Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese by Akira Miura and Naomi Hanaoka McGloin (1994, Paperback)

by Akira Miura

Book Overview

This workbook offers exercises on the material covered by the textbook lessons, including grammar drills, questions on the readings, and kanji worksheets. The pages are removable, making handy as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4789007413
• ISBN13: 9784789007412
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Ingram
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

the next step towards fluency

Third level is without a doubt, a great challenge. However, this book provides a very similar structure to that from Genki I and II. If you liked the formatting of those two, I highly recommend this one.

Very Useful

The book is useful when used in conjunction with a Japanese teacher or tutor, but probably is not the best solution for those learning the language on their own. It also should be used in along with a dictionary or a translator, as the level is much higher than a beginner's Japanese. This is my third year of studying the language, and I still have a hard time reading through the reading passages without help. However, for what it was intended for, it does a great job.

an appropriate book 3 of the genki series

Though it doesn't have the same "genki" title as the other 2 standard Japanese textbooks published by the Japanese Times, this is essentially the 3rd book in the series, following a similar layout and integration. It has 15 chapters. At the beginning of each is a paragraph or two about something in Japanese culture. Each chapter has 3 or so conversations: a polite conversation, a medium-polite conversation, a casual, and then reading material. After that are the vocabulary lists, grammar points and exercises, and after that a similar reading material. Though the conversations and reading material don't have translations, after reading them 2 or 3 times they should be understood. There is very little furigana over the kanji, which is sometimes frustrating when it's not a word that I plan on ever using or hearing. The reading text is sometimes dull and difficult to understand, so if you're not a serious Japanese student, this book may be a little dry. Some of the grammar is presented in JLPT level 2, but don't expect to be at that level upon finishing this book. Unfortunately there isn't a 4th book in this series yet, but after this, your Japanese should command compliments like "umai" instead of "jozu."