Japanese Graded Readers Level 2 - Vol. 1 (includes CD)

Japanese Graded Readers Level 2 expands on the concepts learned in Level 0 and 1, incorporating more new vocabulary, kanji and increasingly difficult grammar structures. Level 2 is designed for a proficiency level equivalent to JLPT N3-N4. The a boxed-set of 5 books contains stories with about about 500 vocabulary words, 1,500-2,500 words, and grammar points including dictionary form, ~te form, ~nai form, ~ta form, conditional, ~kara, ~naru, ~noda, etc. You will also benefit from a CD audio companion with a full-text narration by native Japanese speakers to help you learn proper pronunciation and intonation. Since it’s often difficult to find level-appropriate reading material, especially for language learners new to Japanese, JGR fills a long overdue gap. The stories are engaging and level up at a challenging yet appropriate pace. The vocabulary words have decent repetition and are reflected in the pictures. While we would like to see a vocabulary list for each story, JGR is an excel