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This textbook is absolutely worth it.
I actually forgot I owned it for 2 years but then came back to it and finished it in a few months. This is such a thorough way to learn Japanese. Some may find it slow but I look at it as thorough. Authors George Trombley and Yukari Takenaka make sure you understand the grammar points, culture points, and particles before advancing.
I love that there's workbook space in the textbook! All that practice has drastically improved my reading and writing ability. As someone who has been learning Japanese on-and-off since 2018 (but recommitted seriously in Feb 2024), this textbook was slightly below my level but going through this textbook reinforced and expanded on ideas only glossed over in my other learning methods.
The textbook itself isn't dry or hard to get through. JFZ1 is the first textbook I've encountered that makes learning Japanese feel approachable and enjoyable.
I've already started JFZ2! I'm dedicated to finishing the JFZ series!
I actually forgot I owned it for 2 years but then came back to it and finished it in a few months. This is such a thorough way to learn Japanese. Some may find it slow but I look at it as thorough. Authors George Trombley and Yukari Takenaka make sure you understand the grammar points, culture points, and particles before advancing.
I love that there's workbook space in the textbook! All that practice has drastically improved my reading and writing ability. As someone who has been learning Japanese on-and-off since 2018 (but recommitted seriously in Feb 2024), this textbook was slightly below my level but going through this textbook reinforced and expanded on ideas only glossed over in my other learning methods.
The textbook itself isn't dry or hard to get through. JFZ1 is the first textbook I've encountered that makes learning Japanese feel approachable and enjoyable.
I've already started JFZ2! I'm dedicated to finishing the JFZ series!
I prefer Genki. If you followed Japanese From Zero Hiragana and Katakana before (the orange one), this one becomes pretty tedious. Once you reach chapter 4 and 5 of Genki. You pretty much learned everything there is to learn on this book. I also didn't like the exercises too much. Also reading half romaji and half hiragana doesn't feel nice...
I cannot praise this book enough!!!
I love how it's set up and how it ensures that you understand the previous lesson before moving on to the next!
It also progressively allows you to learn to read Hirigana by teaching you a 'row' of letters and then incorporating them into the lesson and all future lessons.
I loved the little culture clips! It really helped me to better understand why some things I found odd were used that way.
I also love how each lesson page told you exactly what you needed to know for the lesson and would urge you to go back if you didn't understand all of what was needed for the lesson.
All in all this was the best teacher I ever had and I really looking forward to reading and studying from it for years to come! :D
I love how it's set up and how it ensures that you understand the previous lesson before moving on to the next!
It also progressively allows you to learn to read Hirigana by teaching you a 'row' of letters and then incorporating them into the lesson and all future lessons.
I loved the little culture clips! It really helped me to better understand why some things I found odd were used that way.
I also love how each lesson page told you exactly what you needed to know for the lesson and would urge you to go back if you didn't understand all of what was needed for the lesson.
All in all this was the best teacher I ever had and I really looking forward to reading and studying from it for years to come! :D
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Pretty good to start off with. If it's not the only resource you're using though it can become slow paced. I'd still recommend it for people starting out.
this is a really good reasource when trying to learn japanese
in the worst book slump of my life so I'm not even sure how valid my opinion on this book is.
so if your learning Japanese this is a great way to start. it gets all the basics done but for me i felt it was a little too slow. There wasn't much explanation on grammar so i ended up not using the book as much as i would have liked. it has activities to complete but i just don't think its enough for me?
if your serious about learning Japanese get Genki because I'm using that way more and its layout it much better i feel.
so if your learning Japanese this is a great way to start. it gets all the basics done but for me i felt it was a little too slow. There wasn't much explanation on grammar so i ended up not using the book as much as i would have liked. it has activities to complete but i just don't think its enough for me?
if your serious about learning Japanese get Genki because I'm using that way more and its layout it much better i feel.