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Resources for GCSE Japanese
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does not constitute a recommendation, nor does the list claim to be comprehensive. Titles with a book mark  areavailable for members of the Japan Foundation London Book Loan Service to loan. For GCSE specifications, pleasecheck the Pearson website: http://qualifications.pearson.com Last updated: March 2019
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Course Books
iiTomo 1, 2, 3 & 4
ISBN: 9781442509757 (1), 9781442509757 (2),9781442536647(3 & 4)
Author(s): Yoshie Burrows, et al
Publisher: Pearson Australia, 2010 – 2011
Supplementary material available at
http://www.pearson.com.au/educator/secondary/browseresources-online/resources-for-languages/japanese/iitomo/

Nihongo Kantan [2nd edition] ISBN: 0954867777  9256
Author(s): Ursula Zimmermann
Publisher: The Department of Education and Skills, 2011

Mirai Stage 1, 2, 3 & 4  5083 etc.
ISBN: 0733904254 (1), 0733909299 (2), 0733923372 (3 & 4)
Author(s): Meg Evans (1, 2, 3 & 4), Yoko Masano (1, 2, 3 & 4),
Setsuko Taniguchi (1, 2), Miwa Moriwaki (2, 3 & 4)
Publisher: Pearson Education Australia, 1999 – 2001

Tsumiki 1 & 2
ISBN: 017010267X (1), 017010642X (2)  7072, 8055
Author(s): Margaret Lee
Publisher: Thomson Nelson Learning, 2002-2003

Obento Deluxe ISBN: 0170120031  10319 etc.
Author(s): Peter Williams, Sue Xouris, Kyoko Kusumoto
Publisher: Thomson Nelson, 2004
Supplementary material available at http://www.obento.com.au
Obento Supreme ISBN: 9780170129640  10333 etc.
Author(s): Ayako Fukunaga, Kyoko Kusumoto, Jean Swinyard,
Jacqueline Brown, Anne Fisher
Publisher: Thomson Nelson, 2006
Supplementary material available at http://www.obento.com.au

Japanese for Young People ISBN: 477002178X (1), 4770023324(2), 4770024959 (3)  4022 etc.
Author(s): Association for Japanese-Language Teaching
Publisher: Kodansha International, 1998 - 2001

ドラえもんのどこでも日本語
ISBN: 9784095101347  5143
Author(s): 當作靖彦, 他
Publisher: 小学館, 2009
Supplementary materials available at
http://dokodemo.shogakukan.co.jp/

Skill Based Activities
Japanese in Modules 1 & 2
ISBN: 4872342305 (1), 4872342887 (2)  3009, 711
Skills: Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing
Book&Tape: Tsuyako Coveney et al
Publisher: ALC Press, 1993
Tanoshiku Hanasou  8000
Skills: Speaking
Book: Bunka Institute of Language Publisher: Bonjinsha, 1995

Tanoshiku Yomou 1  6377
Skills: Reading
Book&Tape: Bunka Institute of Language
Publisher: Bonjinsha, 1996
KCよむよむ
Authors: 国際交流基金関西国際センター
http://jfkc.jp/clip/yomyom

Tanoshiku Kikou 1  2256
Skills: Listening
Book&Tape: Bunka Institute of Language
Publisher: Bonjinsha, 2004

E to Tasuku de Manabu Nihongo  3165
ISBN: 4893586122
Skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Book&Tape: Ryoko Murano et al
Publisher: Bonjinsha, 2006

Japanese Graded Readers Level 0 & 1 (vol.1,2,3)  8204 etc.
Skills: Reading
Publisher: Ask Publishing, 2008. Further information is available
at http://www.ask-books.com/tadoku/en/

Kana can be easy ISBN: 4789005178  9735
Skills: Reading, Writing
Book: Kunihiko Ogawa Publisher: The Japan Times, 1990

Resources for GCSE Japanese (cont. from overleaf)
Video / DVD Materials
Erin ga Chousen! Nihongo Dekimasu: DVD de Manabu Nihongo Vol.1-3
ISBN: 9784893586247 (1), 9784893586254 (2),9784893586261 (3)  5978, 7501, 7523
Publisher: Bonjinsha, 2007

Games and Activities
Bits and Pieces ISBN: 4770020295  1544
Author(s): Japanese Council of Intl. Schools
Publisher: Kodansha International, 1997
80 Communication Games for Japanese Language Teachers
ISBN: 9784789072669  8902
Author(s): CAG Teaching Materials Development Group
Publisher: The Japan Times, 2010

Jidou･Seito no Tameno Nihongo Waiwai Katsudoushuu
ISBN: 4883193578  9515
Author(s): Kokusai Kouryuu Kikin Nihongo Kokusai Centre
Publisher: 3A Network, 2005
Suguni tsukaeru “Realia・Namakyouzai” collection CD-ROM Book
ISBN: 9784883194612  7766
Author(s): Kokusai Kouryuu Kikin
Publisher: 3A Network, 2008

Kanji
Basic Kanji Book Volume 1 ISBN: 4893580914  1935
Author: Chieko Kano et al
Publisher: Bonjinsha, 1990
The Key to Kanji: a visual history of 1100 Characters
ISBN: 9780887277368  8366Author: Noriko Kurosawa Williams
Publisher: Cheng & Tsui, 2010

Kanji Look and Learn: Genki Plus
ISBN: 9784789013499  8195, 8196
Author(s): Eri Banno, Yoko Ikeda, Chikako Shinagawa, Kaori Tajimaet al.
Publisher: The Japan Times, 2009

Online resources
Erin’s Challenge! I Can Speak Japanese http://erin.ne.jp
A free Japanese language learning website which beginners can use to enjoy learning Japanese. Features video, audio and games.
Created by the Japan Foundation.
"I Can Write In Japanese" KS4 Revision Materials (downloadable from www.jpf.org.uk/language/teaching_resources.php#gcse)
I Can Write in Japanese has been developed by the UK team of the J-GAP project. Taking the theme of "expressing one's self," I Can
Write In Japanese is a workbook that aims to enable students to use the grammar and sentence structures learned at KS4 correctly inthe appropriate context. As tasks range progress from low to high level in stages, students of varying ability can use this resource inorder to learn how to express themselves in Japanese. As it includes actual questions from the Japanese GCSE, it can also be used tohelp students prepare for the GCSE.
力 CHIKARA Japanese Teaching Resources for Secondary Schools http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/teaching_chikara.php
CHIKARA is a comprehensive set of teaching resources to support the GCSE curriculum. The resources are designed for students tolearn the structure of Japanese language and to practise the language learnt in a communicative setting.
Rajakumar Sensei's Japanese Page http://japanese4schools.co.uk/
This website features the GCSE Japanese workbooks created by Anne Rajakumar, the Head of Japanese at Hockerill Anglo-European
College. These workbooks cover the GCSE syllabus and form a beginner's course which takes between two and four years to teach.
The workbooks come in a multimedia version which can be used by students to link to the accompanying video tutorials, and a pdf
version, which can be downloaded, printed and used by students to write in.

For more information and guidance about Japanese language resources, please contact:
Japan Foundation London 101-111 Kensington High Street, London. W8 5SA
Tel: 020 7492 6570 Web: www.jpf.org.uk/language
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