First Steps in Japanese Academic Reading by Kazue; Tayama, Noriko; Sakamoto, Megumi Yamamoto ISBN 13: 9784893580924

Japan, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. 7 1/8" X 10 1/8. This is the first Japanese language textbook which specifically targets academic readings for foreign students who plan to study at universities, colleges, and technical schools in Japan; it is organized to enable them to read and understand general academic texts, and is intended for use at the intermediate level of Japanese language study; the reading pasages were taken from university textbooks used in Japan and cover seven different academic fields: computer science, economics, biology, psychology, public health, and sociology; preface in English, text in Japanese; also includes a separate 56-page supplement, published in 1987 (violet cover with black, white & yellow lettering, very slight edgewear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)