■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.

AVAILABLE NOW! Every student needs top class reading, writing, listening and speaking skills to succeed at an academic level; SKILLFUL focuses on each of these skills to give presentation, instant practice and complete immersion in that language skill.It offers students the opportunity to develop language skills by presenting them with ideas from today's world, while building critical thinking skills that are vital for academic success. ■Development of critical thinking skills to ensure students are thinking about the world around them. ■End of unit study skills practice using original material and extracts from Stella Cottrell's The Study Skills Handbook. ■Complimentary Digibook with access code for both the teacher and the student, providing extra practice opportunities. ■Striking, image-rich units with dual purpose, encouraging further thinking and spr

AVAILABLE NOW! Every student needs top class reading, writing, listening and speaking skills to succeed at an academic level; SKILLFUL focuses on each of these skills to give presentation, instant practice and complete immersion in that language skill.It offers students the opportunity to develop language skills by presenting them with ideas from today's world, while building critical thinking skills that are vital for academic success. ■Development of critical thinking skills to ensure students are thinking about the world around them. ■End of unit study skills practice using original material and extracts from Stella Cottrell's The Study Skills Handbook. ■Complimentary Digibook with access code for both the teacher and the student, providing extra practice opportunities. ■Striking, image-rich units with dual purpose, encouraging further thinking and spr

AVAILABLE NOW! ■A revised edition of the popular Breakthrough Series, with integrated skills course which balances the structure and support that students need to build confidence to use English. ■Combines a dynamic, communicative methodology with a fully-integrated skills syllabus, placing strong emphasis on real-world language and everyday situations. ■Each of the twelve units consists of four pages of core language followed by a two-page Expansion section, which realize a flexible class management. Breakthrough PLUS resource site, click here. BREAKTHROUGH DIGIBOOK ACCESS BREAKTHROUGH PLUS is a a communication focused course that builds young adult learners' confidence in using English. It provides a supportive and adaptive environment for students to develop at a pace they feel comfortable with. BREAKTHROUGH PLUS contains new content, a fresh design an

AVAILABLE NOW! ■A revised edition of the popular Breakthrough Series, with integrated skills course which balances the structure and support that students need to build confidence to use English. ■Combines a dynamic, communicative methodology with a fully-integrated skills syllabus, placing strong emphasis on real-world language and everyday situations. ■Each of the twelve units consists of four pages of core language followed by a two-page Expansion section, which realize a flexible class management. Breakthrough PLUS resource site, click here. BREAKTHROUGH DIGIBOOK ACCESS BREAKTHROUGH PLUS is a a communication focused course that builds young adult learners' confidence in using English. It provides a supportive and adaptive environment for students to develop at a pace they feel comfortable with. BREAKTHROUGH PLUS contains new content, a fresh design

Welcome to Guinness World Records, Listening Series. In this book your students will learn about some amazing people and their extraordinary world records. They will also make some fascinating discoveries about nature and humankind. At the same time they will also practice important important listening skills that will help them improve their convesational ability, as well as increase their scores on exams such as the TOEIC Test. VIDEO - Words from the Author on the Guinness World Records Series. ■Students will improve their listening skills by listening to audio of various Guinness World Records topics. ■The high interest topics will stimulate students, and the abundant activities will effectively improve listening skills.

Welcome to Guinness World Records, Reading. In this book your students will learn about some amazing people and their extraordinary world records. They will also make some fascinating discoveries about nature and humankind. At the same time they will also practice important READING SKILLS that will help them improve their reading ability, as well as increase their scores on exams such as the TOEIC Test. VIDEO - Words from the Author on the Guinness World Records Series. ■Improves reading skills through reading various Guinness World Records topics, series available in various levels. ■The volume and difficulty of the reading passages, vocabulary and grammar have been carefully graded with each level. Also includes translation of keys terms in the lower two levels. ■The high interest topics will stimulate students, and the focused activities will effectively impro

