4th Revised Edition of JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE, the most popular Japanese language textbook series in the world.
Since it was first published in 1984, the focus of the
Japanese for Busy People
series has always been to teach Japanese for effective communication.
As suggested in the title, this is a concise course for busy students who want to learn natural, spoken Japanese as efficiently as possible in a limited amount of time.
The new
Japanese for Busy People: Revised 4th Edition
is made up of three volumes: Book I, Book II, and Book III. Book I is available in both romanized and
kana
versions, similar to the Revised 3rd Edition.
The
Kana Version
is exactly the same as the
Romanized Version
except for the scripts used throughout the book:
hiragana
and
katakana
.
is therefore recommended for those who have already learned
(as these scripts are collectively called) or are learning them with
Japanese for Busy People Kana Workbook
or another such text. Studying Japanese in
, rather than in romanized script, can lead to fluent pronunciation and facilitate a smooth transition to the study of
kanji