Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture. Elementary A2. Coursebook for communicative language competences

Rikai 2012. — 213 p.Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture is a coursebook that is based on the JF Standard for Japanese Language Education.Marugoto employs levels that correspond to the six stages of the JF Standard for Japanese Language Education (A1-C2). Marugoto (Elementary1) is A2 level.With the purpose of furthering the understanding of characters, vocabulary, grammar, and sentence patterns, “Rikai: Coursebook for Communicative Language Competences" responds to the needs of learners who can already use Japanese, but wish to systematically study its structure as a language, as they do not understand it well. It provides a completely new way of learning Japanese that allows learners to fully understand when, where, and with what feeling to use patterns and expressions through full-color photographs and illustrations and audio learning materials.