Intermediate Japanese Workbook: Activities and Exercises to Help You Improve Your Japanese!

Description

Following the success of Beginning Japanese Workbook, this next book in the series starts at the intermediate level and continues through the AP Japanese exam's level of language competency. Both formal study and independent language learners will find it to be an interactive and dynamic way to master the Japanese language. Each workbook also includes free web-based audio resources for additional learning opportunities, practice and activities. The Teacher's Guide to using this book in a classroom setting is available separately in electronic format, free of charge. Here in the Intermediate volume, Kiara and her friends Ben and Kenichi continue their adventures with Tomo's time machine. Their encounters with historical and cultural experiences are made even more real for the learner through the textbook dialogues, images and online audio. The engaging storyline unfolds as learners advance-adding motivation to master new material. Using a context-based method, students will acquire 125 new Kanji (a cumulative total of 300 with the Beginning Japanese Workbook). The content is carefully aligned with ACTFL National Standards, making this a valuable and practical resource

Michael L. Kluemper has been teaching Japanese language and visual arts since 1999. He served as a board member for the National Council of Japanese Language Teachers from 2001-08 and has been involved in long-term planning committees for the council as well as ACTFL (The American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages). Today, Kluemper is a College Board Consultant for the AP Japanese program and lives in Louisville, KY. Lisa Berkson was introduced to Japan as a Rotary exchange student in high school. After earning her B.A. from Georgetown University, she returned to Kyoto for two years to study Japanese and teach English. Later, she worked actively with the Association of Indiana Teachers of Japanese. AITJ honored her by nominating her for Japanese language teacher of the year in 2007. She lives in Mesa, Arizona.