Preface
In recent years, online videos have become an integral part of daily life for many
university students. Within this context, it is becoming increasingly vital that such media beused in education to excite student interest in various global topics and events, as well as tofurther facilitate the development of comprehension and communication skills. The threebooks in this series aim to provide students with next-generation texts that utilize authentic
videos to integrate and enhance the four skills of English, thereby honing students’ skills inboth organizing and transmitting information in English.
The INTEGRITY series consists of three books, organized according to proficiency level
as measured by TOEIC® Test: the Beginner Level is designed for the TOEIC 300–400 range,
the Intermediate Level for TOEIC 400–500, and the Advanced Level for TOEIC 500–600.
As this series utilizes videos to promote deeper learning, special emphasis was placed on
the selection of the videos. Across the series, several common topics were covered, including
social media, AI and modern life, environmental issues, human rights issues, urban issues,gender, and life and mental health, all of which are sure to stimulate the intellectual curiosityof university students.
In addition, the series adopts a “deep-dive” approach in which each topic is carefully
examined in increasing depth and from multiple perspectives. This is achieved throughfour phases: “Motivating Students to Learn,” “Comprehension & Deeper Understanding,”“Internalization & Integration,” and “Output.” The series is designed to first spark interestin each topic and facilitate relatively effortless content comprehension. By having students
experience various topics through English, the texts provide knowledge and simultaneously
facilitate critical thinking, thus vitalizing students’ learning and thinking processes throughboth tasks and the materials themselves. At the end of each unit, students are given an
opportunity to express their thoughts and opinions on the topic in English.
The writing and editing team hopes that this series will equip students with the wellbalanced command of English necessary to thrive in future society.
Finally, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to the editorial team at Kinseido
for their efforts in making this series possible.
Early Winter 2022
Osamu Takeuchi (Series Supervisor)
Akihiko Sasaki
Daisuke Kawamitsu
Mizuki Moriyasu

3Unit Structure

Through the following four phases, students will be able
to study a single topic from multiple perspectives anddeepen their knowledge and understanding of that topic.

PHASE 1

Motivating Students to Learn

1. Getting into the TopicThis section is designed to activate background knowledge surrounding the topic
covered in the unit. It includes fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice questions based on
visual information. The information in this section is used to assist the video viewing inthe subsequent section.

2. 1st Viewing
In this section, students view a video produced by the Guardian—one of the world’s
leading media outlets—and answer multiple-choice questions. The videos are edited tobe approximately 1.5 to 2 minutes in length.
Note: the aim is to use both visual and auditory input to understand the main ideas andkey information of the video, not to pick up every detail.

PHASE 2Comprehension & Deeper Understanding

1. VocabularyStudents learn key vocabulary that appears in the subsequent Reading section in amatching task. Definitions are written in simple English.
The following dictionaries were referenced for the English definitions:
Oxford Learner’s Dictionary / Cambridge Dictionary / Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English /Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary / Collins Online Dictionary

2. Reading
Students read a passage of approximately 250 words written in plain English. As the text
includes background information and simplified explanations of the video clip viewed inPhase 1, students gain a deeper understanding of the topic.

3. Summary
Students read and fill in the blanks in a short summary of the reading passage aimed toallow students to confirm their understanding of the main points.

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PHASE 3Internalization & Integration

2nd Viewing
The video from Phase 1 is shown again and students answer multiple-choice questions
that require more detailed information. Students should try to make connections withwhat has been learned so far. Students are sure to notice that their understanding of thevideo is much deeper than in the 1st Viewing.

PHASE 4

OutputOutput Task
Once students are able to “own” their new knowledge, they can move on to output. After
responding to personal questions related to the topic, students engage in tasks such as
sharing their responses with a partner or drafting a presentation about the topic. In thefinal presentation step, the checklist provided should be used as a reference for how topresent while keeping the listener in mind.

All videos have been produced by the Guardian.
The Guardian, which began as a weekly paper called the Manchester Guardianin 1821, is now one of the UK’s most popular daily newspapers. It is mostrecognized for its investigative journalism and coverage of various socialissues. In addition, its vast foreign correspondence allows it to provide stories
not only domestically from the UK, but also from locations across the globe.
The Guardian Media Group is like the Robin Hood of journalism, devoted tointegrity and “giving a voice to the powerless and holding power to account.”5BeginnerContents
UNIT 1
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Life with Animals / Australia

TIME 2:36

Journalism / Job

TIME 2:07

Poverty / British Society

TIME 2:03

Universal Credit:
Helping or Hurting the Poor?

UNIT 745

TIME 3:30

How to Become a Good Journalist

UNIT 639

Japanese Culture / Food

Naughty but Lovely:
Australia’s Cockatoos

UNIT 533

TIME 1:02

A DIY-Sushi Party with Friends

UNIT 427

Climate Change / Humor

Our Future Under Water?

UNIT 321

TIME 1:34

Unique Travel Experiences

UNIT 215

Travel / Asia

Clean Energy

Cooling is Heating?

TIME 1:31

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Lifestyle / Home

TIME 2:07

Women’s Rights / Childbirth

TIME 1:03

Human Rights / Race

TIME 1:40

Struggles to Gain the Right to Vote

UNIT 1487

TIME 1:57

Women Still Dying in Pregnancy

UNIT 1381

Climate Change / Social Movement

The Changing Meaning of “Home”

UNIT 1275

TIME 2:20

Climate Protesters Going to Prison

UNIT 1169

Recycling / New York City

Finding Treasures in the Trash

UNIT 1063

TIME 1:55

Fashion’s Resale Revolution

UNIT 957

Fashion / Social Media

Lifestyle / After Retirement

TIME 2:35

Feeling Alive Throughout Life

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Vocabulary List7

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Beginner

Unique Travel Experiences
Do you like travelingabroad? If so, why?
Is it because you liketo eat ethnic food, or
because you like to learn
about other countries’
cultures? There are a lotof ways you can enjoy
traveling abroad.

