Sample Pages Scanned from Many Things

An English Conversation Textbook for Japanese Studying English
By Charles I. Kelly & Lawrence E. Kelly

About the Textbook

This textbook is only distributed in Japan.

This page is for teachers teaching in Japan who are considering adopting this textbook for their classes. Seeing one sample page from each section will give you a good idea whether this book will suit your needs.

The A-4 sized, 288 page, Many Things textbook/workbook is made up of many mini-lessons, which the teacher can use to put together interesting and effective lessons for almost any teaching situation. There is more than enough material to fully utilize the 30 ninety-minute class meetings of a Japanese university's school year. It can also easily be used for private classes and company classes.

A "Rough-Scanned" Sample Page from Each Section

The scanned images are very rough, but they are small and should download quickly. All files are about 10Kb. The original pages are A4 size (typing paper size).

Table of Contents - Page 1 (Pages 1 - 112)
Table of Contents - Page 2 (Pages 113 - 196)
Table of Contents - Page 3 (Pages 197 - 288)
For a typical lesson, a teacher would choose between 5 to 8 "mini-lessons" each from a different section.
Pronunciation (Focusing on problems Japanese have.)
About Language - Part 1 (Conversation Techniques)
About Language - Part 2 (Location, Duraction, Frequency, ...)
Dialog Practice (Further practice for the About Language section.)
Pair Practice (One a Week)
Pair Activities - Style 1 (Alternating Questions)
Pair Activities - Style 2 (Information Gap Exercises)
Dialog Improvisation (A Lesson a Week for 1st Semester)
Listening & Improvisation (One a Week for 2nd Semester)
Everyday Dialogs - Style 1 (6 Lessons) No Grammar Changes Needed
Everyday Dialogs - Style 2 (6 Lessons) Grammar Changes Needed
Topics (7 Lessons - for 1/2 a semester)
Writing (6 Lessons or 12 depending on how you teach.)
Questions (11 Lessons - One Semester.)
Vocabulary Practice (11 pages with 3 activities each)
Grammar Practice (11 pages with 4 activities each)
Pair Practice (23 Lessons, pages for 2 partners)
Travel Survival (6 Lessons - One Quarter)
Talking (24 Lessons)
Discussion Pictures (10 Lessons - 2-page spread)
Games & Activities (Fun Supplementary Things)
Getting Personal (7 Lessons)
Spelling Dictionary (Easy-to-Use Reference for Students)
See a One Possible Syllabus.

A scanning of the back cover of Many Things.
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An Additional Benefit of Using this Textbook

Though the focus of this book is conversation and talking, almost every page can be used with "less enthusiatic" students who don't like to talk. Many times by allowing students to write, they become more comfortable with talking.

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