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in article Xns95607E968D49notvalidemail@199.45.49.11, Eric at
not@valid.nospam wrote on 9/9/04 9:49 PM:
> GENKI: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese
>
> How suitable is this text for self-study? Do I need the teachers manual
> too, or can I get by without it?
>
> Also how does it compare to Nakama? They seem similar.
>
>
> Thanks
> Eric
The Genki textbooks were used at the community college at which I first took
a Nihongo class. IMO it was a fine enough text (along with workbook, and
the CDs), but it is designed for use in a class setting. I didn't have any
real objections to it and appreciated that the Kana is started right away.
Now I'm at a different college and they use the Yookoso textbooks, which are
probably more practical for daily living vocab, but the books seem to be a
mess editorially speaking (different versions conflict with workbook, CDs,
etc.)
In between these two colleges I spent a year in Japan. Nothing can replace
hearing a language everyday.
=d
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