Shadowing: Let's master conversational Japanese - Inter. to Adv (Audio CD only - Book not included)

Shadowing: Let's master conversational Japanese – Intermediate to Advanced, Audio CD (シャドーイング もっと話せる日本語 中〜上級編 音声CD) contains the audio of the book of the same name published in 2024 (ISBN 978-4-87424-980-2).

The audio can also be downloaded for free with the book. These CDs are the physical version.

Shadowing means repeating aloud, almost at the same time, what you hear. The technique comes from simultaneous interpreter training.

Recommended level: Intermediate to advanced (approx. JLPT N3–N1), the same as the book.

Contents

• Section I, short conversations by function: greeting, introducing, saying goodbye, inviting, making plans, asking a favour, thanking, apologising, starting, closing or interrupting a conversation, asking for clarification or repetition, expressing feelings, likes, agreement and disagreement.
• Section II, monologues and dialogues in formal and casual register (12 units): ramen, Nagasaki, the custom of return gifts, cafés, cherry blossoms, voice actors, rakugo, online shopping, the Atomic Bomb Dome, festivals that came from abroad, the geography of Japan and university students' part-time jobs.