Assimil Japanese with Ease Volume 1&2

If you think learning a foreign language means tiresome work, then this first volume of Japanese with Ease is here to show you a new and exciting way to speak and read Japanese! This volume of 49 lessons is the first part of a two-volume package that includes the 99 lessons of Japanese with Ease. Providing you with Japanese characters, their Romanized equivalent, and a pronunciation key specially designed for English-speaking learners, it will soon enable you to read and speak Japanese like a native.Do you remember how you learned to talk as a child? Your learning of Japanese will be based on the same mechanisms, in two distinct phases: the passive phase, where you simply listen and repeat, throughout the two volumes. the active phase, starting with the second volume, when you will begin to create your own sentences.In volume 1 of Japanese with Ease, the lively dialogues taken from everyday events in Japan will not only immerse you in Japanese culture, but will also familiarize you with modern Japanese vocabulary, phrases and sentences. You will only require a half hour of study each day. Motivation and practice are the keys to your success! Want to learn to write Japanese as well? Writing Japanese with Ease is the right answer, explaining how to write Kanji stroke-by-stroke.The active phase of your study begins with this second volume of Japanese with Ease. These 50 lessons will allow you to improve your Japanese. You will not only widen your knowledge of the language but you will also be able to evaluate your progress, as you become increasingly able to make the best use of what you have learned. Be confident and enjoy learning Japanese with the lively dialogues taken from everyday events in Japan.As you were told in the first volume, when you have completed your study of Japanese with Ease, you will have reached a good level of Japanese, and command a wide vocabulary for use in all sorts of practical and idiomatic phrases. You will be in possession of the basic tools of Japanese, as summarized in the appendices at the end of the book. They will be a useful reference if you wish to pursue your learning and discovery of this beautiful language. Want to learn to write traditional Japanese characters as well? Writing Japanese with Ease is the book for you, explaining how to write stroke-by-stroke the Chinese characters (Kanji) introduced in the 99 lessons of Japanese with Ease.