Japanese: The Written Language

Eleanor Harz Jorden and Mari Noda, authors of the widely used language textbook "Japanese: The Spoken Language", now offer the first volume of the much anticipated companion to it, "Japanese: The Written Language". This new series is designed to enable the learner of Japanese to establish a solid foundation for communicating with the Japanese through the written language. It is arranged so that each lesson coordinates with the lesson in "Japanese: The Spoken Language" of the same number. This first volume, devoted exclusively to the katakana syllabary, which is used to represent loanwords in Japanese, provides the most comprehensive pedagogical treatment of the subject available today. Audio files and flash cards are available from the web, and a workbook is available for separate purchase.