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25 reviews for:
Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I Textbook [third Edition]
Eri Banno
4.28 AVERAGE
25 reviews for:
Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I Textbook [third Edition]
Eri Banno
4.28 AVERAGE
This textbook is very useful both for taking a course that uses it, and for independent learning. It has an associated workbook with additional practice, as well as audio files for pronunciation.
An exciting tale of exchange student Mary Hart from Arizona who goes to Sakura University in Tokyo.
She meets up with the handsome Takeshi Kimura and they hit off the most epic romance in the history of textbook romances. She also meets new best friend Sue Kim from Korea, and Robert Smith from England, Michiko Yamakawa, Ken, Mr. Yamashita, a whole host of friends.
Share your panic with Mary as she thinks Takeshi abandons her on their first date... {spoiler} he thought she said Mo's Burger, when Mary really said Makkudonarudo! Mary waited for Takeshi there for an hour.
Still, there are some unanswered questions. Why does Taro keep his sandwich in the freezer? Why did Hitler want to buy a wallet from that hippie? Is Mr Nomura going to be ok? Did that old lady ever accept her bags to be carried for her?
It ends in a horrifying cliffhanger where Mary is sick. She had a stomachache yesterday. Will she ever get to her tennis tournament?!!?!?
Only Genki II will tell us.
Included is an audio recording of their adventures where Mary sounds mysteriously very native Japanese.
......
(As a textbook, this was fun. I have to admit that my school was pretty awesome and anyone in Vancouver learning Japanese should check out the Vancouver Japanese Language School (VJLS/バンクーバー日本語学校). The book is great for 20-somethings, intending on taking a longer (college-style?) course in Japanese. If you want to cram an education into a few weeks, it might not be as beneficial.
Tons of examples and exercises, and has a workbook companion. The CD includes audio by native Japanese speakers for almost all the Japanese in the text and in the workbook.
If you got the workbook and are a well disciplined self-learner (unlike me), this would be great to learn alone. Though nothing compares to additional live talking experience.
NB - there are currently 2 editions of this book and they have changed significantly... both of the last two years we had a student who used to old edition only to have troubles most classes in linking in, usually with exercises. So, check which edition your class is using. They both have just as good Japanese learning potential, just some of the examples and exercises are vastly different.)
She meets up with the handsome Takeshi Kimura and they hit off the most epic romance in the history of textbook romances. She also meets new best friend Sue Kim from Korea, and Robert Smith from England, Michiko Yamakawa, Ken, Mr. Yamashita, a whole host of friends.
Share your panic with Mary as she thinks Takeshi abandons her on their first date... {spoiler} he thought she said Mo's Burger, when Mary really said Makkudonarudo! Mary waited for Takeshi there for an hour.
Still, there are some unanswered questions. Why does Taro keep his sandwich in the freezer? Why did Hitler want to buy a wallet from that hippie? Is Mr Nomura going to be ok? Did that old lady ever accept her bags to be carried for her?
It ends in a horrifying cliffhanger where Mary is sick. She had a stomachache yesterday. Will she ever get to her tennis tournament?!!?!?
Only Genki II will tell us.
Included is an audio recording of their adventures where Mary sounds mysteriously very native Japanese.
......
(As a textbook, this was fun. I have to admit that my school was pretty awesome and anyone in Vancouver learning Japanese should check out the Vancouver Japanese Language School (VJLS/バンクーバー日本語学校). The book is great for 20-somethings, intending on taking a longer (college-style?) course in Japanese. If you want to cram an education into a few weeks, it might not be as beneficial.
Tons of examples and exercises, and has a workbook companion. The CD includes audio by native Japanese speakers for almost all the Japanese in the text and in the workbook.
If you got the workbook and are a well disciplined self-learner (unlike me), this would be great to learn alone. Though nothing compares to additional live talking experience.
NB - there are currently 2 editions of this book and they have changed significantly... both of the last two years we had a student who used to old edition only to have troubles most classes in linking in, usually with exercises. So, check which edition your class is using. They both have just as good Japanese learning potential, just some of the examples and exercises are vastly different.)
