Japanese Workbook Vol.11

About this book

> YOUR JAPANESE WORKS AT HOME. NOW MAKE IT MOVE: 300 EXPRESSIONS FOR TRAINS, FLIGHTS, FERRIES AND THE ROAD, 12 TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, 12 WRITING TASKS. > > Finished Vol.1 through Vol.10? Your Japanese works on paper, face to face and on the screen. But a trip is where it is tested: the platform announcement you must act on, the limited express ticket you must refund, the connection a delay just ate, the ferry that will not sail, the message your inn is waiting for. This is the volume that teaches the expressions travel in Japan runs on, and makes you write with them. > > Inside: 300 practical expressions in 20 groups organised by scene — planning and booking, tickets, fares and gates, at the station, local trains, shinkansen and limited express, city and highway buses, at the airport, boarding and on board, taxis, rental cars and driving, ferries and islands, asking the way, delays and cancellations, IC cards, passes and refunds, luggage, lost property, arriving at and leaving your inn, sightseeing and tours, travelling together, and messages home. Every expression comes with its reading, romaji, meaning, a short usage note — the scene, the desk or person it suits, the level of politeness, the trap to avoid — three natural example sentences in Japanese and English, and a practice space for three sentences of your own: your station, your ferry, your late arrival. > > Plus 12 graded writing tasks in three stages — short messages, messages that handle a situation, then full pieces (a late-arrival message, telling your inn when you will arrive, a booking change, a lost property inquiry, a transfer request at the desk, a refund request explaining the circumstances, a letter of thanks after a trip, a travel journal entry) — each with a model answer that really uses this volume's expressions, a self-check list and a full writing grid. And 12 readings of real travel documents: a shinkansen booking confirmation, a station transfer notice, a highway bus delay notice, a flight cancellation and rebooking guide, a ferry cancellation and refund notice, a sightseeing train tour guide, a city bus fare guide, a hotel arrival-time email, a lost property centre message, a rental car settlement notice, a toll road closure notice and a day tour meeting guide. Every reading in real Japanese, with a full English translation, key words and questions. > > 26,500+ guided practice squares. Review quizzes close every group, with a full answer key and an expression index at the back. A 12-week study plan in the front matter (25 expressions, one writing task and one reading a week) takes you through the whole book. All 300 expressions and all 12 readings are entirely new — zero overlap, no exceptions, against Vol.1–Vol.10: after this volume the series totals 4,200 words, 300 patterns, 900 expressions and 132 readings. > > Inside: 300 expressions with usage notes and example sentences · 12 graded writing tasks with models and checklists · 12 readings of travel documents · quizzes and answer key · 12-week plan. > > Made in Japan: this workbook was written by Japanese author Aki Wakamatsu and produced and published in Japan by Takikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC — a Japan-made workbook, written from inside the journeys it teaches.