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stand-alone, all-audio course can be used by those who
have little or no knowledge of the language, by those
who want to learn or brush up basic conversation skills,
and by more advanced learners who require extra audio
material to complement their current courses.
The ten units or 'conversations' cover
the situations you are most likely to find yourself
in while on holiday or on business abroad. They are
divided into two parts, with a dialogue in each part.
The dialogue in Part 2 reuses the vocabulary and phrases
from Part 1 in a slightly different context. Both parts
start with an introduction to the words and phrases
you'll need, followed by the dialogue. Finally it's
'Over to you': you take part in the same dialogues following
the English prompts, playing all the roles in turn.
So you get lots of opportunity to practise! Frequent
track markers divide the CDs up into short, easy-to-use
clips.
Vocabulary and phrases in the first
two CDs are kept to the basics and are introduced gradually
with lots of opportunity to repeat and practise, to
improve your confidence in both speaking and understanding.
The third CD concentrates on helping you improve your
understanding, so that you will be able to hold two-way
conversations with people who speak very fast or use
words and phrases you do not know.
The course comes on three 75-minute
CDs and has an accompanying 48-page booklet which gives
the dialogues and the translations of the dialogues,
for those who like to see the written word or want additional
practice. The booklet also provides a basic glossary
of the words and phrases used.
This is the perfect complement to 'Teach
Yourself Japanese' and 'Teach Yourself
Beginner's Japanese'.
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talk easily in everyday situations