Reviews by Paul Denisowski
Japanese for Today
Japanese for Today ... is really not a good beginner's textbook -- the grammar explanations are fairly weak and the excerises are almost non-existent. It does work very well as a beginning to intermediate level reader, with furigana for new kanji and english translations for the passages. The ... read more
Japanese for Everyone
Japanese for Everyone is a pretty good beginner's textbook -- realistic dialogs, clear explanations of grammer with examples, lots of exercises, etc. One of the best features of this book is that the ANSWERS to all the exercises are printed in the back -- very important for self-instruction. The ... read more