Thora Wrote:What level do you think the Expressive Japanese book would be good for? Sounds like there might not be enough new content for people who read fiction, etc., but I suppose the examples would be difficult for beginners.The preface says:
Quote:To benefit from this book, the reader should have a firm grasp of the fundamentals of elementary Japanese, including basic vocabulary and grammar. Basic knowledge of hiragana, katakana, and kanji is also expected. In terms of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test [..] the reader is expected to possess at least Level 3 knowledge.That sounds about right to me -- all the dialogues and examples come with roomaji transliterations and translations into English, so an L3 level reader can probably get by without too much dictionary lookup. So I guess L3 up to L2, especially for people who haven't been doing much reading fiction, watching dramas, and so on.
Random example: chapter 39 "Denying Relevance" gives examples of the expressions 「関係ない」、「うるさい！」、「勝手にしろ」、「黙れ！」、「ほっといて！」. (The chapter's about 3 pages; the book is 77 chapters total because they're all pretty short.)