Schaum's Outline of Japanese Grammar
by Keiko Chevray, Tomiko Kuwahira
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Author: Keiko Chevray, Tomiko KuwahiraEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-05-30
ISBN: 0071342206
Number of pages: 236
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Book Reviews of Schaum's Outline of Japanese Grammar
Book Review: Great Basic Grammar Guide
Summary: 5 Stars
Technically, this is a cram guide for College students studying japanese for courses. But it makes an ideal companion for people living in Japan who are learning a lot of words through osmosis, but need a little help with the grammar to help them structure what they know and take their Japanese to a basic level.
I used this book to help me with my grammar within 6 months of arriving in Japan, and it helped me make the leap from being able to make single to triple word declarations in Japanese, to being able to speak in full sentences, and helped put me on the road to fluency. It shows you how to form basic sentences (for example comparisons "X is bigger than Y" etc) in a simple, straightforward manner. Since it's an outline of the most fundamental grammar, all of it is highly relevant and useful, with no filler.
One thing though- As useful as it is for beginners, since it only covers fundamental elementary grammar, good students will quickly outgrow it. Once finished with it I would recommend "A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar" by Seiichi Nakino and Michio Tsutsui, also available here on amazon.
By the way- the reviewer below is right about "Wo" not being a mistranslation. It's a standard, if confusing way to spell it. You need to
type "wo" to get that particle if you're typing in Japanese on a web browser or microsoft word, for example.
Summary of Schaum's Outline of Japanese Grammar
Schaum's Outline of Japanese Grammar covers the sequential treatment of the essentials of Japanese grammar, from simpler concepts to more complex, makes learning and reviewing easy.
- Concrete examples following coverage of grammar functions promote students, understanding of material
- Practice exercises use meaningful, practical contexts to develop students, mastery of grammatical elements
- Chapter-ending summary exercises let students practice all functions learned in each section
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