Japanese Language. Self-Study Guide

This self-study guide is intended for those who are learning Japanese on their own. It helps develop the speaking skills necessary for communication and reading simple literature, and to master the basics of grammar: the lessons in the self-study guide introduce the grammatical features of the language as well as commonly used conversational vocabulary. Having mastered it, one can easily handle any situation when directly communicating with residents of Japan. For quick memorization of common speech constructions, carefully read the selections with lexical material (the thematic list is provided in the table of contents). In each lesson of the self-study guide, you will find descriptions of the lexical-grammatical categories of all parts of speech, exercises for memorizing the studied material, texts using active speech structures. For checking the completed exercises, the lessons provide keys for each lesson. The book also contains information of a country-study nature, which will undoubtedly be useful during your travels in Japan.