JAPANESE

Beginning Japanese for Professionals, Book I

("This is the first book in a three book series and includes Lessons 0 - 4. Book 2 and Book 3 are also available for download. This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan.

Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses more on social and professional life beyond school. As a beginning level textbook, this book includes many elementary grammar patterns

(Japanese Language Proficiency Test Levels 5 and 4), but the vocabulary and situations are selected specifically for working adults.

Explanations are kept concise so as to only cover key points. The main focus is on oral communication and the accompanying audio is to be used extensively.

This textbook can be used for self-study, as part of an online course, or as a traditional college course.")

BEGINNING JAPANESE FOR PROFESSIONALS, BOOK II

(This is the second book in a three book series and includes Lessons 5 - 8.

Book 1 and Book 3 are also available for download. This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan.

Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses more on social and professional life beyond school.

As a beginning level textbook, this book includes many elementary grammar patterns (Japanese Language Proficiency Test Levels 5 and 4), but the vocabulary and situations are selected specifically for working adults.

Explanations are kept concise so as to only cover key points. The main focus is on oral communication and the accompanying audio is to be used extensively. This textbook can be used for self-study, as part of an online course, or as a traditional college course.")

BEGINNING JAPANESE FOR PROFESSIONALS, BOOK III

("This is the third book in a three book series and includes Lessons 9 - 10. Book 1 and Book 2 are also available for download. This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan. Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses more on social and professional life beyond school. As a beginning level textbook, this book includes many elementary grammar patterns (Japanese Language Proficiency Test Levels 5 and 4), but the vocabulary and situations are selected specifically for working adults.

BEGINNING JAPANESE FOR PROFESSIONALS I, II, and III

FIRST YEAR JAPANESE: JNP 101 (Mt. Hood Community College)

("This is meant to be used in a classroom situation with a teacher. It was created for showing on big screen as well as individual computer monitor. Easy to use for remote learning. Many graphic images and activities as well as simple grammar and culture explanations. Worksheet set to go with this is also available.")

FIRST YEAR JAPANESE: JNP 102 (Mt. Hood Community College)

("There is also a worksheet packet to go with this text. It is meant to be used in the language classroom and not for self-study.")

21G.506 | ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE Course from MIT- the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Advanced Japanese II

JAPANESE WIKIBOOK

("Development of this Wikibook began on August 11, 2003. It is an ongoing project that will evolve as users contribute to the content and layout of pages. The end goal of this project is to create an online resource for those wishing to learn Japanese.

We will attempt to encompass all aspects of the Japanese language, including pronunciation, reading, writing, and grammar.

Many textbooks and travel guides make use of 'rōmaji' (Romanisation of Japanese characters) to bypass the need for learning the Japanese characters.

This Wikibook, however, aims to develop a well rounded student, and as such, will make minimal use of 'rōmaji' except in introducing pronunciation.")

PREADVANCED JAPANESE- published by Portland State University Library

("Preadvanced Japanese is designed for students who have intermediate competency in Japanese, roughly at Level 2 on the ILR

(The Interagency Language Roundtable) proficiency scale, and are working on reaching Level 3.
This textbook can be used for self-study, as part of online course, and in a traditional classroom setting.

It is comprised of four chapters, intended to be covered in one term of a quarter system.

Each chapter has Drills on expressions and grammar, Kanji Drills, and Listening Exercises.

These activities are to be performed using the accompanying audio.")

Musubi: A New Approach to Japanese Language and Culture, Vol. 1

(University of Hawaii)

("Designed as a modular language learning course, this project will build on the existing first volume of Musubi: A New Approach to Japanese Language and Culture by creating a set of for use in the JPN 102 course. The collection of modules is part of a larger review and renewal of curriculum materials by the Japanese section of the Department of East Asian Language and Literatures.")

JAPANESE IRODORI

("Nowadays, people travel and even migrate across borders all the time. In Japan, too, foreign workers work in a variety of fields, and the number is increasing every year. With the establishment of the Specified Skilled Worker residence status, it will become common for people from different countries with a variety of cultural backgrounds to live in the same community and work at the same workplace.