Nihongo Chokyu Washa e no Kakehashi - The Bridge to Becoming a Fluent Speaker of Japanese

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Nihongo Chokyu Washa e no Kakehashi is a book for intermediate or advanced level students who wish to improve communication. Thanks to this book students will be able to explain and describe even more precisely or express their points of view by using the proper style of the language. 

The book is divided in 12 different units, each focused in a certain topic. In addition, each lesson contains texts with different expressions, depending on the situation, so the student will be able to learn different paths to express ideas. 

Since this is a book for intermediate or advanced students (JLPT 2 or 1) only the most complex kanjis contain furigana. 

Description by the publisher

Continuing on from Nihongo Jokyu Washa e no Michi: Kichinto Tsutaeru Gijutsu to Hyogen (The Way to Become an Advanced Speaker of Japanese: Techniques and Expressions for Effective Communication), this conversation textbook is aimed at those who wish to go beyond simply being an advanced speaker of Japanese.

The book aims at the fluent speaker being able to (1) explain and describe topics related to social and more specialist themes, (2) express his or her frank opinions in a way that does not damage relationships, and (3) persuade, advise and negotiate while at the same time showing consideration for the position of the learner's conversational partner. This book has the distinctive feature of allowing the learner to advance to more smoother communication when consciously talking about specific topics while at the same time showing consideration for his/her conversational partner's views.