The Japanese Language in Intercultural Communication Situations

The Japanese language in intercultural communication situations A manual for intercultural communication in Japanese is intended for students studying Japanese as a second foreign language after English, as well as for a wide audience at the initial and intermediate stages... of learning Japanese.
The manual is based on a large number of specially selected authentic intercultural communication situations, is richly illustrated, and is equipped with linguistic and cultural comments and recommendations for communicating in Japanese. Texts in three languages, created by native speakers of Japanese, English, and Russian, respectively, as well as various tasks aimed at developing lexical and grammatical skills and communicative abilities in different types of speech activities in Japanese, contain interesting and useful information about the traditions of Japan, Russia, and the USA.