■日本語能力試験出題基準(2009年時点)の2級レベルの漢字を中心に、初級用教科書で習う297字と『とびら』で習う新しい漢字503字の800字を勉強することができます。また、漢字を覚えるだけでなく、上級に進むために必要な「漢字の知識」や「漢字学習方法」を身につけることも目的としています。■Power Up Your KANJI is a text designed to help students increase their kanji fluency. With it, students can study a total of 800 kanji – the 297 kanji generally introduced in beginning-level textbooks and an additional 503 kanji introduced in TOBIRA – focusing on those characters that appear at Level 2 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (as of 2009). The aim of this book is not simply to have students memorize each kanji; it is also to help them learn how to study kanji effectively and to provide them with the kanji knowledge required to continue their studies at the advanced level.
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■『これで身につく文法力』(以下『文法力』)は、『上級へのとびら』(以下『とびら』)の「文法ノート」のうち、必ず覚えて使えるようにする文法(黒で白抜きの番号)と、できるだけ使い方を覚える文法(グレーで白抜きの番号)を対象に、それらの正しい使い方をしっかりと身に付けるための練習問題を豊富に提供しています。各課の練習問題は、基礎、応用、発展の3つの部分から構成されており、身に付けるべき文法が段階的に学習できるようになっています。■Grammar Power: Exercises for Mastery provides a variety of exercises to help learners master the grammar introduced in Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese. Grammar Power focuses on the items in Tobira that are considered essential for learners of Intermediate Japanese, i.e., mandatory items marked by white numbers within black circles and highly recommended items marked with numbers in gray circles in Tobira's grammar notes. Each chapter contains three sections: Kiso (Learning the basic skills), Ooyoo (Applying your skills), and Hatten (Expanding your skills). By working on the exercises in each section in this order, learners acquire the targeted grammar skills step by step.