An indispensable tool for acquiring basic communication skills in a limited amount of time.
With Japanese Sentence Patterns for Effective Communication, even absolute beginners can learn to communicate in Japanese in a matter of days. Designed specifically for native-English speakers approaching Japanese as a second language, this book presents 142 essential Japanese sentence patterns, first by giving equivalents in English, then following with Japanese translations. Each pattern is accompanied...
Short and sweet overview of grammar
This book is dedicated to basic grammar, covering quite a bit from the basic ～は～です structure to creating relative clauses (so something like N5 and N4 level grammar points); each grammar point is given at least a paragraph, sometimes multiple, to explain the formation and function of the grammar. Something like 3-5 sentences are then given as examples, followed by a small selection of vocabulary and three "say the following in Japanese" practice sentences (these sentences always use the vocabula