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An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese REVISED EDITION The previous edition was super popular and was often used as the "next step" after Genki II. Although it isn't specifically designed as such, it is published by the same people (The Japan Times). The purpose of the textbook is to transition the student from the upper beginner level to the fully intermediate level. It can be very difficult to find good resources for the Upper Beginner/Lower Intermediate. Most books target the very beginner or those advanced enough to read native level material. This book helps bridge that gap. The previous edition was great, but had tapes that were very expensive. For some reason books published in Japan 10 years or more ago had ridiculously expensive tapes sold separately. Very often (as in the case of the earlier edition of this book) the tapes were even more expensive than the book! This new edition includes two CDs FREE! If you are at the upper beginner/lower intermediate level and are looking for a REAL textbook to help make that transition, please take a look at An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese.

  • Brand name: The Japan Times
  • Merchant SKU: IAIJTX
  • 978-4-7890-1307-9
  • 342 Pages; 2008; Softcover
  • Miura Akira and Naomi Hanaoka McGloin
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3 stars
Ehh...
December 18, 2012
Reviewer:  menkey "menkey" 

(Raleigh, NC United States)

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It has no exercises at all, so you have to buy the separate workbook. The dialogues are all about exchange students and homestay familes, which is really really boring if you're not an exchange student. Half the dialogues consist of the exchange student asking "(Japanese phrase X)... what is it?" Really inspired stuff. There also is no rhyme or reason to the vocab. or kanji presented, it just appears to be whatever happened to pop into the dialogues. For example, in the same chapter you're supposed to learn the kanji for "vicious circle", they also teach you the kanji for "red"... You'll also learn such essential vocab. as "person who goes adrift at sea". The kanji for "saka", hill, is taught not as the word, but only as part of the name Sakamoto. The reading selections are the one bright spot, typically written about historical items or culture differences. Grammar explanations are adequate, but could be more comprehensive.

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Genki 3?
January 4, 2011
Reviewer:  Dustin Quigley 

(Canada)

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Popularly referred to as Genki 3, I bought this to follow-up JFE. There is a little overlap in material but IAIJ takes it a step further.

Featuring 3 dialogues in each chapter, one super polite, one polite, and one casual in natural Japanese, as well as an explanation on the appropriateness of each level of honorifics, this book covers all of it's bases.

The chapters are generally all inclusive, it doesn't build on itself, so each chapter can be studied independently in whatever order you choose.

This book is one of the few that truly helps bridge the gap between upper beginner and truly intermediate studies.

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