“Erin’s Challenge! I Can Speak Japanese DVD course” “Erin ga Chosen! Nihongo Dekimasu” Vol. 1: DVD (186 minutes) + textbook (224 pages) $59.95 per set Vol. 2: DVD (180 minutes) + textbook (200 pages) $59.95 per set Vol. 3: DVD (230 minutes) + textbook (240 pages)

$59.95 per set Each DVD contains skits aimed at mid to senior Secondary School, featuring young Japanese students. Produced by the Japan Foundation, Urawa and NHK Japan. Each segment focuses on a different grammatical structure. View and print Erin ga Chosen brochure, in Downloads - Japanese section of our website form detailed information on each segment. DVDs are Region Free, plays on Australian DVDs if purchased through Intext Book Company or Language International Bookshop. Individual lessons contain the following: Basic skit Mini-dramas with live action video

Explanation and exercise of key phrases in basic skit

Explanation and exercise with animation characters

What’s this? Mini-quiz on various Japanese objects

Advanced skit Mini-drama based on natural conversation among Japanese people

Let’s see/ Let’s try Section where people see and experience a Japanese object/activity

Japanese around the world Report on an individual abroad who studies Japanese or uses Japanese at work

Senior high school students in Japan Interviews of senior high school students in different cities in Japan ■Drama-style skits Skits (basic and advanced) feature young actors and actresses, and are structured in a drama format so that Japanese-language learners can enjoy watching and studying. The basic skits center on the routine life of Erin (Ellie), an exchange student, and her classmates, Saki (Kana Kurashina) and Megumi (Meguru Ishii). After each lesson’s skit, the things Erin can do in Japanese increase one by one. The story of the advanced skits focuses on the relationships among Saki, Megumi and their friends, Kenta (Jutta Yuki) and Kaoru (Hideo Ishiguro). The advanced skits feature more natural conversation among Japanese people.

“A growing number of young people are studying Japanese language because they are attracted to Japan’s “cool” culture. For these young people, The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa, has developed the series “Erin’s Challenge! I Can Speak Japanese.” The program features mini-dramas by up-and-coming actors together with clear and fun explanations by animation characters. In addition to language study, the program is designed to help learners develop an attitude conducive to cultural understanding.“

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■Anchored and explained by animation charactersJapanese animations and comics enjoy worldwide popularity and are one of the reasons target learners are motivated to study Japanese. This material uses computer-generated animation characters to explain key phrases in skits and introduce individual sections. “Honigon” is the teacher, While the animated person of Erin learns Japanese from Honigon, and the data robot “N21-J”.

■Friends and advanced learners around the world encourage study of Japanese In addition to video images of Japan, this material also introduces interviews with Japanese-language learners around the world and people who use Japanese in their work. It is hoped that showing video taken in over 10 different countries will encourage learners to study and set new goals.