The first of a three-level series (with an optional starter level forlementary students) designed primarily for junior-high and high schoolurricula. Systemic Japanese-language acquisition through a structuredearning process is the main feature of the course. Co-ordinating structurend verbal communication skills, the student book introduces theuilding-blocks of Japanese grammar through key sentences, dialogues,xercises and activities. Exposure to natural Japanese is facilitated by theudio tapes, approximately 300 minutes in length.