LearningHiraganaandKatakanaisasystematicandcomprehensiveJapaneseworkbookthatisperfectforself-studyoruseinaclassroomsetting.WrittenJapanesecombinesthreedifferenttypesofcharacters:theChinesecharactersknownaskanji,andtwoJapanesesetsofphoneticletters,hiraganaandkatakana,knowncollectivelyaskana,thatmustbemasteredbeforetheJapanesekanjicanbelearned.LearningJapaneseHiraganaandKatakanaprovidesbeginning-levelstudentsofJapaneseathoroughgroundinginthebasichiraganaandkatakanaphoneticsymbolsorsyllabaries.Acomprehensiveintroductionpresentstheirprimaryfunction,origin,pronunciationandusage.Themainbodyofthebookisdevotedtopresentingthe92hiraandkatacharactersalongwiththeirvariations,givingstep-by-stepguidelinesonhowtowriteeachcharacterneatlyinthecorrectstrokeorder,withgenerouspracticespacesprovidedforhandwritingpractice.ThisJapaneseworkbookincludes:SystematicandcomprehensivecoverageofthetwoJapanesekanasystems.AmpleprovisionforJapanesekanapractice,review,andself-testingatseverallevelsDetailedreferencesectionexplainingtheoriginandfunctionofkana,andthevariouskanacombinations.AccesstoonlineJapaneseaudiofilestoaidincorrectpronunciation.HelpfuladditionalinformationforlanguagestudentsaccustomedtoromanizedJapanese.Vocabularyselectedforusefulnessandculturalrelevance.Aboutthisnewedition:Thenewthirdeditionhasbeenexpandedandrevisedtoincludemanyadditionalreadingandwritingexercises.Accompanyingonlinerecordingsdemonstratethecorrectpronunciationofallthecharacters,vocabulary,andsentencesinthebook.
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