Practical Japanese Course with Keys

Alsou Rinatovna Ayupova – a certified specialist in international relations of Asian and African countries, engaged in the history, culture, and economy of Japan, and a teacher at the Cambridge Linguistic Center. This publication presents a practical Japanese course that... covers vocabulary, grammar, and phonetics up to JLPT N5 level. The training starts with an introductory phonetic course – a detailed analysis of the two Japanese alphabets, as well as reading rules. The main course consists of 15 comprehensive lessons on specific topics. Each lesson provides the necessary amount of vocabulary and grammar, interesting notes about the lives of the Japanese, as well as practical exercises for practicing and consolidating the material covered, with answers at the end of the manual. The author's methodology aims for students to be able to speak on the assigned topic, as well as read and write texts of medium complexity by the end of each lesson. Grammar study starts with the simplest topics and becomes more complex from lesson to lesson. All rules are reflected in both the texts and the exercises. As a bonus, the book includes reading texts as well as tasks to consolidate the vocabulary learned. This manual is intended for readers who wish to study the Japanese language and apply this knowledge in practice.