I wanted to learn Japanese for many reasons, one of them being I know Chinese, why not. This is an AMAZING book. I completely recommend this book. If you follow the exercises for each chapter and practice as much as possible, you will learn SO much Japanese! とてもいいな, すごいですよ!
informative
slow-paced
This book was such a big challenge for me. I feel very proud and happy I was able to finish it, even though it took me almost 2 years. The beginning was the most difficult part by far. Getting into the new alphabet, completely new and alien words. But after hours and hours of grinding, I almost shed a tear when I could read the final story in this book. Finishing this book has been one of the hardest challenges of my life. The second half of the book was much easier and I managed to get a steady and consistent pace in the last few months! I cannot wait to move on to the next one and keep this consistent pace! By the way, finished this 3 hours before the New Year 2024! Hurray for me
I haven't attempted to use any other textbook to learn Japanese because this is the book all my elementary Japanese classes used. Looking at it, I probably could have learned straight from the book because it's really good at explaining the grammar points. The examples are relevant (most of the time) to those that are only learning to travel. I think it's also adorable that there's kind of a love story that bloom between the little cartoon example characters.
My entire class really loved this text book. I will be continuing on with the Genki II book for my intermediate Japanese studies.
My entire class really loved this text book. I will be continuing on with the Genki II book for my intermediate Japanese studies.
informative
medium-paced
It's okay, and given the alternatives, might even be the best. I didn't find myself drawn to it, I wish Kanji were more integrated (e.g. start us out really slow, teach us "I eat," "I ate," etc., using proper Kanji, and move forward with reading and grammar at the same rate. That would appeal to me, at least. As a 55 year old man, I'm not drawn to the dialogue examples (I want to learn how to say things like "what's a really good restaurant that's not so famous I can't get into it? Money's no object" rather than "what will you do on summer vacation?" Plus, Mary seemed really bitchy.
On the plus side it mostly works, it's integrated with a lot of other systems (e.g. you can set BunPro to match its chapters, there's a zillion Anki study sets for it, etc.) ... it's fine. But as for "a book to read and inspire," no, it didn't really do that for me. I won't be returning to it fondly (as I do, say, to "7 Types of Ambiguity", one of my favourite English grammar books).
*Returning to bump it up a star to 4 stars because to be fair it's only intended to be a textbook, and I did learn a lot. Plus it has so much ancillary support, and the dialogue videos online are really cute. Yes, it's not a literary masterpiece, but a literary masterpiece wouldn't effectively teach Japanese.
(5* = amazing, terrific book, one of my all-time favourites, 4* = very good book, 3* = good book, but nothing to particularly rave about, 2* = disappointing book, and 1* = awful, just awful. As a statistician I know most books are 3s, but I am biased in my selection and end up mostly with 4s, thank goodness.)
On the plus side it mostly works, it's integrated with a lot of other systems (e.g. you can set BunPro to match its chapters, there's a zillion Anki study sets for it, etc.) ... it's fine. But as for "a book to read and inspire," no, it didn't really do that for me. I won't be returning to it fondly (as I do, say, to "7 Types of Ambiguity", one of my favourite English grammar books).
*Returning to bump it up a star to 4 stars because to be fair it's only intended to be a textbook, and I did learn a lot. Plus it has so much ancillary support, and the dialogue videos online are really cute. Yes, it's not a literary masterpiece, but a literary masterpiece wouldn't effectively teach Japanese.
(5* = amazing, terrific book, one of my all-time favourites, 4* = very good book, 3* = good book, but nothing to particularly rave about, 2* = disappointing book, and 1* = awful, just awful. As a statistician I know most books are 3s, but I am biased in my selection and end up mostly with 4s, thank goodness.)
Gosto demais dos exercícios de kanji e como não deixam o furigana ao longo do livro, diferente do Minna. Porém, as gramáticas são muito corridas, quase 5 tópicos por unidade, muita coisa.