Japanese Folktales for Language Learners

I am an intermediate learner with about 1,200 words under my belt, and love the editorial design of this book! Like all language books from this publisher, it is thoughtfully laid out to engage and efficiently facilitate learning so that the reader is exposed to culture, vocabulary, kanji reading and vocabulary. Each story is broken into digestible parts and includes a vocabulary list at the end along with discussion questions.I took it to a discussion group and we worked through one of the shorter stories as a group exercise. It was not easy, but very rewarding as we came back to study the story in subsequent meetings. It changed us with new vocabulary and grammar usages that we both had and hadn’t encountered in our other grammar lessons. Though the material was doable, understanding each sentence as a group took some time , with one 1-hour meeting spent dissecting a short 3-sentence paragraph.Group participants who were at the start of their learning journey, however, found the story too challenging; these students had only a basic grasp of hiragana, no kanji reading skills and very limited vocabulary.

It's a one of a kind book. If youve learnt upto n5 grammar you can use this book. There are short stories split into parts and there's full translation and vocab for each part. Even furigana is removed for words after showing it once. My only quib is that some kanji are too rare or advanced. May not be useful for jlpt n4 or n3 students.

1. Lovely stories. Folklore shapes cultures. Reading it increases understanding of others.2. It has extensive vocabulary lists for each and every story. I didn't expect that. I was happily surprised when I saw them.3. there's a verb list thing in the back. I've been learning Japanese by learning phrases and some words, and knowing what the verb forms actually were is something that's been elusive. This will absolutely help with that.4. The vocabulary lists are deep. meaning, there's like one page of story, three or four pages of vocab and explanations about the vocab.5. there's a place you can go to hear the stories read online, so you know how to pronounce the words.I like this book so much, I'm going to see what else these authors have written :)I haven't started the book yet, but I expect it will take (me) a month to get through each story.

The book cover and back are glossy with some raised elements, good quality printing. Pages are bright and well organized. Very thorough with new vocabulary. The included readings are very clear and spoken by native Japanese tongue.

I am self-learning Japanese and finding reliable books is difficult. This book is well written and fun to read. I do not need resources to read the book as it has most words and kanji at the end of each story. No need to use a phone to looks up kanji.

Easy too follow, clear diction.

The books is a decent size and weight. Font of text makes content easy to read. The accompanying side by side English translations make studying much easier. The pictures make the book more pleasing. The stories are fun.

for daily leitura to improve vocabular

Interesting Folktales and Great in practicing Japanese Pronunciation

...pero llegó maltratado de la pasta y una esquina rota.

Belle presentation. Reliure solide. Beau papier. Mise en page aeré et facile a lire. Niveau de langue tres adapté a mes capacités. Chaque mot est traduit a la fin du conte, Il y a aussi la traduction totale du texte en face, mais que jne regarde presque jamais, preferant de rester proche du texte japonais avec l'aide du glossaire. Seul bemol -- le furigana sont trop gris et petit pour mes yeux affaiblis par l'age. -- J'ai lu les 2 premiers contes -- ils sont interessants et bien racontes.

Ich benutze dieses Buch für japanisch Unterricht. Meine Schülerin hat mir empfehlt und finde ich auch sehr gut für Niveau nach JLPT N5 und N4.