READY for Learning World 2nd Edition Launched 3/1/2021.
READY for Learning World textbooks and student CDs switched to the ‘2nd Edition’ from 1 March 2021.
Release date: Textbook 3/1/2021 – Student CDs 3/8/2021 -.
*The WORKBOOK, the instruction manual with CD, the color teaching book, and the Vocabulary CD-ROM remain unchanged.
*Student CD application: if you are using the 1st Edition, the content will switch to the 2nd Edition when you ‘update’.
◆Student Book
| the current Edition (1st Edition) | 2nd Edition |
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Click to enlarge. Second Edition text, School Life text added |
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| ISBN 978-4-905737-56-8 |
ISBN 978-4-89991–427-3 |
| List price ￥1,500+tax |
List price ￥1,700+tax |
◆Student CD *CD tracks from 72 to 96. Songs, karaoke, etc. added.
| the current Edition
(1st Edition) |
2nd Edition |
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| ISBN 978-4-905737-012-1 |
ISBN 978-4-89991-428-0 |
| List price ￥1,000+tax |
List price ￥1,100+tax |
◆About the text change points
As there are no longer any children in Japan who are eligible for the previous ‘upper primary school beginner’ category.
★To be used from 2 to 4 years after starting English as a toddler, and
★To be used after Learning World Book 1, or
★The target group is children who attend an English school for the first time in the third grade of primary school.
The book has been slightly raised in terms of its reach, and minor changes have been made to the paper, with the introduction of letters and a little phonics learning added, while maintaining the fun factor.
The text body has been increased by eight pages.
・The abcd Alphabet Song, upper and lower case alphabet, is now included as a front endpaper.
The layout of the text, including the table of contents, has been aligned with Book 1, Book 2, and Book 3.
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pp.2-3 Achievement targets (I’ll try my best to do this much) more tasks.
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p.9 Four lines have been added to the Self-Expression page of Myself.
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Unit 3: p.20 I added two choruses of the lyrics to This is my friend. The audio of the Global Education page at the end of each Unit has been added to the student CD, with its CD track #. Self-expression columns about themselves were made easier to write in English.
Unit 4 Changed some of the wall surfaces in the scene picture to be more realistic. Changed the chalk letters on the blackboard for the capital letter G.
