Japanese Sentence Patterns for Effective Communication: A Self-Study Course and Reference

I really like this book because it shows you the mistakes that you are making and it has plenty of examples on how to improve your grammar in Japanese. I like how it's soo simple and it gives you the sentences that are essential in mastering Japanese. In other words, it doesn't teach you grammar that you'll never use in real life. I like how they give you common vocab. words too. If you've been struggling with Japanese and you don't know why GET THIS BOOK! It'll literally open your eyes and make you see Japanese in a different light. I also like how it gets down right to the basics which is necessary and boosts your confident with Japanese! Overall, if you feel you're not good at Japanese and have low self esteem at it get this book! You'll feel a lot better ;) It's also a lot better than a lot of Japanese Grammar textbooks because some of the other books are unorganized and don't provide you with enough examples. This provides you with enough examples and sentences for you to practice with! That's the key to learning this language PRACTICE

This book is designed for upper-beginner learners of Japanese. I say this because if you've studied Genki 1, you'll pretty much know how to do everything in this book. However, even if you have studied Genki 1, this is a great book to use for additional practice and will teach you more sentence structures then Genki 1. The examples are written in natural Japanese (Kanji + hiragana/katakana) and then written again in romanji. This means you don't need to know how to read Japanese to use this book. However, if you're a serious learner of Japanese, I'd highly highly recommend learning to read being the first thing you do. Losing the crutch of romanji is one of the best things you can do the first day you start learning. Learn Hiragana and Katakana first. Kanji is takes longer to learn but it's not hard, just tedious. The book does not provide furigana (kana above the kanji), but this is not needed because if you know how to read Japanese, it's extremely easy to spot the reading of the kanji in the romanji text. This book has one main goal in mind. That goal is to teach you tons of different sentence structures which is essential to know in pretty much every language. If you're a upper beginner, you most likely will not know all the vocab, but you will learn how to use most vocab once you've learn them. After mastering this book, you'll be able to express yourself in various different ways and structures. This book would work best if you're already an upper-beginner with a decent amount of vocabulary in your grasp. The best way to practice would be to study each section, then try to make as many sentences with the structures you've learn using the vocab you already know. Since this book does start off slow, I'd recommend it to a beginner of any level. Also to any lower intermediates who want to refreshen up on their sentence structures.

Many books deal with Japanese grammar somewhat in a vacuum, whereas this book provides an index of different English meanings, ideas, and sentence structures, and explains how the same (or a similar) idea would be conveyed in Japanese. The book is very well structured, with the index in the front of the book grouped by broad categories (describing actions, making comparisons, explaining causes and reasons, etc.), and each individual concept is listed with one or more pairs of English sentences and corresponding Japanese translations, as well as the page number for the detailed lesson. In many cases, simply looking at this index may be enough to jog your memory, but if not, every lesson is presented in detail with example sentences, one or more paragraphs of explanation, and several practice exercises where you are given an English sentence, and asked to translate the statement to Japanese using the concepts provided in the lesson. I recommend using a highlighter, and going through the index highlighting the relevant word/particle/structure for each Japanese example, as this will make it even easier to find what you're looking for. This book is an easy recommendation for anybody studying Japanese.

This is book is simply amazing. Grammatical coverage is methodical and logically ordered. Plenty of example sentences are offered in both kanji and romaji. I would have liked kana/furigana as well, but the scheme the author chose works well and is nice for reading practice. The romaji is printed under the kanji examples; so it is easily covered with the included bookmark if you want to test yourself. The book is organized by grammar point. There are 142 grammar points in all. Each grammar point consists of: 1) A simple demonstrative example in large print 2) A short paragraph explaining the usage of the grammar point 3) Three to five additional example sentences to shown usage variations 4) A small translation quiz consisting of 3 English sentences that require the grammar point (answers provided) Also included is 45 pages of appendix material, which provides charts/tables covering: * Numerals - Cardinal and ordinal numbers * Counters (measure words) * Adjective inflection for common I- and Na- adjectives * Verb conjugation for common verbs I study vocabulary ordered by common usage frequency using iKnow -- words are introduced (with audio) along with an example sentence (also with audio). This book helps in understanding some of the more complex example sentences. Conversely, the vocabulary gained through iKnow makes reading this grammar book much easier and natural. In short, if you have an external regimented vocabulary study program, this book might very well be the only textbook you need as you progress into upper-intermediate territory.

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As a beginner Japanese learner, I find this book really helpful.

Very happy with this book, what I was looking for, format is perfect too and I am already into it, thankyou for the well done delivery!

Very useful book for self study

Anhand von 142 Satzmustern und ihren Variationen gelingt der japanischen Autorin ein didaktisch ausgesprochen einfühlsames Werk für amerikanisch-europäische Lerner. Das tönt auf den ersten Blick nicht so prickelnd, in der Tat liest und lernt man sich mit Vergnügen und ohne Mühe durch das Büchlein. An sich handelt es sich um eine Art Grammatik-Vermittlung der anderen Art, das Hauptziel besteht allerdings in der Verbesserung der kommunikativen Fähigkeiten. Die englischen Kommentare sind so simpel wie treffend und geben auch fortgeschrittenen Lernern immer wieder neue Einblicke in die Sprache, somit eignet sich das Werk ausgezeichnet zum Repetieren. Aber auch Anfänger gehören ausdrücklich zur Zielgruppe, zumal sämtliche Sätze in Kanji/Romaji wiedergegeben sind und das Buch mit einfachen Satzmustern anfängt bei progressivem Schwierigkeitsanstieg. Das wohlgeordnete Layout und die kurzen Kapitel sind sehr benutzerfreundlich, so dass man zwischendurch auch mal nur kurz reinschauen kann. Die kleinen und prägnanten Übungen haben alle einen Lösungsschlüssel. Im Anhang finden sich nützliche Verb-, Adjektiv- und Zahlwort-Tabellen. Ich bedauere sehr, dass mir dieses tolle Buch nicht schon früher in die Hände gelangt ist. Nebenbei gesagt, auf amazon.com gab's ein absolutes Glanzresultat bei den Rezensionen. Ein weiteres, sehr empfehlenswertes Buch der Autorin ist übrigens das "Japanese for All Occasions".