Synopses & Reviews
Yookoso!, meaning welcome in Japanese, is the second volume of a two-volume series for beginning Japanese courses. Based on modern principles of second-language acquisition, it was the first beginning Japanese text to integrate the teaching of all four language skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking) and to be accompanied by a full complement of ancillary materials. Grammar is treated as a tool for developing the ability to communicate in Japanese, not as the focal point of the text. The illustration program (photographs, line drawings, realia) and the two-color, hard-cover format is unique in this field, providing an attractive context for language learning.
Table of Contents
Preface Dear Student Do You Remember? Review Activities Chapter 1 Travel Topics/Vocabulary Travel Transportation and Schedules Sightseeing and Travel Planning Vocabulary Grammar 1. Making a Suggestion 2. Deciding to Do Something: ...koto ni suru 3. Saying Whether Something Occurred Before or After: mae and ato 4. to Conditionals 5. Commands 6. Admonishment and Prohibition: ~te wa ikenai / ...na 7. The Adverbial Use of Adjectives 8. Expressing Obligation or Duty ...kan tsureteiku, tsuretekuru demo ...me Sentence-Final no made versus madeni motteiku versus mottekuru ...to ieba Culture Notes ryokan midori no madoguchi ekiben (Station Box Lunches) onsen Reading and Writing Reading 1: Hokkaidoo no annai Reading 2: toraberu gaido - Sapporo Kanji Skills Practice Language Functions and Situations Making a Hotel Reservation Buying a Train Ticket Listening Comprehension Chapter 1 Review Chapter 2 At Home Topics/Vocabulary Houses Furnishings and Appliances (and more...)