Welcome to Guinness World Records, Speaking. In this book your students will learn about some amazing people and their extraordinary world records. They will also make some fascinating discoveries about nature and humankind. At the same time they will also practice important speaking and listening skills that will help them improve their convesational ability, as well as increase their scores on exams such as the TOEIC Test. VIDEO - Words from the Author on the Guinness World Records Series. ● Students will improve their speaking skills by using various articles based on Guinness World Records topics. ● Daily conversation skills are covered in Speaking 1. ● Speaking 2 covers the skills necessary to move from speech to group discussions. ● The interesting records will grab students’ attention, and abundant activities will effectively improve and instill sp

■16 units with 8 themes ranging from Travel, Culture to Life with the Internet ■Flexible and easy to use-teachers can select texts by topic, genre, reading skill or vocabulary skill ■Extensive reading, activities, plus reading and vocabulary skills sheets ■One Teacher’s File for all 3 levels packed with a test Generator CD-ROM ■The resource site contains MP3 files of main reading texts, extra vocabulary sheets and wordlist 2010 NEW

■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.

■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

■Focuses on shadowing (simultaneously listening to and repeating what you hear), a highly effective language learning technique that provides lots of practice with the sounds, intonation, stress patterns and overall rhythm of English ■Presents real world listening examples and language learning tasks in a way that engages young adult learners and allows them to practice language that is meaningful and used in everyday situations ■Includes vocabulary building and comprehension exercises that enable students to understand and discuss current issues and news events in a personal context

■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

■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

■ 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!

■Contains tips and strategies based on past TOEFL exams. ■Problem analysis which develops skills for tackling TOEFL examination. ■Study tips and explanations in Japanese.

■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

■Designed for undergraduate students who have never studied business English. ■Presents a solid introduction to doing business in English, covering everything from exchanging business cards to giving presentations. ■Practice TOEIC section for each unit. ■Comprehensive glossary in the back of the book.

■Students not only learn medical terms, but are also being trained to think critically on different medical issues through various exercises ■Systematic development of each of the four skills through various exercises ■Keeps Students interested with hot medical topics Sample Teacher's Manual

●Seven-level primary series, offering a well-balanced, four-skills program in American English. ●Student’s Multi-Rom containing the audio files and interactive language games. ●Big book Builders, a large format big book enhanced activity posters and vocabulary building support.

■ An effective course focused on listening, speaking and reading, Travel English: For Tourism Industry Professionals allows students not only to improve their basic English skills but also to extend their knowledge in technical terms needed in the tourism business. ◆ plenty of activities that are highly useful for those who work at a travel agency, airport or hotel ◆ reading tasks that are perfectly suited for self-study help students improve their vocabulary and reading skills ◆ a glossary for technical phrases and terms in the back of the book

■The travel version of the Toeic test series ■Comprehensive TOEIC test teaching materials ■Combination of Listening and Reading activities ■Students encounter scenes which they may actually face while traveling abroad

■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.

Good Point! is an academic speaking and listening course that engages students in extensive practice with basic interaction strategies commonly used in English for General Academic Purposes (EGAP). Specifically designed for English learners in the beginning- to low-intermediate proficiency range, Good Point! provides students with a foundation in these skills for speaking and listening in academic contexts: Forming clear questions (comprehension, clarification and follow-up questions)Responding confidently to questions (actively engaging with peers) Presenting information clearly(developing awareness of presentation and discussion dynamics) Listening actively through note taking (intensive listening) Engaging in discussion (from guided dialogues to small-group discussion) Features: ■introduces beginning students of English

■Covers a wide range of topics including contents structure, research, draft writing and the actual presentation using computer software. ■Attain the skills necessary for an academic English presentation through activities and comprehensive explanations.

DUAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT (LISTENING and READING) ■Covers topics in the filed of natural science and humanities in a well balanced manner. ■Appropriate for expanding basic English skills for students in preparation to enter this special field. ■Special structure in which English can be equally approached from listening and reading. ■Effectively prepare for the problems in the TOETL iBT exam.

■Revised edition which allows students to acquire　essential skills to write natural paragraphs and academic research papers in English. ■Maintains the user friendly format of the original edition, new topics/themes have been added together with new tasks. ■More focus on academic skills and training of these.

■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.

■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.