Intermediate Japanese Workbook: Activities and Exercises to Help You Improve Your Japanese!

Boost your language skills with this exciting and new workbook for Intermediate Japanese!

This companion workbook to Intermediate Japanese is the perfect guide for practicing conversational Japanese and written Japanese. Following in the footsteps of Tuttle's successful Beginning Japanese Workbook, this book is designed to complete the requirements for the Advanced Placement (AP) Japanese exam. It is designed for both self-study as well as classroom use.

Intermediate Japanese Workbook includes:

• Dialogues for contextual learning and practice
• Translation exercises to reinforce Japanese characters (Kanji and Hiragana)
• Reading comprehension exercises, questions, and prompts
• Extensive vocabulary and grammar, games and activities to reinforce learning
• 125 new Kanji (a cumulative total of 300 with the Beginning Japanese Workbook).
• Every page is perforated making it easy to remove and work on the go, or side by side with the companion textbook

Developed by Japanese language experts and experienced high-school Japanese teachers, it includes practice activities for reading, writing, speaking, listening and understanding Japanese. The activities are varied and interesting, mirroring the textbook, and they help you polish every aspect of your Japanese language skills. Written activities center around practicing writing kanji, hiragana, and katakana in the context of the textbook. Whether you're learning Japanese for fun, preparing for a Japanese proficiency exam, want to achieve AP or IB level competency, or just want to get an A in Japanese class, the Intermediate Japanese series is your key to becoming a confident Japanese-speaker. All exercises are designed to be used along with the Intermediate Japanese textbook but can also be used independently to supplement any other Japanese language textbook.

The content is carefully aligned with ACTFL National Standards, making this a valuable and practical resource for any learner.

Author: Michael L. Kluemper, Lisa Berkson
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 10/11/2022
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780804848657

About the Author
Michael L. Kluemper began his study of Japanese language in 1987 as an art education student, initially to learn more about the people who created the ceramics which he was so interested in. Kluemper has been teaching about Japanese language and culture since that time, including both Japanese language and visual arts at Jasper High School, Jasper, IN since 1999. As a board member for the National Council of Japanese Language Teachers from 2001-08, Kluemper served as president, newsletter editor and on national task forces for the implementation of a Japanese AP course, National Board Certification for teachers, and various advocacy campaigns. He has been involved in long-term planning committees for the council as well as ACTFL (The American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages), and was a member of the first AP Japanese Test Development Committee. He is a College Board Consultant for the AP Japanese program has presented on various issues from advocacy to aligning courses to standards at conferences across the country.

Lisa Berkson has been teaching Japanese language at the high school level for eight years. Her introduction to Japan came as a Rotary Club exchange student in high school. She returned to Japan after earning her B.A. from Georgetown University, and spent two years in Kyoto, studying Japanese and teaching English. Subsequently, she entered the M.A. program in Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. For the next several years she worked in related fields, including as a proofreader for the Japanese version of Time magazine, as a tour guide, and as a freelance technical translator, before returning to graduate school to earn her teaching certificate. She led the Japanese language program at Warren Central High School, in Indianapolis, IN for seven years, and during that time worked actively with the Association of Indiana Teachers of Japanese. AITJ honored her by nominating her for Japanese language teacher of the year in 2007. She currently teaches Japanese and Chinese language classes at Dobson High School in Mesa, Arizona, and is president-elect of the Arizona Association of Teachers of Japanese.