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Japanese Folktales for Language Learners
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[DeepL Translation - needs review] From Book 1: Arabic Stories for Language Learners Arabic Stories for Language Learners --a language learning experience for beginner to intermediate students of the Arabic language.
The traditional stories of a country are invaluable at providing insight into understanding the culture, history and language of a people. A great way to learn Arabic, the sixty-six stories found in Arabic Stories for Language Learners Pulled from a wide variety of sources tha...
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(3/5)This is a book of twenty fairytales arranged for learners. As with all fairytales, expect a fair amount of bad things and violence to happen. Some of them are famous stories you might have already read, but I hadn't heard of many of the ones here. Each story has a parallel English translation, an audio recording, and cultural notes and vocabulary after the ending.
To compare it with textbooks I have used, I would say you could probably tackle it after completing Genki, as most of the grammar
Fascinating Stories with a Good Length and Difficulty
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The main appeal of this book is the inclusion of the English translation on the opposite page and the dictionary entries in the back. While these may be helpful, I found myself using them rarely. There is also furigana on all newly appearing words (per section).
When reading, I used Shirabe Jisho (a free dictionary app) most of the time, rather than the included entries. I didn't need to flip through pages and was able to do it using an external tool faster.
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