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English Language Teaching and Learning in
Japan
Most books on this
page are sold by imcbook.
IMC is located in Tokyo.
Most are also available from Amazon or other sources. Prices quoted
are in
US$ or Japanese Yen unless otherwise indicated. Prices do not include
any
applicable tax or shipping charges. Discount available for orders of 10
or more copies of one title. If the ISBN link produces no result, the
book may be easily available only in Japan. Also see business/communication,
non-fiction.
novels,
stories,
poetry
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At Your Desk
- James
Blackwell, Sean Chidlow, Patricia Hara
Yen 3,000, 214pp+CD, paperback, A4, 4-939125-00-9
(Currently not
available at Amazon but is available from us at IMC. May be seen at our
office. Bulk orders accepted.)
This textbook is designed for the needs of the Japanese international
working community who must use English at their desks. Students with
TOEIC scores between 400 - 700 will benefit most from the text. The
text is made up of 5 units; each unit contains five international
business situations: Meetings, Presentations, Telephone, E-mail, Small
Talk. This is a very useful and practical book for use in teaching
English in business situations.
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Getting Both
Feet Wet: Experiences inside the JET
Program - David Chandler & David Kootnikoff /
editors
Yen 2,000, 202pp, paperback, A5, 4-900178-20-9
Presents a balanced view of one of the world's largest and most
successful cultural exchange, work, and teaching programs. Successful
former JETs look back and tell about their experiences. Japanese
teachers write about their success and failure in working with JETs.
The Program has made a tremendous impact on the teaching of English in
Japanese public schools, on international cultural contacts at the
local government level, on thousands of communities that had previously
never have had to interact with a resident gaijin, and most of all on
Japanese youth who will be better prepared than their elders when it
comes to international and intercultural contacts. But, rose colored
glasses are not appropriate. [link]
This is an important read for any person applying to become a JET, or
for anyone planning to teach or work with Japanese. Japanese edition
will be found if you use the Amazon.co.jp box to search for "ISBN
4491018588".
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I Wouldn't Want
Anybody to Know: Native English Teaching in Japan -
Eva P. Bueno & Terry Caesar, editors. Preface by David Galef. Yen
2,500, 252pp, paperback, A5, 4-900178-21-7
This collection of essays aims to provide a human
face to the teaching of English in Japan by foreigners. Not all of them
are critical of what they do. And yet any reader will soon understand
why several of the authors adopted pseudonyms in order to
write about their experience. There is a vast
silence about teaching English in Japan which can only be broken at the
risk of losing one's job. Native teaching begins with this fact. But
writing about it need not end there, as this collection of candid,
personal, reflective essays demonstrates. Old hands will recognize
typical characters and chuckle. Newcomers will enjoy the read and be
foreworned.
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Lori Goods at Najima High
- Patricia Hara
Yen 3,333, 254pp, paperback, A4, 4-939125-01-7
(Currently not
available at Amazon but is available from us at IMC. May be seen at our
office. Bulk orders accepted.)
The perfect text for use by a non-Japanese teacher teaching practical
English at a Japanese high school. There are twenty-eight chapters in
the Lori Goods story. Each chapter begins with a listen only page.
Students put down their pencils, focus on the picture and listen to the
corresponding CD track. The pictures and CD tracks tell the story. The
listen only pages are followed by a variety of exercises. The exercises
deepen the student's understanding of the story and improve oral
communications. The exercises range from pair work, group work and
listening practice to class discussions and opinion giving. Clear
instructions precede and follow each exercise and direct classroom
activity.
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MacArthur: General Douglas
MacArthur & The Occupation That Changed Japan - Bert McBean
Yen 2,400, 102pp + 2 CDs, paperback, 181x257mm, 4-88757-093-7
This first-ever textbook on Douglas Macarthur -- written for Japanese
university students who are studying English -- focuses on those
aspects of General MacArthur's career which relate to Japan. Students
learn how he contributed greatly to the development of a free,
democratic and prosperous Japan through the reforms introduced while he
was Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers during the Occupation.
(bi-lingual) [link] // Especially appropriate book in these days of
increased regional political tensions
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Vicious
Vocabulary - Professor Snurd
Yen 2,000, 325pp, paperback, 152x228mm, 0-9722001-0-X
(Currently not
available at Amazon but is available from us at IMC. May be seen at our
office. Bulk orders accepted.) (Another version of this
book will be found
here 0375720413.)
Teaching vocabulary can be hell for both teacher
and student. Boring. Fancy words with little relevance to real life.
Pair words together and they take on life. Use the difficult word in an
insult and it will be remembered ... everyone wants to be good at the
art of insulting and countering insults. Professor Snurd (Phil
Eisenhower) has chosen words that students are likely to need to know
for their SAT and GRE examinations. The result is a lively book that
can be used at high school level and above, a book that will grab the
interest of student and teacher while enriching the vocabulary and
preparing them for tests.
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All
books on this page may be
ordered from http://imcbook.net. Most
are also available from Amazon.co.jp, or from Amazon.com. You may also
order through major retailers in Japan.
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