■Increases student appreciation of different cultural perspectives found worldwide ■Stimulates students and teachers to see the world with fresh eyes ■Encourages students to communicate enthusiastically in English ■Includes readings, interviews, vocabulary activities, and fun discussion exercises ■Extra Resources also available for Free download.

■ In People Like Us and People Like Us, Too you'll meet people from different countries all over the world. But remember that your culture is not the same as your nationality. ■ Culture is what you do and where you live. ■ It's the things you like doing and the things you donﾕt like doing. It's how old you are and what is important to you. ■ It's the way you talk and your educational background. It's about your friends, your family and your own character. This is your cultural identity. The People Like Us series has three aims: ● To help you find out about other cultures ● To help you find out more about your own culture ● To help you improve your English ■ The People Like Us books form an integrated skills course exploring cultural values and attitudes. Based on over forty hours of recorded interviews, the series allows you to sa

■ In People Like Us and People Like Us, Too you'll meet people from different countries all over the world. But remember that your culture is not the same as your nationality. ■ Culture is what you do and where you live.■ It's the things you like doing and the things you donﾕt like doing. It's how old you are and what is important to you. ■ It's the way you talk and your educational background. It's about your friends, your family and your own character. This is your cultural identity. The People Like Us series has three aims: ● To help you find out about other cultures ● To help you find out more about your own culture ● To help you improve your English ■ The People Like Us books form an integrated skills course exploring cultural values and attitudes. Based on over forty hours of recorded interviews, the series allows you to sam

■Students will learn to communicate with topic based content. ■Develops Student's English ability through comprehensive speaking, listening and writing activities. ■Students will learn how to talk about their own culture with natural language. ■Natural language is recycled throughout the text.

■ The world is shrinking and we're just one big family who know each other very well. ■ Not so, says People Are Funny which uses humorous readings to poke gentle fun at the different cultures of countries from around the world. ● Is informative and loaded with cultural tips (in Japanese) ● Each of the 12 readings is accompanied by vocabulary and comprehension exercises

■ Globalization means that we deal with, work with, and visit people from other countries who speak different languages and have different cultural attitudes. Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands empowers your students with an awareness of the importance of these cross-cultural issues. ● Informative reading and listening passages include follow-up exercises ● Is packed with cultural notes in Japanese and English

■ The second title in the Macmillan Cinema English series, American History in Focus, uses the beloved and award-winning movie Forrest Gump to illuminate the stormy age of post-WWII America. ■ Using the authentic DVD you can give your students an exciting lessons on real-life English expressions and modern American history. ● Lots of listening and comprehension quizzes using the dialogs from actual scenes from the movie. ● Expertly drawn illustrations make the textbook all the more appealing. ● Provocative reading passage and TOEIC-style questions for each unit. ※DVD not included.

■ American Justice in Focus is the fourth and newest entry in the Macmillan Cinema English Series. ■ Students will love the comedy and drama in The Rainmaker as they follow Matt Damon's legal adventures as he learns what it really means to be a lawyer. ■ As for language, students will learn a wide variety of useful grammatical structures and expressions that will provide a solid basis for future study. ■ In terms of culture, students will gain an appreciation of the American Justice system, including the jury system, and of American society as a whole. ※DVD not included.

■ American Society in Focus selects 12 exciting American movies that shed light on American society in the modern era. ■ Students can enjoy the stories while learning the American culture and practical English expressions in realistic situations. ■ The practices focus not only on listening, but also on conversation and TOEIC-type reading tasks. ■ Videos/DVDs can be incorporated into the classroom lessons easily and effectively.■ A multi-skill course can be built around this textbook. ※DVD not included.

■ This updated edition of Talk, Talk: American-Style uses situational dialogues to build speaking confidence. ◆ Each book contains 12 units, and the dialogues are packed with everyday, useful American English expressions and idioms. ◆ The first book, Meeting People, presents the language in practical contexts, such as self-introductions, making appointments, exchanging messages and more. ◆ The second book, Going Places, contains dialogues in everyday situations such as at a restaurant, a hair salon and a library and more.

■ This updated edition of Talk, Talk: American-Style uses situational dialogues to build speaking confidence. ◆ Each book contains 12 units, and the dialogues are packed with everyday, useful American English expressions and idioms. ◆ The first book, Meeting People, presents the language in practical contexts, such as self-introductions, making appointments, exchanging messages and more. ◆ The second book, Going Places, contains dialogues in everyday situations such as at a restaurant, a hair salon and a library and more.

