Japanese Exercise Books and Phrase Books

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With regards to learning the different scripts, there seems to be a very good and practical workbook series called "Let's Learn Hiragana" and "Let's Learn Katakana" with great reviews... but instead of buying both of those books, we recommend:

Easy Kana Workbook: Basic Practice in Hiragana and Katakana at just $9.95 which teaches both of those scripts and also has great reviews on Amazon... indicating that it is very practical with translations inside and lots of exercises to practice the scripts well enough until it's down pat! Many have mentioned how quick and easy it is to learn these scripts and apply the knowledge in day to day situations in Japan.

Colloquial Japanese is an excellent course, and has very good reviews on Amazon, with the positives being that it teaches the different scripts (as mentioned above in the Synopsis section) but the downside being that it is so comprehensive that some people lose patience with the book and it's style of teaching. But overall it seems to be the right approach to learning Japanese, whether your aim is for business reasons or out of interest.

Internet freebies:

World Nomads provides a free Japanese iPod phrasebook!

BBC provides a free tutorial and information on this intriguing language, with free audio phrase clips and exercises online to help you get started.

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