I'm Learning Japanese!: Learn to Speak, Read and Write the Basics

(Paperback)

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Age range 9 to 14

Follow along as Emily, Nico and Teo, while sitting on the grass after school, minding their own business, come across a giant talking fox dressed in a kimono. Explaining that he knows magic, speaks many languages and is respected as a sensei master, he wonders if the three kids are ready to learn Japanese from him. During the next 128 amusing pages, the three friends learn to speak, read and write Japanese, while also taking breaks to try Japanese hot-spring baths, sumo wrestling, Zen meditation and more.

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"Taking the first step in Japanese (or any foreign language) can be daunting, but this book written by Christian Galan and illustrated by Florence Lerot-Calvo eases kids into the subject with a comic-book style that makes the initial confusion part of the fun." --BestReviews.com, as featured in The Heartford Courant

Author Bio

Christian Galan is head of the Japanese department at the University of Toulouse le Mirail and is a researcher at the Centre d'Etudes Japonaises in Paris, part of the National Institute of Asian Languages and Civilizations (Inalco). His specialties are the Japanese educational system and Japanese language teaching. He is the author of several language resources for Japanese teachers.