I'm Learning Japanese!: Learn to Speak, Read and Write the Basics

Galan, Christian

ISBN 10: 4805315539 / ISBN 13: 9784805315538

Published by Tuttle Publishing, 2019

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Seller Inventory # U9784805315538

Bibliographic Details

• Title: I'm Learning Japanese!: Learn to Speak, Read and Write the Basics
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 4805315539
• ISBN 13: 9784805315538
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Lerot-Calvo, Florence
• Edition: 1753699331.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 47171670
• Signed: 7/28/2025 10:42:11 AM
• Seller catalogs:
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About this title

Synopsis

This is a fun and entertaining beginner level children's Japanese language book (9 years old and up) that is also appropriate for adults.

I'm Learning Japanese! takes a lighthearted approach to the Japanese language by using fun anime-style manga characters to teach Japanese. The book starts out with the main characters, Emily, Nico and Teo sitting on the grass after school, minding their own business, when—unbelievable!—a giant talking fox dressed in a kimono appears. Explaining that he knows magic, speaks many languages and is respected as a sensei master, he wonders if the three kids are ready to learn Japanese from him.

During the next 128 amusing pages, the three friends learn to speak, read and write Japanese, while also taking breaks to try Japanese hot-spring baths, sumo wrestling, Zen meditation and more. Focusing on exactly what the 9 to 14-year-old learner wants to know, this book is carefully set up to allow them to learn Japanese independently, at their own speed, without an adult's help.

Though fun and lighthearted, this book is incredibly practical as well. An excellent learning resource whether you're 5 or 50! By the end, students will master reading and writing the entire Hiragana alphabet, Japanese sentence structure and 23 key Kanji characters.

About the Author

Christian Galan is head of the Japanese department at the University of Toulouse le Mirail and is a researcher at the Centre d'Etudes Japonaises in Paris, part of the National Institute of Asian Languages and Civilizations (Inalco). His specialties are the Japanese educational system and Japanese language teaching. He is the author of several language resources for Japanese teachers.