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Lesson Plans and Ideas

This section describes some possible targets and lessons for use with English classes. A basic lesson guide and samples are also included.

レッスンプラン・アイディア

このセクションには、英語授業のレッスンプラン・アイディア・授業サンプルなどがあります。

 

 

Elementary School Textbooks

Current Textbooks
  • Let’s Try 1 (3rd Grade)
  • Let’s Try 2 (4th Grade)
  • We Can 1 (5th Grade)
  • We Can 2 (6th Grade)
  • Hi, Friends Plus
Previous Textbooks
  • Hi, Friends (updated into We Can)
  • Eigo Note (updated into Hi, Friends)

Click on each of the links above to find guides and ideas for each book.

There are quite a few discussion points regarding the new textbooks.

  • Because the latest textbooks are much more difficult (and new), the previous Hi, Friends textbooks are included inside the We Can textbooks. Effectively, both are being distributed to all elementary schools in Japan.
  • The latest textbooks are very video intensive. Whereas the previous books had CDs for schools that did not have enough classroom technology, the newest textbooks rely explicitly on videos. These videos are much higher in quality than those for previous books.
  • The latest textbooks are much more reading and listening focused and less activity focused.
  • The latest digital classroom materials (the videos) are PC-only and are difficult to extract for non-PC use.
  • The latest digital materials include a font for English for PCs that has a widened mid-section that may confuse students who are used to the normal evenly-spaced 4-line Japanese English writing format.
  • There do not seem to be any flashcards or CDs that are coming with the latest textbooks, although teacher’s manuals have QR codes linked to videos on YouTube.

Junior High School

  • New Horizon
  • New Crown
  • Sunshine

Click on each of the links above to find guides and ideas for each book.

Read more about the textbooks at AccesJ.

Established nearly 50 years ago, New Horizon is widely recognized in Japan as the authoritative junior high English text, and it has long held its place as the most widely used. It currently dominates the market with more than a 40% share.

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