Michael L Kluemper Livres

This highly-visual book introduces an effective new method to learn over 1,000 Chinese characters using visual stimuli and pictographs.Learning the fundamental hanzi characters used to write Chinese can be challenging, but this book is designed to speed up learning by presenting the 1,000 most common characters using a mnemonic approach. In a fun and accessible way to learn Chinese, each character is associated with memorable visual and verbal clues. For example, the Chinese character for person is superimposed over a sketch of a smiling man. The visual clue is "a person standing on two legs." By seeing the distinctive shape of the hanzi, learners create a mental image of its meaning.Each character is presented as part of a group of characters which share similar traits. These groups use common root symbols known as radicals; they are also categorized by themes such as colors, numbers, animals, or body parts. Pronunciations, meanings and common vocabulary compounds are provided for each character in the group. The free audio download available online helps you learn pronunciation for all of the characters and vocabulary in this book. The introduction explains the basic history and structure of Hanzi.Key features of this Written Chinese Made Easy All audio content is accessible on tuttlepublishing.com/downloadable-con....

This companion workbook to Beginning Japanese is the perfect guide for practicing basic conversational Japanese and written Japanese

This is a complete Japanese textbook and language learning package for beginning learners. Start speaking, reading and writing Japanese today with the most exciting new introduction to the Japanese language! "Beginning Japanese" follows the story of Kiara, an American exchange student who lives in Japan and loves to study Japanese. With the help of her Japanese friends and the time-traveling "Tomo Tanuki" (raccoon dog), Kiara learns to speak, read, and write Japanese while she visits famous people and places in Japanese history. Illustrated with manga-style comics a fun way to learn Japanese and written by experienced high-school Japanese teachers, this Japanese textbook will show you how to pronounce Japanese; read and write hiragana, katakana, and 125 basic kanji; and understand conversational Japanese. Whether you're learning Japanese for fun, preparing for a Japanese proficiency exam, or want to achieve AP- or IB-level competency, "Beginning Japanese" is your key to becoming a confident Japanese-speaker

Beginning Japanese is a complete Japanese textbook and language learning package for beginning learners who want to become fluent in Japanese and have fun while doing it!

Intermediate Japanese is a complete Japanese self-study textbook and language learning package for intermediate learners who want to become fluent in the Japanese language and have fun while doing it!

Boost your language skills with this time travel-themed book! Using an integrated set of multimedia tools, this book's exciting new approach to Japanese teaches you to speak, read and write the language naturally. Intermediate Japanese continues the story of Kiara, an American student who travels through time to exciting periods in Japan's past -- learning to speak, read and write the language along the way. Her adventures allow her to meet fascinating people and visit famous places. The book's manga-style drawings and photos make the learning process fun! Intermediate Japanese introduces 150 additional Kanji characters and teaches you to form and understand conversational sentences. Free online audio recordings complement the book, helping you to develop good pronunciation and comprehension skills. Whether you are planning to travel to Japan, preparing for your Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) exams, or learning Japanese for the sheer joy of it, Intermediate Japanese will bring you one step closer to fluency!

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.