“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
Explanation and exercise with animation characters
basic skit
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
Report on an individual abroad who studies Japanese or uses
Japanese around the world
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.
■Anchored and explained by animation characters
Japanese 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.

“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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