Marugoto Nyumon A1 (W) Katsudo

The Japan Foundation has been engaged in a various cultural initiatives
with the objectives of deepening understanding of Japan overseas and
promoting mutual understanding between Japan and other countries. We
believe it is important that our work, including our work in Japanese
education, proceeds in a way that encourages mutual understanding
between people in situations where international cultural exchange takes
place. This coursebook, Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture, was
developed for adult learners of Japanese as a foreign language, based on
this way of thinking.

Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture is based on the JF Standard for
Japanese Language Education, and was designed with an emphasis on using
Japanese to communicate, and on understanding and respecting other
cultures. In addition, the coursebook's contents and approach were
devised so that students can enjoy studying language and culture for its
own sake, even if they are not in Japan.

Each topic in Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture contains
situations where people from a variety of cultural backgrounds interact
in Japanese. You can experience various aspects of Japanese culture
through photographs and illustrations while listening to a number of
natural conversations taking place in each situation. We will be very
happy if, through this book, people throughout the world feel completely
familiar with the language and culture of Japan, and the people who
actually live in this culture and speak this language.