A fast and painless way to learn Japanese--now with all new quiz and test questions and a companion 75-minute audio CD

Japanese DeMYSTiFieD takes the mystery and menace out of learning Japanese by walking you step-by-step through the fundamentals of the language. The book/audio CD package lets you work at your own pace and arms you with the essentials of Japanese grammar in an unintimidating format. You will be able to:

• Understand basic grammar structures and verb tenses
• Pronounce Japanese sounds correctly
• Identify Japanese characters
• Build a Japanese vocabulary
• Communicate with confidence

The Japanese in the book is presented in both Japanese characters (hiragana, katagana, and kanji) and phonetic translation for easy pronunciation.

Inside you will find:

• Hundreds of brand-new quiz and test questions with answer keys, similar to those used in standardized scholastic exams
• Chapter-opening objectives that give you insight into what you are going to learn in each step
• Questions at the end of every chapter that reinforce your learning and pinpoint your weaknesses
• Still Struggling? icons that offer specific recommendations for those difficult subtopics

Eriko Sato, PhD, is the executive director of the Japan Center and the founding director of the Pre-College Japanese Language Program at the University of New York at Stony Brook. She is the author of the Japanese textbook Contemporary Japanese (Tuttle) and Japanese For Dummies (Wiley).