Hey everyone I was wondering if anyone has used this book.
If so please share You'r experience with Me if you would not mind.
If so please share You'r experience with Me if you would not mind.
2012-03-28, 10:40 pm
Didn't we just do this next door and didn't you already buy the books? Wha...
http://thejapanesepage.com/forum/viewtop...15&t=16036
(Also, I do have the book; when I first tried to self teach from it I gave up, but I only had the main text not the workbook so I wasn't being instructed on how to read the kanji and flipping back to the romaji at the end of the chapter was torture... When I read it later after taking an actual Japanese class it seemed to be a decent enough book - in particular, it has some very clear grammatical explanations that got me set straight in quite a few ways. Nonetheless, terrible book for self teaching, IMO. Probably a great book in a class.)
http://thejapanesepage.com/forum/viewtop...15&t=16036
(Also, I do have the book; when I first tried to self teach from it I gave up, but I only had the main text not the workbook so I wasn't being instructed on how to read the kanji and flipping back to the romaji at the end of the chapter was torture... When I read it later after taking an actual Japanese class it seemed to be a decent enough book - in particular, it has some very clear grammatical explanations that got me set straight in quite a few ways. Nonetheless, terrible book for self teaching, IMO. Probably a great book in a class.)
Edited: 2012-03-28, 10:47 pm
2012-03-28, 11:02 pm
Oh hello there!and um yes i guess my real question would be how other folks went about using the book weather alone or with other material.
yes i do have it and have been using just would like to get an idea if there is more i could be doing.
yes i do have it and have been using just would like to get an idea if there is more i could be doing.
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2012-03-28, 11:22 pm
As I said, I didn't actually self-teach from it, but you certainly do want to find some audio course to supplement it.
Check out this thread,
http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=6840
While I don't really agree with buonaparte's on that kind of pure text+audio learning, I do think that doing -some- text+audio learning is quite important. If you neglect pronunciation and listening, you can't subvocalize - you can't 'hear' words in your head as you read them if you don't know what they sound like.
Check out this thread,
http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=6840
While I don't really agree with buonaparte's on that kind of pure text+audio learning, I do think that doing -some- text+audio learning is quite important. If you neglect pronunciation and listening, you can't subvocalize - you can't 'hear' words in your head as you read them if you don't know what they sound like.
2012-03-29, 2:01 am
I used this book, and I wrote a review on amazon. To get the most from it you really need books 1 and 2. It teaches from the very basics all the way up to a fairly intermediate level, but to study it alone is HARD. There are no answers provided to the exercises, but that's really not a bad thing as it forces you to really check your work and do some supplemental research if you're not sure about something.
I personally really enjoyed it, thou I'm sure it isn't for everyone. The grammar explanations are very thorough, and it progresses at a much faster rate than many other books. On the flip side, it is a very dry read, and you might want to have some of your answers in book 2 checked by a friend if you're doing it solo.
I'd thoroughly recommend it.
I personally really enjoyed it, thou I'm sure it isn't for everyone. The grammar explanations are very thorough, and it progresses at a much faster rate than many other books. On the flip side, it is a very dry read, and you might want to have some of your answers in book 2 checked by a friend if you're doing it solo.
I'd thoroughly recommend it.