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, a teacher at the Cambridge Linguistic Center. This edition presents a practical Japanese course that covers vocabulary, grammar, and phonetics of the language at the JLPT N5 level. The training begins with an introductory phonetics course – a detailed analysis of the two Japanese alphabets, as well as reading rules. The main course consists of 15 substantial lessons on specific topics. Each lesson provides the necessary volume of vocabulary and grammar, interesting notes about the life of the Japanese, as well as practical exercises for practicing and consolidating the material covered with keys at the end of the manual. The author's methodology aims for students to be able to speak on a given topic, as well as read and write texts of medium complexity after each lesson. The study of grammar 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 and assignments to consolidate the vocabulary covered. This manual is intended for readers wishing to study the Japanese language and apply this knowledge in practice.