PHASE 1
1Getting into the Topic

Read the information about two unique, unusual places to stay in Asia and fillin the blanks with the appropriate words from below.

Hotel Gracery (Tokyo, Japan)
Stay in the special Godzilla-1()

Room! A huge sculpture of Godzilla’s hand on thewall makes you 2() like he’s justbehind of you.

Sook Station (Bangkok,Thailand)
Want to experience 3() in prison?

Here, everything is prison-1()—fromthe black-and-white clothes, to the 4()on the window and the bunk bed!

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1st Viewing

Watch the video and choose the best answers to the following questions.
1. Who is this person?
a. A criminal

b. A journalist
c. A prisoner

2. Where is this?
a. A hostel

b. A prisonc. A restaurant

PHASE 2
1Vocabulary

Match the words with their definitions.

1. correspondent

2. hostel

3. outskirts

4. bunk bed

5. detain

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to make someone officially stay or live in
one placeb.

a place where people, especially young
people, can stay at low prices when they
are travelingc.

the outer parts of a town or cityd.

a person who works for a newspaper,
television station, etc., to report on aparticular subject from another countrye.

one of two beds connected together, one
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Read the following passage.

CD 02

DL 02

Experiencing Prison Life
When traveling, what kind of place do you want to stay at? A luxury hotel withan ocean view? A business hotel with all the latest equipment? These are definitely
popular choices. Recently, however, more tourists have started to choose something
more interesting and unusual.
5Oliver Holmes, the Southeast Asia correspondent for the Guardian, reports
about such a place in Thailand. “… This isn’t a story about press freedom. I’m in aprison, but it’s a prison you pay for,” he says as he reports from Sook Station, which isa prison-themed hostel on the outskirts of Bangkok.
When guests check in to this unusual hostel, they are given a black-and-white

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uniform instead of pajamas. “I’m gonna go [and] put these on. ... [They’re] quite thick.
It’s thirty degrees outside in the tropical weather. But they’ll do,” Holmes reports.
Every corner of this hostel has the prison theme. In the guest rooms, for example,
there are steel bar sliding doors and bars on the windows just like a real prison. “[It]blacks out completely,” Holmes says as he raised the blind on the window. There are15

also bunk beds and pillows with covers in the black-and-white prison theme.
Of course, the hostel provides comforts such as air conditioning and Wi-Fi in
the rooms as well. However, other than that, the entire hostel feels like a real prison.
Holmes enjoys his unusual stay, but there is one thing he is a little worried about: hemight wake up in the middle of the night and feel like he’s really been detained. He20

may yell, “Let me out!”(268 words)

Notesℓ5 the Guardian: a leading newspaper company in the UKℓ6 press freedom: the right of the media to publish news or opinions without being controlled by
the governmentℓ8 Bangkok: the capital city of Thailand

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Summary

DL 03

CD 03

Fill in the blanks and complete the summary of the reading.
Oliver Holmes, a correspondent for the Guardian, reports on his stay at “a prison(h)” on the ( ohostels, it provides ( b) of Bangkok. Like other regular) beds, pillows, and Wi-Fi. However, theclothes provided are in the black-and-white prison theme, and steel bar sliding
doors and ( bare really ( d) on the windows make the guests feel like they) in a prison.

PHASE 3
2nd Viewing
Watch the video again and choose the best answers to the following
questions.
1. How much do you have to pay for this prison hostel?
a. A lot of money
b. Nothingc. Oliver doesn’t mention the price.
2. How does Oliver like the thick prison clothes?
a. It’s very hot outside, so he doesn’t want to wear the clothes.

b. He thinks that the clothes will work although it’s hot outside.

c. He doesn’t say anything about the clothes.

3. Oliver says, “I’m a little bit worried that I’m gonna wake up in the night.” What is heworried will happen?
a. The beds and pillows will not be very comfortable.
b. The hostel will shut off the Wi-Fi.

c. He will think he is in a real prison.
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PHASE 4
Output Task (Writing / Speaking)
Step 1

Answer the following questions.

a. Pretend you are the correspondent for a newspaper and want to report on a place fortravelers to stay. What place would you recommend? What kind of place is it?
e.g., I would recommend a Japanese ryokan in (place).

b. Explain why you would recommend that place.
e.g., If you stay at a ryokan, you can experience real Japanese culture—you can wear a yukata, a casualkimono, and enjoy bathing in a spacious communal bath.

c. Add another appealing point about that place.
e.g., Also, ryokan stays usually include delicious meals featuring seasonal local specialties.

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Step 2

Put your answers from Step 1 a–c into a report on the place that you
would recommend someone to stay.

a. Hello. I’m(Your name)here in Japan. I’m at, the East Asia correspondent for the Sakura Times. I’mlocated ina ryokan

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Kyoto

I’m gonna tell you about it.

b. If you stay ata ryokan,

you can experience real Japanese culture—you can.

wear a yukata, a casual kimono, and enjoy bathing in a spacious communal bathc. Also,

So if you’re planning a trip to Japan, be sure to check out

Step 3.

ryokan stays usually includes delicious meals featuring seasonal local specialties!

Japanese ryokan

Practice the report that you made in Step 2. Then, present the reportto the class.

e Presentation

Checklist for th

Use this checklist to evaluate one of your classmate’s presentations.
Good

1.

The speaker speaks clearly.

2. The speaker speaks in correctsentence forms.

3. The speaker gives clear reasons for

his/her recommendation.

4. The speaker makes eye contact withthe audience.

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