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Japanese in MangaLand Vol 1 / Marc Bernabe : 4 of 5
9.15.2006 5:22 PM \| Link	I have a weird habit of wanting to read Japanese study books covering basic concepts that I already know, but I've had my eye on this book for a long time, so I finally decided to give in (especially since it's the start of a three book series). The concept of using manga panels to help teach Japanese has been used in several books I've already read, but I think this is the best implementation so far. Each of the 30 chapters has a quick grammar discussion (usually with some pretty good reference tables), followed by a few manga panels that illustrate the idea. There's also a short self-test after each chapter, which is kind of fun (and verbose answers are included in the back of the book). I think this book covers things too quickly for a beginning student (I know I would have been confused if this were my first exposure), but it definitely explained a few concepts to me in terms I had never seen before (the differences in the various "give" verbs were very well explained, I thought!). I really like the book's binding and design, and it's cool that they've included chapters on things like swear words and rough language that you normally would never see (but since the emphasis is manga, they need to be here!). It was really fun to pick up this book for a five minute lesson every now and then, so I'm definitely going to continue with the next book in the series! Labels: books, japanese


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