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Published: 25/07/2008

Extent: 8 Hrs

 

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Summary:

Learn another language the way you learnt your own

You learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Japanese in the same way.

You'll stick with it because you'll love it

Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas.

This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your Japanese in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out the answers for yourself.

You learn through listening and speaking without the pressure of writing or memorising.

You pick up the language naturally and unforgettably.

The NEW Japanese Foundation Course

An eight-hour, 100% audio method for learning Japanese, written by teachers Helen Gilhooly and Niamh

• Learn another language the way you learnt your own

• Effective method - the Michel Thomas Method of language teaching works with the brain

• Motivating - live classroom situation with two students encourages you to learn with the students on the recording
• All-audio - the way you want to learn

• Pronunciation is gently - but effectively - corrected

• Reference booklet - accompanying booklet lists key phrases in English and Japanese (romaji Roman script)

• Suite of progressive and complementary course components: Introductory, Foundation, Advanced, and Vocabulary

• Sales record - the hugely successful Michel Thomas Method is applied to Japanese

Table of Contents:
pronunciation of Japanese sound structure
-masu (verbal ending for affirmative verbs) tabemasu, nomimasu, shimasu, yomimasu, kakimasu, kaimasu, hanashimasu (I, s/he, you, we, they eat/ drink, do, read, write, buy, speak)
shigoto o shimasu postposition o, placed after the object of the verb
kyou/ ashita time expressions
tokidoki (sometimes) as verbal quantifier
yomimasu soshite kakimasu, with soshite as sentence joining conjunction
nani + ka (what do you ……?)
desu copula
nan desu ka (what is it?) / doko desu ka (where is it?) / itsu desu ka (when is it?) / dare desu ka (who is it?)
kore/ sore/ are/ kare/ kanojo pronouns and their use
wa as topic marker
omoshiroi / oishii / nemui adjectives (interesting / delicious)
-masen (verbal ending for negative verbs) mimasu
-masen ka (won’t you watch/ eat/ read/ …..?)
verbal quantifiers amari / zenzen + masen (rarely/ never do etc)
kara (because …….)
ga conjunction (….but…..)
mashou / mashou ka (let’s / shall we …..?)
ikimasu/ kimasu/ kaerimasu (go, come, return- verbs of motion)
ni postposition following a destination .. ni ikimasu (go to …..) / doko ni ikimasu ka (where do you go to?)
doshite+ka (why do you…?)
to (together with my friend, I ….)
-tai desu (want to …..)
-ga arimasu (I have / there is ….) for inanimate things
youji ga arimasu (not suit me idiom)
-nagara (while doing…., I do ……at the same time)
pronouns watashi / anata (I / you) and their use
no- as possessive marker - watashi no/ anata no/ kare no / kanojo no (mine/ yours/ his/ hers)
koko/ soko/ asoko (here/ there/ over there)
-ga imasu (there is ….. ) for animate things
-ni_ga imasu/ arimasu (something / someone is in a particular location)
not at home idiom (rusu desu)
-mashita (verbal ending for affirmative verbs)
kino (yesterday) (time expression with verbs)
i-katta (was interesting/ delicious)
de- posposition which follows the location where action verb done (I eat/ read/ buy in)
-ga dekimasu / dekimasen (I can’t …..)
-ga suki / kirai / jozu / heta (I like/ hate/ am good at/ am bad at …)
past and negative tenses of na adjectives
kunai – negative of i adjectives
san honorific suffix
simple explanation of polite / neutral polite speech / levels of politeness

About the Author(s):

Helen Gilhooly is Director of the Language Faculty at Aldercar Community Language College, Derbyshire, UK and has taught Japanese at Nottingham University. She is author of various 'Teach Yourself' Japanese courses.
Niamh Kelly is Lecturer in the Japanese Department at Dublin City University, Ireland.

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Self-access course for adult beginners

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