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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Authentic Japanese: Progressing from Intermediate to Advanced (Paperback)
I would like to start by commenting on Samuel Leiter's comment. One thing I have to stress is that many "self-taught" Japanese language learners often misjudge their skill level. He commented it's mostly for advanced people but he is sadly mistaken. I have been studying for four years at the University of Irvine, and I can verify this is for Intermediate to Advance. I have to be clear though it is [UPPER] intermediate to advanced. If you are someone who just progressed from beginner to intermediate, do not buy this textbook. If you are at the upper intermediate level than you should be able to read a textbook with the bare minimum of English. This textbook has enough English to explain the grammar, but it assumes you are able to read the beginner to intermediate kanji and vocabulary.You will not find romaji or furigana readings. A good way to know if you are ready for this textbook (if you are a self-study student)is by taking the JLPT (Japanese language proficiency test)N3 and passing it. The previous commenter disagrees with the elimination of most English in the textbook, however the way I see it a student should be able to understand this level of Japanese in the first place. The explanations are fairly straight forward and easy to understand despite the fact that it is in all Japanese. If you are a self-taught person please don't let your ego get to you and gauge your Japanese level properly. The reason this book doesn't repeat dialog is because you can always just replay the track on the cd, and you should be able to understand the sentences at one go if you think you are fluent enough in Japanese to consider yourself (upper) intermediate to advanced. In real life you will not be able to ask every Japanese person you speak to to repeat every sentence they say three or four times until you understand them. Yes, the lessons are not dialog oriented. This textbook focuses on more natural situations and less on the stereotyped situations/dialogs that many other textbooks focus on. I consider this textbook to be extremely useful and well put together. If you are ready for the climb this textbook will definitely help you.
9 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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If only it had some English,
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This review is from: Authentic Japanese: Progressing from Intermediate to Advanced (Paperback)
I'm working my way through this book, using it to review and polish my Japanese. I've only gotten through the early lessons, but that's enough to see what's involved here. Despite its title, which suggests that readers will be primarly at the intermediate level, it is actually quite advanced. Because I'm using it primarily for self-teaching and not as a classroom text, I have no one to practice the exercises with, so I mainly use it for listening comprehension, since it comes with a CD. The CD includes eacb chapter's essays (one to a chapter, each borrowed from published sources and not original to the text) and a section in which sample sentences using each of the targeted phrases that the lesson seeks to teach are spoken. These phrases are introduced with their English meaning, but this is the only English in the text. I know some people think that eliminating all English explanations and translations is a viable method, but I disagree. This book has excellent material in abundance, but its lack of English material makes it very difficult to use with confidence if one isn't sure of whether one has understood the material. I've used almost every text on the market, both those with English assistance and those without, and, after decades of study, can attest to the need for English support, at least for the self-studier. Because it is one of the few texts to consciously attempt to help the student transition from "intermediate" to "advanced" it could have cornered the market had it included English explanations and translations. Perhaps omitting the English was also a financial consideration. But I am certain it would have been a much more useful book with English support. The CD material is clearly spoken, although at a pace more leisurely than usual for advanced material. It helps to hear the lessons read clearly and not too rapidly, but it would be good if there were repeats of the lessons at a more rapid pace. Also, none of the lessons is dialogue oriented, so you can't practice conversation. The book will enhance reading and listening skills, but the written materials are--so far--in the more formal written style, and you don't hear the language in its everyday context. There still is no outstanding book on the advanced level that does what must be done. This book is a start, but the drawbacks I've mentioned make it extremely problematic. I'll work my way through it and will certainly make improvements in my mastery of Japanese, but it will be a difficult and frustrating experience that could have been made much more effective.
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