Author: Akira Miura, Naomi Hanaoka McGloin
Content: Not only does this textbook comprehensively develop the four basic skills?reading, writing, listening, and speaking?at an intermediate level, but it also cultivates a greater understanding of Japanese society. The makeup of each lesson focuses on conversation and reading. The conversation is as close as possible to the actual speech of young people, and the reading material has been selected to appeal to young people's tastes.
Each lesson contains functions necessary for communication, such as "asking and receiving permission" and "inviting and being invited." And to make the study of conversation easier, the functional point of each conversation has been highlighted. Cultural notes, vocabulary, grammatical notes, and footnotes are given in English, adding to the student's in-depth understanding.
Supplement: 2 CDs
Foreign Edition: Taiwanese (Traditional Chinese)