Reading and Writing Japanese Hiragana - A Character Workbook for Beginners (Incl. Audio/MP3 à télécharger)

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Reading and Writing Japanese Hiragana est un livre conçu pour les étudiants qui commencent à apprendre le japonais et qui veulent apprendre et pratiquer le syllabaire Hiragana, essentiel pour lire et écrire en japonais.

Le livre est divisé en deux parties : dans la première, l’étudiant doit apprendre toutes les lettres qui composent le syllabaire et dans la seconde, pratiquer tout ce qu’il a appris à travers des exercices qui lui permettront en outre d'apprendre quelques mots de vocabulaire de base.

De nombreux espaces pour pratiquer la calligraphie de chacune des lettres sont inclus. Les audios pour pratiquer la prononciation et des feuilles d'exercices en PDF pour pratiquer le syllabaire sont également disponible pour téléchargement sur le site de l'éditeur (voir le lien en début de fiche).

Description de l'éditeur :

This book provides a complete course for beginning students who want to master the first step in learning to read and write Japanese!

With plentiful writing and reading practice, this workbook starts with the basic letters and works up to writing words and complete sentences. Divided into two parts, the first part presents the 46 main Hiragana in their full and contracted forms, with extensive writing spaces provided for writing practice. Recognition and pronunciation of the letters are reinforced through writing and listening exercises.

In the second half of the book, students can apply their knowledge of Hiragana in a Writing Practice section that contains sentences related to contexts in which Hiragana words are often used, such as greetings, common expressions, place names and transportation. The exercises are graded in difficulty from Writing Drills (from copying to writing from memory) to Dictation Practice (connecting the sounds with the letters) to Writing Exercises (writing answers that fit the situations given).

Unique features of this language workbook include:

• A thorough overview of the Japanese writing system explaining when and how Hiragana is used
• Handwriting and stroke-order tips 
• Online audio files speed up the process by reinforcing the pronunciation of the letters through a variety of listening and writing exercises
• Printable flashcards available online for download
• Mnemonic illustrations for every character

The Japanese writing system combines three types of letters: hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Hiragana can be used to spell out the sounds of kanji Chinese character words—and if you don't know the kanji character you can use Hiragana instead (as young children do). It is also used for various grammatical-function words as well as verb and adjective endings.