■Introduces students to a variety of American traditions ■Improved rich practice in the four language skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing - with particular emphasis on reading and listening

■ In the USA is a comprehensive introduction to the US, its cities, people, music, food, politics . . . and more. ■ A series of very short readings and accompanying exercises gives students practice in all four language skills. ● The 40 reading practice sections include exercises and speaking activities ● The follow-up writing exercises and listening activities extend the topics

■Speaking and listening exercises are based on homestay situations ■Students learn about family life and student life in the US. ■The DVD features two homestay families, three homestayers, and lots of real-life interaction between them ■Documentary-style filming helps students understand what they may experience if they were to go on a homestay ■Interviews with local students, teachers and staff, parents, homestay siblings, and homestayers themselves ■Easy-to-use approach and interesting content have been rated highly by students

■ The third tile in the Macmillan Cinema English series, English Grammar in Focus, uses the popular romantic comedy Notting Hill to focus on smart and witty conversations as well as functional, high-usage grammar. Using the authentic DVD you can give your students an exciting lesson on living English and various aspects of British life and culture. ● lots of listening and comprehension quizzes using the dialogs from actual scenes from the movie. ● expertly drawn illustrations make the textbook all the more appealing ● also includes conversation practice on topics from the movie. 2010 NEW ※DVD not included.

■Cover wide range of topics from The Beatles, soccer, pubs and Queen Elizabeth. ■Improve comprehensive language performance mainly through reading based activities. ■Listening activities which relate to students views of British culture. ■Extensive vocabulary building exercises.

■ In Britain is the introduction to British civilization and everyday English language. ■ This fully up-to-date 21st Century Edition gives students practice in all four key language-learning skills. ● Forty reading practice sections include pre-reading questions, comprehension exercises and speaking activities ● Activities sections contain follow-up listening, speaking and writing exercises

■ Fifteen interesting and unique topics steep your students in critical thinking skills and pave the way for discussion and encourage learners to think more deeply about various topics in a critical and abstract way. ■ Topics include everything from UFOs and psychics to advertising and reality TV.

■ Twelve all-time popular songs have been specially selected from the best-selling listening textbook series Hit Parade Listening and Hot Beat Listening. A simpler, easy-to-use format now makes these songs accessible to lower-level learners. ■ Smash hits by great artists allow students to enjoy learning English while listening to music! 【Song Replacement】 "We Are the World"(Michael Jackson)→"I Want to Know What Love Is"(Foreigner)

■ Top of the Pops Listening will magically enliven your classroom by motivating students with well-known popular songs. ■ Top of the Pops Listening aims at getting students accustomed to the ‘sound changes’ in spoken English through 12 all-time hit songs selected from the best-selling compilation album Love Light 3. ■ The textbook includes a variety of tasks such as pronunciation practice, listen and fill-in practice.

■ We selected 12 all-time favorite pop songs from the previous editions of Hot Beat Listening and optimized the learning effect of the following well-tested format: ● Sound Advice--useful pronunciation practice ● Fun Practice--listen and fill in the missing lyrics ● Focus on the Song--a short essay to explain the song lyrics ● Artist Profile-- the fascinating background of a famous artist

■ Hit Parade Listening Third Edition brings English alive with 20 well-known pop melodies sung by famous international artists. ■ Understanding natural spoken English is a challenge for Japanese students, and these enjoyable, catchy songs demonstrate the confusing ‘sound changes’ that occur in everyday speech. 【Song Replacement】 "Heal the World"(Michael Jackson)→"Honesty"(Billy Joel)

■ The Story of American Popular Music has now been revised and expanded to include material on British music such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and the punk rock movement. ■ The Story of Popular Music is a fascinating journey for all music lovers.

■ In the English-speaking World takes students on a journey around the world of English. ■ In some 100 countries, from Australia to Zimbabwe, English is spoken as the first or second language. ■ English no longer belongs just to the British or even the Americans. ■ In the English-speaking World describes how and where English is spoken and how it helps the world to communicate.

■ Focusing on the history of spoken English, these readings look at the development of English all over the world. ■ An adaptation of the original work, this edition is written in simpler English and includes Japanese notes in the back.