Japanese Books

Exploring Japanese Literature

Rosetta Stone Japanese 1 & 2

• Rosetta Stone helps you understand everyday language through our proficiency-based listening and reading activities
• You will pronounce words correctly after practicing with our proprietary speech comparison tool
• Find the words you need when you need them Connecting new language directly to real-life images means the words spring to mind when you’re in everyday contexts
• Rosetta Stone teaches you to spell and write accurately Language-specific keyboards and drag and drop tiles perfect your writing skills
• Learn to communicate by quickly combining words and phrases into complete sentences and dialogue

Pimsleur Japanese

Comprehensive Japanese I includes 30 lessons of essential grammar and vocabulary — 16 hours of real-life spoken practice sessions — plus a Culture Booklet.

Berlitz Basic Japanese Workbook

This Berlitz Japanese Workbook is designed for students who have learned enough japanese for simple day-to-day communication and now want to improve their linguistic knowledge and confidence.Maybe you are following an evening class or self-study course and want to some extra practice – or perhaps you learned japanese some time ago and need to refresh your language skills. Either way, you will find the Berlitz Japanese Workbook an enjoyable and painless way to improve your Japanese.

Pimsleur Vietnamese (Compact)

Compact Vietnamese, a stand-alone 10-lesson (5 hours) program, teaches beginning language strategies for essential communication and traveling needs.

Pimsleur Ukrainian

Comprehensive Ukrainian includes 30 lessons of essential grammar and vocabulary — 16 hours of real-life spoken practice sessions — plus an introduction to reading.Upon completion of this Level I program, you will have functional spoken proficiency with the most-frequently-used vocabulary and grammatical structures. You will be able to:

• initiate and maintain face-to-face conversations,
• deal with every day situations — ask for information, directions, and give basic information about yourself and family,
• communicate basic information on informal topics and participate in casual conversations,
• avoid basic cultural errors and handle minimum courtesy and travel requirements,
• satisfy personal needs and limited social demands,
• establish rapport with strangers in foreign countries,
• begin reading and sounding out items with native-like pronunciation.

Pimsleur Twi (Compact)

Compact Twi, a stand-alone 10-lesson (5 hours) program, teaches beginning language strategies for essential communication and traveling needs.

Pimsleur Turkish (Compact)

Compact Turkish, a stand-alone 10-lesson (5 hours) program, teaches beginning language strategies for essential communication and traveling needs.

Pimsleur Thai (Compact)

Compact Thai, a stand-alone 10-lesson (5 hours) program, teaches beginning language strategies for essential communication and traveling needs.

Pimsleur Thai (Comprehensive)

Comprehensive Thai includes 30 lessons of essential grammar and vocabulary — 16 hours of real-life spoken practice sessions — plus an introduction to reading.Upon completion of this Level I program, you will have functional spoken proficiency with the most-frequently-used vocabulary and grammatical structures. You will be able to:

• initiate and maintain face-to-face conversations,
• deal with every day situations — ask for information, directions, and give basic information about yourself and family,
• communicate basic information on informal topics and participate in casual conversations,
• avoid basic cultural errors and handle minimum courtesy and travel requirements,
• satisfy personal needs and limited social demands,
• establish rapport with strangers in foreign countries,
• begin reading and sounding out items with native-like pronunciation.