Tuttle Learning Japanese Kanji: (Jlpt Levels N5 & N4) the Innovative Method for Learning the 500 Most Essential Japanese Kanji Characters (with CD-Rom Contributor(s): Grant, Glen Nolan (Author), Lin, Ya-Wei (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 4805311681 ISBN-13: 9784805311684 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Japanese - Foreign Language Study | Multi-language Dictionaries |
Dewey: 495.682 |
LCCN: 2012018073 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.55 lbs) 480 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book enables you to recognize the 500 most essential Japanese Kanji easily--and to memorize their readings and meanings quickly and easily This book teaches an innovative new method to learn the basic 500 Japanese characters--teaching you how to recognize the Kanji easily and to remember their readings and meanings. Learning to read Japanese and write Japanese requires knowing hundreds of Kanji. Traditionally, the ability to learn Kanji characters was accomplished purely by rote memorization. This method is extremely slow, tedious and time-consuming. The new science of mnemonics has changed all that. By associating an easily-remembered visual image and story with each Kanji, the learner is able to commit the characters to long-term memory far more easily and quickly than ever before. mnemonics also dramatically helps students to write kanji as well. This revolutionary new method has been tried by many thousands of students, and it really works Using a systematic building-block approach to written Japanese, this beginner kanji book also shows you how more complicated characters are constructed from simpler elements. And similar mnemonic strategies are provided for learning the different pronunciations or readings of the characters. The CD-ROM that is included provides audio recordings by Japanese native speakers to perfect your pronunciation. It also provides a unique interactive software program showing you how to write each character and allowing you to write it yourself on screen This book can be used by anyone, and requires no prior knowledge of the Japanese language. It can be used in conjunction with any Japanese textbook to learn the important Kanji characters upon which the language is based. Key features of this book include:
The 500 Kanji characters provided in this book include all the characters needed for the AP and JLPT Level 4 and 5 exams-giving you access to approximately 80 percent of all the Kanji characters you encounter in Japan All disc content is alternatively accessible on tuttlepublishing.com/downloadable-content. |