TY - BOOK AU - Konomi,Emiko ED - Open Textbook Library TI - Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 1 T2 - Open textbook library SN - 9781329996779 AV - P51 CY - Minneapolis, MN PB - Open Textbook Library KW - Humanities KW - Textbooks KW - Language and languages N1 - Lesson 0 Greetings and Common Expressions -- Lesson 1 New to the Office -- Lesson 2 Meeting People -- Lesson 3 Settling down -- Lesson 4 Project Team N2 - This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan. Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses more on social and professional life beyond school. As a beginning level textbook, this book includes many elementary grammar patterns (Japanese Language Proficiency Test Levels 5 and 4), but the vocabulary and situations are selected specifically for working adults. Explanations are kept concise so as to only cover key points. The main focus is on oral communication and the accompanying audio is to be used extensively. This textbook can be used for self-study, as part of an online course, or as a traditional college course UR - https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/254 ER -