An Introduction to Medical Japanese
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It really grates my gears every single lesson is in romaji with absolutely no kana or kanji except in the vocabulary list at the beginning. The first few lessons are acceptable for this but not all thirty. Most patients outside of Japan who speak Japanese will most likely know the language of the country they have settled in. Excluding the writing system is excluding a critical part of understanding the language itself. The book makes no attempts to foster the learner to use anything but romaji, which sets them up for failure.
As for users who already know some Japanese, this book becomes a slog to make usable. I am still struggling to write all the dialogues in kanji and kana and extract what pieces I need to use. I am tempted to tear out what I need but I don't have enough whiteout for the diagrams and it would be easier to find a stock photo.
I give two stars because it can partially function as a medical term dictionary and the order of the lessons makes sense for building up to a patient interaction for most members of the medical team. I have not listened to the CD yet (though that is due to loaning out my CD player.)