■ 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..
■アメリカ社会の現実を浮き彫りにした最近の映画12本を使い，アメリカ文化や社会事情の理解と実用的な英語表現の習得を図るDVD併用教材。 ■映画のトピックに関連した会話演習やTOEICの問題形式のリーディング演習も盛り込んだ総合教材。
■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.
■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.
■ 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 sample the l
■ Students get a better understanding of the regional differences in America through readings which start with the origins of the Native Americans, the beginnings of America as a country, and move on to history, climate, industry, and lifestyles in all regions of America.
■ 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.
■ 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.
■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
Talk, Talk: American Style
Meeting People
■生きた口語表現が習得できる新感覚の会話テキストとして好評を博してきたTalk, Talk: American Styleの改訂版。■内容をアップデートするとともに，セメスター単位でも活用しやすいように，1巻12章のテキストとして2巻を同時刊行。■自己紹介や相手との約束，メッセージのやりとりなどのトピックを収めたMeeting People，レストランやヘアサロン，図書館などでの日常生活のダイアログを収めたGoing Places。■米語的な決まり文句や言い回しが，モデルダイアローグや各種の演習を通じて着実に身につくように配慮。
■ 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.
■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
■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.
■ Twelve in-depth essays deal with various aspects of life in the UK, focusing on London, and include a variety of activities to promote thought and understanding. ■ Topics include ethnic minorities, class differences, social life, and student life.
■ 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.
Smash Hit Listening: Second Edition
English through Rock & Pop
■学生にもっとも人気の高いポップソング12曲を厳選。リーディングの英文を簡素化し，聞き取りのポイントを日本語でやさしく解説。■初級学習者を想定した学習内容。
【変更箇所】
"We Are the World"(Michael Jackson)→"I Want to Know What Love Is"(Foreigner)
■ 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.
The Story of Popular Music
大衆音楽の源流を探ねて
■音楽文化論のロングセラーThe Story of American Popular Musicの改訂新版。■現代大衆音楽の大きな潮流の1つであるBritish Rock Music（ビートルズ，ローリング・ストーンズやパンクロックなど）も新たに加え，より広い視点から大衆音楽史の流れを追う。
■ 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.
■ 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
■Overall English and listening abilities are increased by listening to live interviews.
■The story of 12 groups living in North America with different occupations and lifestyles are captured on video with sound.
■English is naturally acquired by beautiful visuals which are beyond the standards of normal English teaching materials.
■High interest topics your students will enjoy.
■The new edition of Speaking of Speech includes all the great features of the first edition but now includes a DVD with detailed instruction and examples of proper use of visual aids.
■Activity Bases- Pairwork, information gap, strip stories and more keep students involved
Learner Friendly- Students learn and practice in six clear steps:
[1]What [2]Why [3]How [4]Practice [5]Performance [6]Evaluation
■Builds skills progressively- Students move from basic delivery skills to the more structural and organizational skills necessary for longer presentations.
■Students can work through the chapters progressively or focus on the skills and language most useful to them.
■Presents language, advice and a range of powerful, up-to-date presentation techniques.
■A common reason adults have for studying English is “I want to travel!” Your students know they should study English, but do they really have a strong motivation to learn English? Adventures Abroad will rescue them from their plight! Everyone can understand that the better one speaks English, the easier one can handle an overseas trip. Adventures Abroad thus features practical conversation situations in which students successfully communicate with each other as if they were traveling. which many of your students will do, during their college years or soon afterwards. The listening practice is likewise practical and leads to successful communication in the closely related conversation practice. ■The included DVD has interviews with locals, a video introduction to each city, and all the listening exercises featured in the student book. ■In each unit students will visit a differ
■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
■ America Live! with DVD offers Japanese young adult learners intriguing topics and insights into American culture, such as local events, holiday pleasures and more. ◆ Interesting cultural content, with the right touch of humor to keep your students focused and motivated ◆ Proper balance of viewing with speaking/listening activities ◆ Teacher's Manual with additional cultural and linguistic notes
■ 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..
■ 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.
■ Our newest addition to the Macmillan Cinema English series uses the beloved classic movie Casablanca to improve listening, reading and speaking skills, and to enable efficient and effective study at home and in class! ◆ Exercises focus on the expressions that can be used in everyday life. ◆ Dictation exercises for self-study at the end of the book. ◆ The full movie is includes on the DVD, and with 60 chapters, you can access the exact scene you need instantly!
■The newest edition to the Macmillan Cinema English series.
■Roman Holiday offers a fun and effective way to study English in class or at home.
■Listening, speaking and reading exercises expose students to natural English.
■Self-study exercises at the end of the book.
■Includes the full movie on DVD (Includes English and Japanese subtitles).
■ Viva! San Francisco is an exciting 20-episode, survival English course created for Japanese students. ■ This beautifully-made video is very easy to use. ■ In the first 10 units we follow Keiko as she gets to know San Francisco. ■ In the second 10 units we join Keiko who is now studying at San Francisco University and staying with a homestay family.
■ Miki is an exchange student from Japan. As your students watch Campus Encounters they'll see Miki assimilate herself into campus life and make some real friends. ■ As your students use the textbook, they will learn the linguistic and cultural information that helps deepen their understanding of what is going on behind the scenes. Features: ● Smartly shot and edited film ● Natural, useful conversations ● Interviews with real students and related people at the end of each unit ● Coordinated and supportive exercises in the textbook ■ Campus Encounters is the ticket your students can use to understand American university life!
Wonderful USA
A Video Approach to English Learning Through Personal Interviews
■ This popular video course is easy to use in the Japanese classroom. ■ Students learn basic dialog and conversation strategies while enjoying fascinating insights into the richness of American daily life.
■ A student-friendly approach uses simple exercises to guide students through interview summaries and highlights everyday conversation strategies that show students how to communicate more effectively with native speakers of English.
■ This is an up-to-date, pre-intermediate to intermediate video course which will help Japanese college students express what they want to say.
■ The material features communication strategies, via guided speaking activities, that activate the productive faculties of Japanese learners.
■ The original MLH video material was shot in California. It contains 12 personal interviews which reflect US West Coast lifestyles, and it offers the opportunity to learn from different native speaker English styles.
■ Don't your students always want to improve their pronunciation ■ This unique video-based course provides ample material to practice American English pronunciation, by focusing on sounds that frequently present difficulty for Japanese students.
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