Business Japanese: All-in-One Practical Exercises for Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing

Intermediate/advanced drill book for gaining the Japanese communication skills essential for business


Overview

This book focuses on 19 themes inevitably encountered when doing business in Japan—such as meetings, business trips, sales, product planning, and customer satisfaction surveys.
Learners comprehensively improve their listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills through reading comprehension, listening comprehension, and listening-reading comprehension drills and related tasks involving conversations and written communications with bosses and coworkers.

Features

●Presents 50 exercises offering a well-balanced mix of reading comprehension (12), listening comprehension (20), and listening-reading comprehension (18) challenges.

●Provides English, Chinese, and Korean translations for the many related expressions and vocabulary lists.
●Perfect for preparing for tests such as the Business Japanese Proficiency Test.


Contents

Fifty exercises covering 19 themes, including company group e-mailings, meeting preparations, phone calls and apologizing, chatting with coworkers, personal information, sales, and negotiating lower pricing.

◆問題（Exercises）
　A　社内一斉メール（Internal group emails）
　B　会議準備（Meeting preparations）
　C　電話とお詫び（Phone calls & apologizing）
　D　お知らせ文書（Notices）
　E　キャッチコピー（Catch copy）
　F　同僚との雑談（Chatting with coworkers）
　G　値下げ交渉（Bargaining for a lower price）
　H　営業（Sales）
　I　売り上げ（Sales performance）
　J　個人情報（Personal information）
　K　顧客満足度調査（Customer satisfaction surveys）
　L　出張（Business trips）
　M　販売員増員の提案（Suggesting increasing the sales staff）
　N　パッケージ案（Making package proposals）
　O　インタビュー（Interviews）
　P　日程調整（Coordinating schedules）
　Q　衣料品業界（The apparel industry）
　R　展示会（Trade shows）
　S　業務フローチャート（Process flowcharts）

◆コラム（Columns）
　・メールのキホン（The Basics of Email）
　・ビジネス文書のキホン（The Basics of Business Writing）
　・敬語のキホン（The Basics of Keigo）
　・表現を覚えよう（Expressions to Learn）
　・語彙を増やそう（Building Your Vocabulary）