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From the authors of the best-selling Japanese for Busy People series (Kodansha) comes an innovative, engaging new way to learn Japanese. Based on a teaching approach which has been used successfully in the classroom by AJALT in Japan, Wadaiko immerses students in the sounds and rhythms of the Japanese language through songs, poetry, tongue twisters and other word games. The purpose is to get learners to 'feel' Japanese, to absorb it with the ears, without being expected to understand it all.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS

About this Book ----------- 4


Part 1 Play 9
Drum by Shuntaro Tanikawa 10
Lesson 1 ----------- 11
Lesson 2 ----------- 17
Lesson 3 ----------- 23
Lesson 4 ----------- 29
Lesson 5 ------------ 25


Part 2 Seasons 43
Spring ------------- 45
Summer ------------ 51
Autumn ------------ 57
Winter ----------- 63
A Year in Japan ----- 69


Reference 77

Wadaiko: An Introduction to the Sounds and

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      Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
      Publication Date: 01/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9781568365589, 978-1568365589
      ISBN10: 1568365586
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From the authors of the best-selling Japanese for Busy People series (Kodansha) comes an innovative, engaging new way to learn Japanese. Based on a teaching approach which has been used successfully in the classroom by AJALT in Japan, Wadaiko immerses students in the sounds and rhythms of the Japanese language through songs, poetry, tongue twisters and other word games. The purpose is to get learners to 'feel' Japanese, to absorb it with the ears, without being expected to understand it all.

      Table of Contents
      CONTENTS

      About this Book ----------- 4


      Part 1 Play 9
      Drum by Shuntaro Tanikawa 10
      Lesson 1 ----------- 11
      Lesson 2 ----------- 17
      Lesson 3 ----------- 23
      Lesson 4 ----------- 29
      Lesson 5 ------------ 25


      Part 2 Seasons 43
      Spring ------------- 45
      Summer ------------ 51
      Autumn ------------ 57
      Winter ----------- 63
      A Year in Japan ----- 69


      Reference 77

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