Real Japanese: Learn to speak the same way Japanese kids do!
A**Y
Good book
I personally really like this book but I recommend Japanese learners look inside before you buy as this book may not be to everyone's style. In essence it's just a book of casual sentences (that kind of build on each other but not 100%) For me this is exactly the book that I want but others may not like it's approach so check it out first. I lived with a Japanese woman and her ten year old son for 6 months in Tokyo 2014 and all that polite Japanese that I'm learning didn't help me at all. To be honest casual Japanese is another language in itself. This book reminds me of hanging out with that ten year old Japanese boy in its tone and style (although the language on offer only goes to age 3.5!) But the Japanese in this book I do recognise as real Japanese (hence the title!) If this book had audio with it, it would be so much better. If the author could have the audio up on You Tube / Soundcloud as an accompaniment to this book then that would make the book great. The audio could simply go page 1 (read sentences) page 2 (read sentences) etc without giving the English explanations which would then not render the book useless. I'm also sure that having the audio online would actually encourage more sales of the book as people would then buy the book to match the audio. (I know I would).Finally I think that this book has hit upon the potential of a great approach to learning Japanese (if the idea is refined and worked upon) to make a full on casual online Japanese training course simply by mimicking how a child learns. However I should warn the author that as I'm currently making online training courses myself at the moment - they are an absolute killer to make that take soooo much time - so if you're going to do it be prepared for a long hard slog LOL!Anyway..nice book!
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