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Yookoso! Invitation to Contemporary Japanese Student Edition with Online Learning Center Bind-In Card

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After 3 editions, a student would hope for more

By Robert Grimm - August 4, 2008

Over the past three months, I've taken two summer classes using this textbook. To learn two semesters-worth of a language in such a short time-frame, it is essential to have a good textbook. Unfortunately, I feel cheated.

To begin on a very superficial level, the book is just plain ugly. There are two colors of ink used throughout the entire book: dark olive green and black. Because of the lack of colors, excessive stereotyping seems to have been used to strive for a more politically correct set of example students. For example, the token African-American learner--or as the book calls him, Henry Curtis--is always drawn with lips at least as large as 1/4 of his face. No other example student is drawn this way.

During my summer classes, I would often find myself lost on the exercises. I would repeatedly read the grammar notes (which are nothing more than outlines with little detail), before accepting defeat and asking for help from our teacher. Imagine my surprise... read more

I prefer the Genki series

By S. Smoley - September 14, 2007

I took Japanese 1 using the Genki series, which I found to be much more comprehensive and easy to study from, with quick references to the lesson content in each chapter introduction, and the kanji learned in the corresponding sections in the back pages.

I'm now in Japanese 2, and we're using Yookoso. Yookoso isn't nearly as nicely laid out, and does not work well for studying from. The workbook is actually necessary in order to get a good study session out of the series.

I was too harsh when I first reviewed this textbook

By P. Wagner - May 31, 2010

I don't know why Amazon does not have all the Yookoso 3rd edition book reviews linked. The online student center for this book is free now. You do not need the card from the book. Feel free to buy used you wont miss out on anything.

I first reviewed this book and gave it one star. After using this book in my Japanese class at my local community college for the past three months I decided to delete my review and rewrite a new one. The Yookoso textbook has a couple flaws but a lot of upsides as well.

The version of romaji used in this textbook is not standard. However, it is only used through chapter one. I personally think the Revised Hepburn of romaji is the best, I am guessing the author did not want to confuse students with how long vowels work so he chose to use "oo" instead of "ou" and "ee" instead of "ei". There are also english spelling mistakes throughout the book. So far I haven't encountered any japanese mistakes. However, I honestly have to say this is... read more

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