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| Nakama 1: Japanese Communication, Culture, Context
Hardcover
Author: Seiichi Makino
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Release Date: 1998-08
ISBN-10: 0395912504
ISBN-13: 9780395912508
List Price: $138.76
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Nakama 1 Audio CD (Teachers version) Set
| Customer Rating: | | This is a Seven Audio CD set. (Teacher's version) The study guide for Makino Hatasa Japanese 1 comes with a single audio CD. The student's version audio is available on-line at several University websites. (You have to look for them.) Make sure you have a purpose for taking Japanese, not just curiosity. It is a hard class. You will learn to read and write Japanese, (along with vocalizations). My son is doing well in this class. The learning curve is way up there. |
So-so
| Customer Rating: | | This was a textbook that was required for my japn course in college. Overall, a little disorganized and I wish they had some better form of teaching it. I don't understand why we do not learn counting until chapter 3. Shouldn't that be taught in chapter 1? I also believe that romaji is discourages, since you won't be able to find a shred of that in the book. It's a pretty good book, but not the type of book that you'd want to get for self-learning. |
It has already been said
| Customer Rating: | | I agree with the other reviews so i am not going to repeat what was wrong with this book |
I have fun learning Japanese!
| Customer Rating: | I think Nakama is an excellent Japanese textbook for a college student like me. It has a total of 12 chapters, each featuring a main topic such as daily routine, family, health, restaurant, department store etc. Yes the book does work better in a classroom with the guidance of a teacher. It has many interesting activities to be done in a group with other classmates. When I just started learning hiragana and katakana, I really appreciate the mnemonic diagrams which are rather funny and therefore easy to remember. For example, it says that the hiragana の looks like a "No smoking" sign and is therefore pronounced as "no". The book also has many pictures which make learning Japanese fun. Besides, it also introduces Japanese culture in the beginning of each chapter.
The workbook is not as bad as described by other reviewers, at least it is great to me. I have been taking Japanese class for 3 quarters (~9 months) and finally finish studying the book and doing the workbook. I can now speak some Japanese and write a short essay with some kanji.
I love Nakama and also love learning Japanese very much. I am going to take more Japanese classes definitely and I am going to buy Nakama 2!! The only bad thing about this book is its price. I bought Nakama 1 for about $80, but considering the knowlegde I gain from it, I will probably keep the book. I recommend this book to everyone interested in learning Japanese. |
Not a good book - Are there better out there?
| Customer Rating: | I think your response to this book depends on how you like to learn a foreign language. Personally, I prefer 'direct method' teaching, which means that you learn a foreign language in that language with very little translation into your native tongue. Nakama is not designed for direct method and in fact is far too laden with English directions, translations, cultural explanations, etc. While this is understandable, to a limited extent, with a beginner level textbook it would be better to at least begin to incorporate the Japanese introduced in the course into the text. I find that all the English limits the rate at which I 'absorb' the language.
The book itself is structured well enough, beginning with simple phrases and hiragana and moving on to katakana then kanji. However, it might make itself more adaptable for classroom use by adding role-plays or other such speaking activities. Basically, the book feels overdetermined and slightly like a cram-school approach to language acquisition.
As for the other materials, the cassettes that accompany the Workbook are terrible quality - so much so that the Japanese members of my family cannot understand what is being said at times. The workbook itself is printed on very low grade paper that really must be photocopied before it is usuable (unless you work on a separate sheet and simple write your answers on the workbook page).
Overall, I don't think the Nakama series presents value for money or education. You will end up forking out ~$200 for the set of books and tapes that really, at the end of the day, don't really give much educational return... Unless you have a good teacher and friends/family to help you - which I did. |
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