■ 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.
■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。
■Entry-level shadowing text which effectively improves both listening and speaking skills.
■Carefully selected high interest topics selected from the Internet that capture students' interest.
■Improves communication skills by reviewing grammar covered in middle school and English used in real life.
■Storyline and fun activities appropriate for seniors. Also suitable as a self-study text.
■Full of carefully chosen topics that are sure to appeal to the Japanese college students.
■Loaded with fun pair and group work activities.
■Suitable for classrooms where the teacher would like to keep control.
■A large focus on listening and speaking followed by a reading and writing activity.
■Acquire steps and skills to carry on a smooth conversation such as changing topics, adding information, and necessary expressions.
■Acquire natural conversation methods without depending on grammars and difficult sentence structures.－ Ten thematic units covering topics from school and family to travel and job hunting - 2 Review Units that reinforce the aquired language skills.
■Six-page units offer extensive listening and both structured and free speaking activities.
■Vocabulary and strategies are recycled throughout the text.
■Teachers manual with printable exams and vocabulary worksheets.
■Teachers manual and audio available for download at www.mlh.co.jp.
■Student-created Scrapbooks (not included) add personalized content and insure students' interest!
■12 units cover a full spectrum of topics related to the students' lives from life history to future dreams!
■Conversation Strategies are taught and practiced in each unit through controlled and free practice, and recycled throughout the book!
■Students develop conversation and presentation skills with Scrapbooks!
Tell Me More!
Effective Communication Strategies for the Japanese Student
■ Tell Me More is a skills-based speaking and listening textbook designed specifically for Japanese students who possess basic to intermediate English language abilities. ■ It provides essential skills and strategies for effective communication across any of the infinite speech situations in which students are likely to find themselves.
■ 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 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.
■ Gear Up is a two-level conversation course in American English which has been specifically developed to meet the needs of high-beginner to low-intermediate learners in Japan. ■ Many students find it challenging to take part in meaningful conversations in English because: ● many texts focus on parroting and practicing without active input from the learner ● “word-by-word” composition of English sentences hinders progress ● of the limited scope of many existing classroom materials
■Provides simple and easy conversation practice for beginners.
■Includes pair-work activities, listening training, and writing exercises.
■Provides vocabulary and expressions to help beginners develop interpersonal and intercultural communication skills.
■ A totally updated edition of an all-time favorite, NEW ALLTALK is a two-level English conversation course for Japanese high-beginners who are ready--and want--to use English for real communication.
All the successful characteristics of ALLTALK have been maintained:
● Practical dialogues and useful listening practice
● Effective grammar pattern practice for language consolidation
● Creative discussion opportunities to build student confidence
● Easy-to-manage information gap activities
Newly added features include:
● Totally updated topics to appeal to today's students
● Fun artwork and attractive layout
● A free self-study CD with every Student Book
● A quick reference appendix with language and grammar notes--in Japanese
Talk, Talk: American Style
Going Places
■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.
■Specifically designed for young adult Japanese learners. Provides students with extensive listening & speaking activities
■Abundant opportunities for learners to talk in pairs and small groups
■Review games that offer a fun way of reinforcing previously learned language
■Comprehensive conversation exercise material, which uses information gap activities between two students.
■Fun text in which students' conversation abilities and expressions are pulled out using interesting theme settings.
■Can not miss the quiz format activities that can be played like games.
■Perfect for classrooms with students of mixed abilities.
■ Tell Me Your Stories is an ideal course for learners who want to express their emotions, experiences and opinions in English. ◆ Features various topics that are familiar to students, from their favorite movies to success/failure stories ◆ Contains systematic pronunciation activities that help students improve their pronunciation ◆ Helps students improve their listening skills for more interactive communication
■ iTravel presents 20 typical travel situations that gently prepare Japanese students to communicate in Englishﾑgetting students to talk in English has never been easier!
● Twenty 2-page lessons offer basic speaking practice
● Lively listening activities guide students to success
● Comes with Passport Pal, a FREE compact E-J phrase book
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More phrases, vocabulary and travel tips for busy students and travelers at
www.mlh.co.jp/macmillan/italk/
■ Genesis is an innovative basic-level course especially designed for Japanese students to develop past the-true-beginner stage with strong vocabulary, phonic sand grammar exercises to complement the 'Let' s Talk' sections in each unit.
■ Making Friends is specially designed for those who are returning to learn very fundamental English communication skills for their work or personal enjoyment. ◆ The flexible structure and format is easily adaptable to serve a diverse range of student groups at private lessons, study circles, university extension courses, and other settings. ◆ Making Friends aims specifically at improving speaking skills by means of extensive listening and speaking practice.
■ Making Friends is specially designed for those who are returning to learn very fundamental English communication skills for their work or personal enjoyment. ◆ The flexible structure and format is easily adaptable to serve a diverse range of student groups at private lessons, study circles, university extension courses, and other settings. ◆ Making Friends aims specifically at improving speaking skills by means of extensive listening and speaking practice.
Move Ahead
A Listening and Speaking Course for Japanese Students
■ Move Ahead is an intensive 15-unit, listening and speaking course with colorful illustrations, plenty of task-based listening and pair work activities for fluency practice and improved student confidence. ■ Each unit presents a special culture focus that introduces customs and traditions from around the world. ■ Three review chapters consolidate and reinforce important language points.
■ New Crossroads is the second edition of Crossroads, a longtime favorite among teachers and young adult learners. ■ This pre-intermediate textbook features questionnaires, interviews, stories, speaking and listening activities, and writing exercises, all in a great easy-to-use format. ■ New Crossroads is ideal for Japan's large classes and for busy teachers like you--because that's where it came from!
■ Everybody's Talking is specially designed to improve the conversation skills of Japanese college-age students. ■ It provides high-interest topics and fun language activities to keep pre-intermediate to intermediate students on task and motivated throughout an academic year.
■ TIME FOR A CHANGE?
In this totally revised and updated edition, New Changing Times includes the types of speaking activities that Japanese young adult learners find relevant AND interesting to do. ■ In each of the 12 units, your students compare their own personal experiences with those of Chris Fuller--a young American adult who grew up in Japan. ■ New Changing Times has all-new questionnaires, activities, stories and illustrations.
■Contains examples of common errors Japanese students make when speaking English, and their corrections.
■Game-like exercises where students try to find the mistakes within a conversation.
■Detailed explanations of mistakes with grammar support.
■Many practice questions and pair work activities to improve students understanding of written and spoken English.
■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
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