Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese 1 (Japanese Edition)

Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese 1 (Japanese Edition) | Eri Banno, Yutaka Ohno, ... | Best learning tool I've seen for Japanese

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	Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese 1 (Japanese Edition) Eri Banno, Yutaka Ohno, ... Varsitybooks.Com, 1999 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 39 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

I've purchased all the rest this one is the best.

Ok, I've spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars on Japanaese language learning materials. Books, software, CDs etc. Some of them good some of them bad. Genki is the only one that has really put it all together for me. It explains the concepts and explains them well. When you are done reading the grammar sections it just starts to make sense.

This is a great stepping stone for those that are wanting to learn Japanese as part of a fuller understanding of the language. If you are looking for a quick read for a weekend in Tokyo this book isn't for you.

Pick up the workbook and CD if you are going to be doing this solo. It'll help out like you wouldn't believe.

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Best learning tool I've seen for Japanese

I have been using a couple books in the beginning of my learning Japanese; but after starting this book and reviewing futre chapters, I'd say this beats most if not all of the other books I've seen. The vocab is set up very well, the subjects are arrainged in a very realistic order (some books make you wait until middle chapters to learn how to tell time???).If you're looking for a simple read through book, this isn't it. This book forces you to learn the written language and utilizes it heavily early and often. By the third chapter, the Japanese portion of the lessons no longer come with phonic translating subscript, and nor do the vocabulary pages come with script/japanese-phonic/english-phonic breakdowns;you go from Hirigana to Enlish. Immersion that I have never really seen in a lot of books, but this is done extremely well. I say all this because if your intention is to learn the phonetic speak, this is not the book for you! If you want a good, quality and well set up immersion learning book, this book is incredible. Also, of all the books I've recently looked at and tried to use, my Japanese fiancee gives this one the biggest thumbs up because it forces you to not only speak, but learn to read and write.

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Read this is you are concerned with the JLPT Tests

I am writing this review as a person who is concerned with passing the JLPT tests and finding study materials. Of ocurse as everyone else wants, I also want to learn Japanese as well. After having passed all the exams and having an understanding of what each requires and being a State university (college) student I can say this book si great. Challenging but great.

THE Genki 1 IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO PASS JLPT TEST 4 or 3!!!

Let me repeat that again

THE Genki 1 IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO PASS JLPT TEST 4 or 3!!!

While it can be a help, it simply does not go over enough information to insure passing.

THE GENKI BOOK 1 and THE GENKI BOOK 2 DO NOT INSURE PASSING LEVEL 3 or 4!!!

let me repeat tht again

THE GENKI BOOK 1 and THE GENKI BOOK 2 DO NOT INSURE PASSING LEVEL 3 or 4!!!

The other reviewers who write that it does would have needed other knowledge NOT included in these books or with the cds. You simply need more information. about it. The best book for passing the JLPT levels 3 and 4 do not exist. you need a thorough understanding which school can provide or multiple resources for the home study fanatic.

I normally do not review. but would hate to see people just buying this and then getting to the examinations and not knowing a thing that was going on. Be careful what you read.

THe book is great but if one of your goals is passing JLPT 4 or 3 this is not sufficuent alone.

Thank you and good luck to you!

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Well Thought-Out Beginners' Course for English Speakers

Japanese is a very difficult language for English speakers to learn. If you've learned some French or Spanish (as I have), forget about it! Japanese is many times more difficult. That being said, Japanese is also more interesting, in that it has a completely different structure and forces you to think differently.

Genki does a good job of presenting Japanese is an orderly fashion. The authors are all native Japanese speakers, and there are a few places where they make mistakes in English, but those small errors do not take away from the text.

Genki could use a few more sample Japanese sentences, though. For example, when they present a new pattern, they often provide just a couple of examples when ten or twelve would be better. I suppose they assume (correctly) that this book will mostly be used in a classroom setting, and that the teacher will provide additional material.

In the end, Genki is a good textbook, but you will need more help if you are going to learn to speak Japanese. That is not the fault of the authors, it is just the way it is.

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Awesome!

This is the book that we use in my Japanese class and it is the best that I have ever read to learn the Japanese language.

I have learned so much in the first 3 chapters.

If you want to learn the language, get this book. Its the best by far. I'd also get the workbook that goes with it too.

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