Japanese Hiragana and Katakana

Learning to recognize and pronounce the basic hiragana and katakana phonetic alphabets is the first step in studying Japanese. This set of 200 flash cards along with accompanying booklet, wall charts, and audio disc contains everything you need to quickly gain mastery of the two Japanese syllabaries. Flash cards are the ideal way to learn the characters a few at a time, and watch your skills increase daily. The cards can be sorted into small sets that you carry with you for review whenever and wherever you have a few spare moments. Frequent review is the key to memorizing the characters, and these cards are easily carried in a pocket or purse for a quick review session anytime. Characters that have been learned can be kept separately from those you haven't mastered yetso you are only carrying around and reviewing the ones you need to learn. This handy box contains: 200 expertly-designed flash cards that aid memorizationwith handy mnemonic phrases and drawings. Two large wall charts showing all of the hiragana and katakana Audio recordings for 1,128 key example words and sentences illustrating the characters A concise 32-page booklet giving indexes and practice tips Comprehensive, packed with learning features, and customizable to fit your individual learning needs, these 200 flash cards cover all the characters used in the Japanese hiragana and katakana writing system: basic, voiced, and combined forms. Each card features: Example words and phrases for each character showing how it is used Handy mnemonic phrases and drawings ease learning All words are given in both Japanese script and romanized form, with English translation Stroke order diagrams show you how to write the characters correctly Special learning tips teach you how you can set up your own learning program Native-speaker audio teaches you the correct pronunciation of all words and phrases

Dr. Emiko Konomi teaches Japanese in the World Languages and Literatures department of Portland State University.