A comprehensive course for teaching Japanese to young adults in English-speaking countries — from The Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (AJALT), developers of the renowned is a three-level series designed for middle school and high school students (with an optional starter level for elementary students). With an emphasis on the coordination of structure and verbal communication skills, this program builds upon the basics of Japanese grammar through the use of Key Sentences, Dialogues, Exercises, and entertaining activities. This — a fully integrated component of the series — is for students who want to learn the two native phonetic scripts, hiragana and katakana. With numerous illustrations, a combination of traditional reading and writing drills, and an entertaining selection of crossword puzzles and word searches, is the perfect guide for young learners encountering Japanese for the first time.