. All sentence examples are written in authentic Japanese script, accompanied by Romanization to clarify the ambiguity in the pronunciation of kanji (Chinese characters) and word boundaries, as well as to accommodate those who have not gained full command of using the Japanese scripts. They are also accompanied by English translations, so the user can learn new vocabulary in context. Exercises are carefully presented so they can mostly be done using the vocabulary words included in sentence examples in the same unit or in the preceding units; short glossaries and sentence translations are occasionally provided wherever they might be helpful. Translations are also provided in the answer key whenever they might be helpful.

Exercises vary from simple multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions to open-ended questions that encourage readers to express themselves freely, which can be enjoyably done by applying the grammatical knowledge acquired in the unit and the help of a dictionary. New to this edition is a final review chapter. Exercises are grouped by chapter and provide additional practice on key grammatical concepts covered throughout the book. Audio recordings of the answers of these, and many other exercises, are provided via the McGraw Hill Language Lab app to further aid your study. Learning another language requires dedication, time, and frequent practice. By using Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Japanese Grammar, students at any level can gain or clarify grammatical concepts and strengthen their Japanese language skills through practice.

Only practice makes perfect.

Japanese sounds are pretty easy to pronounce. In contrast, the Japanese writing system is quite complex. Sentences can be written horizontally or vertically. A Japanese sentence can be written by combining two sets of kana phonetic symbols, hiragana and katakana, as well as about 2,000 kanji characters, Chinese characters adapted to Japanese. In this chapter, you will learn the basic Japanese sound systems and writing systems.