Easy Kana Workbook: Basic Practice in Hiragana and Katakana for Japanese Language Students »

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This practical workbook is for all students of Japanese who want to learn the basic phonetic writing system in use by the Japanese. This workbook is a self contained course, which can be used both for independent study or in the classroom. It can also serve as an ideal supplement to any basic conversation course in Japanese.

The two sets of phonetic characters, hiragana and katakana, are known collectively as kana. Since hiragana is usually taught first in Japanese schools, it is presented in the first section of this workbook, followed by katakana.

Both the hiragana and katakana sections provide plenty of practice in writing characters, words, and sentences. In addition, each section concludes with a practice and self-test.

At the back of the book are several useful appendices, including complete hiragana and katakana charts as well as answers and translations to the practice and self-tests.

The Easy Kana Workbook combines a systematic aspproach with ample practice and the reinforcement necessary to master both reading and writing hiragana and katakana.