A Critical Review on the Book Genki (Lively, Vivacious)

Moradi, Farzaneh

doi:10.30465/crtls.2021.36886.2278

A Critical Review on the Book Genki (Lively, Vivacious)

Document Type : Research

Author

Farzaneh Moradi

Assistant Professor of Japanese Language and Literature, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.36886.2278

Abstract

This paper is an introduction and a critical review of the book Genki a two-volume book for elementary education of the Japanese language which was first published in 1999 and republished in 2011 and 2020. The book has been used in many universities and language teaching centers around the world, especially in recent years. This study is an attempt to identify the strengths and weaknesses of this textbook. This critical assessment is carried out from visual and content-based aspects using Razi’s (2009) evaluation criteria. The overall conclusion of this study showed that Genki, which is the result of a collaboration between a group of Japanese language teaching professionals and teachers, has many strengths and advantages, but while having the strengths, the book suffers from a few shortcomings that if eliminated in future editions, it can be used as a relatively reliable educational source that has the potential to attract the positive attention of many Japanese language teachers and students, especially those who choose to study English independently on a self-study basis.

Keywords

Genki

Educational Source

Language Learner

Japanese

Elementary

Subjects

Foreign Languages

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