Encounters Book 1

ISBN
Standard Edition 4-523-17379-6
English Edition 4-523-17405-9
Teacher's Edition 4-523-17385-0

Conversation and grammar coursebook for false-beginner to low-intermediate students. Focuses on conversations students can use with teachers or exchange students around campus.
３つのユニットに分けて、国内の学校で使える設定が提供されています。自己紹介と外国人の留学生や先生と話す設定、授業についての問題を解決する設定、それから、過去の話し（週末など）をする設定で、この教科書は英会話の根本のコツを丁寧に教えます。英語版も日本語版もあります（日本語版では、会話のコツの説明などは、日本で書いています）。


Maria Shiguemi Ichiyama
Michael Critchley
Reza Fiyouzat
Yuka Iijima
Teri Suzuki

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Unit 1: I Don't Think We've Met

Students learn to speak appropriately when meeting somebody for the first time. The focus of this unit is on developing topics during small talk. This unit goes beyond formulaic greetings, and looks at how to start, continue and end a first meeting successfully and appropriately.

Unit Objective and Unit Content
Conversation Stages
･ Greeting and introductions
･ Small talk and development of appropriate topics
･ Ending conversations appropriately
Model Conversation
Grammar Focus
Present tense statements and question forms
Pronunciation
The sounds of /l/ and /r/
Listening
Role Plays
Self-assessment page



Unit 2: Do You Have a Minute?

Students learn to discuss classroom problems with a teacher in English. Students practice self identification, stating and resolving problems. They also learn how to deal with problems including absences or missed exams due to late trains, traffic jams, colds and so on.

Unit Objective and Unit Content
Conversation Stages
･ Self identification
･ Stating and resolving problems
･ Polite conversation endings
Model Conversation
Grammar Focus
Present continuous tense / Past tense
Pronunciation
The sounds of /s/ and /sh/
Listening
Role Plays
Self-assessment page

Unit 3: How Was Your Weekend?

Students learn to talk about what they did on the weekend. They give simple opinions and summaries of the weekend, and practice topic development as they sequentially recount details and past events.

Unit Objective and Unit Content
Conversation Stages
･ Casual greetings
･ Giving opinions and summaries about the weekend
･ Giving details about the weekend using time markers
Model Conversation
Grammar Focus
Past tense and idiom / vocabulary development
Pronunciation
The sounds of /v/ and /b/
Listening
Role Plays
Self-assessment page