Japanese for Busy People Kana Workbook

<b>4th Revised Edition of JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE the most popular Japanese language textbook series in the world.</b> <p/>Since it was first published in 1984 the focus of the <i>Japanese for Busy People</i> series has always been to teach Japanese for effective communication. <p/>The <i>Kana Workbook</i> teaches the two basic Japanese scripts <i>hiragana</i> and <i>katakana</i> which are essential for any student wishing to read Japanese. <p/>It teaches not only reading and writing of <i>kana</i> (as these scripts are collectively called) but also listening and pronunciation with the aid of audio recordings which can be downloaded for free from kodansha.us. <p/>Sections for practicing individual <i>kana</i> come with reference lines to help learners get a feel for the proper size and shape of each character. It also shows the stroke order correct angles and spaces between strokes so that learners can master even confusingly similar-looking characters. <p/>There are also many illustrations which help learners to build their vocabularies.