Japanese for Busy People Book 2: The Workbook

4th Revised Edition of JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE, the most popular Japanese language textbook series in the world. Now comes with free downloadable audio recordings.

 
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.
 

Japanese for Busy People II: The Workbook for the Revised 4th Edition helps learners to comprehend plain forms of verbs, time expressions, conditional clauses and other difficult elements of grammar that will enable them to master intermediate-level Japanese.

Learners can expand their vocabulary and hone their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills through many exercises provided in the workbook.

 
Audio recordings can be downloaded for free from kodansha.us. 
 

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