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All about Katakana (Power Japanese Series)

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This is a great book for those who can memorize quickly and without much trouble. It merely presents the katakana characters in an order that promotes construction of vocabulary, giving the reader a sense of accomplishment at learning new words. This is great for those who are good at other languages or memorize easily, but I would imagine that if mere repetition of writing the symbol does not drill it into your head, you would have a tough time with this one. It provides no space to write in the book, I suggest getting graph paper and writing the characters/vocab. down as you learn them, it really helped me memorize.

"All About Katakana" is an easy-to-understand book that presents the katakana alphabet and the formation of katakana words in a straightforward and helpful manner. Being a college student working towards a minor in Japanese, this book was recommended by my Japanese instructor and I use it frequently for assignments, reference, and study. An essential book for those striving to understand the Japanese language!

I learned Hiragana first and even a ton of Kanji, but I just couldn't seem to learn Katakana. This book did the trick for me because it is laid out in a stuctured manner, you learn to write ƒgƒ}ƒg (tomato) and then suddenly to and ma are in long term memory.

A trick I learned for the similar kana (tsu, shi, so and n) was to draw a line through the center of the dots, this will help you start to see the pattern.

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