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Workbook/Lab Manual to accompany Yookoso! An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese

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I have the second edition of the workbook and the second edition of the textbook. Apparently when they edited and "simplified" the textbook nobody bothered to update the workbook. As a result, the workbook references incorrect page numbers in the textbook, and asks you to know words that no longer appear in the vocabulary lists of the text. This series also emphasizes learning kana and kanji more than other beginning books I've seen, which can be good or bad depending on why you are studying Japanese.

I bought this workbook for Japanese 1 and 2. It's the same as the 3rd edition (hint: wink wink). It's great for hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Great work book for learning the language. Another thing, your teacher makes a difference on how this workbook is used.

I had this as an assigned text, along with the actual textbook. The practice is really good, but sometimes the exercises would drag on, and I'd think, "how many times can I practice this grammar lesson??" If you can get the kanji into your practice sentences, you'll get some better practice. It's not nearly as good as practice with a real person (conversation or letters), but it'll certainly support your endeavors to study Japanese.

I've have a few Japanese texts to go through (being a Japanese Major) and many of them had workbooks to go with them. This is by far the best workbook I've come across. It gives a few pages of practice instead of one page (which is what you normally get). In short, I really like this workbook, from the way it's set up to the experience you get from using it. Great Buy.