Key features include:
- progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
- jargon-free explanations of grammar, with key structures presented through user-friendly diagrams
- Coverage of the different writing systems of Japanese: hiragana, katakana and kanji
- an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises
- realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios
- useful vocabulary lists throughout the text
- additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary, a verb/adjective list with conjugation aid, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues
