Foreign Language Study

This supplemental volume for the "Images of Japan" textbook is aimed at intermediate and advanced-level students of Japanese language who are interested in present-day Japanese society. Its six thematic units focus on Japan's diversity; topics include women's lifestyles, young people's attitudes toward work, the changing education system, and foreigners in Japan. The Tasks, Vocabulary, and Sentence Patterns volume provides grammatical information, vocabulary in both Japanese and English, and exercises and worksheets to aid students in grasping the materials presented in the Text volume. Volume 1: Text and three useful audio CDs are available separately.

This textbook is aimed at intermediate and advanced–level students of Japanese language who are interested in present-day Japanese society. Its six thematic units focus on Japan's diversity; topics include women's lifestyles, young people's attitudes toward work, the changing education system, and foreigners in Japan. Reading selections in the Text volume are authentic materials from published books and newspapers. Study aids in the Tasks, Vocabulary, and Sentence Patterns volume will help students master the thematic materials of the Text volume. Along with explanatory notes and a bibliography, the boxed set also includes three audio CDs (totaling 180 minutes) containing all of the Text readings, in order to aid mastery of pronunciation, sentence rhythm, and intonation.

This textbook is aimed at intermediate and advanced-level students of Japanese language who are interested in present-day Japanese society. Its six thematic units focus on Japan's diversity; topics include women's lifestyles, young people's attitudes toward work, the changing education system, and foreigners in Japan. Reading selections in the this volume are authentic materials from published books and newspapers. In additional to the original text, a version with phonetic aids is provided for readers who need help with kanji. A supplemental exercise and vocabulary volume (Volume 2: Tasks, Vocabulary, and Sentence Patterns) and three useful audio CDs are available separately.

This textbook is aimed at advanced-level students of the Japanese language; it is constructed around readings about facets of diversity and boundary crossing in present-day Japanese society. Readings in the text volume, from newspapers and other authentic sources, address six broad themes: cross-cultural communication, individualized learning, translation, changing work patterns, popular culture, and bioethics. Readings are accompanied by illustrations and other supplementary materials, and versions of the text with phonetic aids are included to help the student.

This volume supplements the Facets of Culture textbook for advanced-level students of Japanese language. The textbook's six thematic units focus on diversity and boundary-crossing in contemporary Japanese society; topics include popular culture, translation, cross-cultural communication, bioethics, changing work patterns, and individualized learning. The Tasks, Vocabulary, and Sentence Patterns volume provides grammatical information, vocabulary in Japanese and English, and exercises and worksheets to aid the student in grasping the materials presented in the Text volume.

This textbook is aimed at advanced-level students of Japanese language. Its six thematic units focus on diversity and boundary-crossing in contemporary Japanese society; topics include populat culture, cross-cultural communication, translation, individualized learning, bioethics, and changing work patterns. Readings in the Text volume are authentic materials from published books and newspapers. The Tasks, Vocabulary, and Sentence Patterns volume contains aids to understanding and mastery of the thematic materials. The two audio CDs, totaling more than two hours, contain the complete texts of the readings, for mastery of pronunciation, sentence rhythms, and intonation.