WELCOME YELLOW Student Book with QR (2nd) released on April 14, 2022-.
We have added a fun “notice” to the pictures in the text to make children look at the pictures and want to speak. In addition, we have made mini-revisions to make it easier for parents to understand what their children are learning.
【Main revisions】
- Add a word column under the scene picture *Not intended for spelling memorization
- Audio numbers printed on songs, chants, and dialogues
- Added “small story” pictures to interact with children in English
- A words section was added at the end of the book to visualize vocabulary *No word test
- Added pictures of characters from related “Kids’ English Picture Books” to the scenes.
- The CD for students has been removed and the audio has been changed to read from the QR.
- Unit 10B has changed. 10B instructional content can be found here.
＊Student Book with QR (2nd Ed.) was released on 4/14/2022.
| the current edition (1st Ed.) | Student Book with QR code (2nd Ed.) |
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| A ” Logo with QR ” will be placed on the bottom left corner of the cover.
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| ISBN: 978-4-905737-40-7 | ISBN: 978-4-89991-483-9 |
| Price: 1,870 yen (tax included) | List price: 2,200 yen (tax included) *No CD for student audio |
【♪About the new edition of the audio】 ・Words for each Unit, The Days of the Week and other audio will be added. ・Some audio previously only available on PICTURE CARDS YELLOW and Teacher’s CD will be added. ＊In Unit 10B, the songs change. The audio can be accessed at the URL at the beginning of the text and the entire text can be downloaded to your computer. |
The new edition does not include the student CD, which is sold separately.
| the current edition (1st Ed.) | Student Book with QR code (2nd Ed.) |
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| ISBN: 978-4-89991-007-7 | ― |
| Price: 1,100 yen ( tax included) | ― |
| 【Important Notice Regarding the ACTIVITY BOOK】
Regarding the ACTIVITY BOOK, we have decided to postpone the publication of the 2nd Edition. If you use the Student Book with QR [2nd Edition], please use the ACTIVITY BOOK that is currently on sale for the ACTIVITY BOOK. |
【Total amount of items for students】
In the new edition, the total price of items for students will be reduced by 770 yen (including tax).
| the current edition (1st Ed.) | Student Book with QR code (2nd Ed.) |
| 1 Student Book 1,870 yen (tax included)
2 Student CD 1,100 yen (tax included) |
1 Student Book 2,200 yen (tax included)
(2 Student CDs are not available) ★The audio is available in the following formats: “Import one book to your computer” and “Read the QR in the text”. ★The audio is available in the following formats: “Import one book to your computer 3 ACTIVITY BOOK (2nd) 660 yen (tax included) |
| ■Total of 3 items: 3,630 yen (tax included)
★Instead of CDs, “Student CD Application” |
■Total of 2 items: 2,860 yen (tax included) |
Changes to be made to the textbook
The song on the last page of the text body, Unit 10-B, has been changed.
End pages: additional Words column ( based on YELLOW CARDS).
Each paper will be easy to I Spy (mikke) and easy to interact with the children by looking at the pictures (some excerpts below. (The details and colors of the pictures may differ from those in the actual publication.)
Added the words balloon and a teddy bear to the picture in the children’s English book Vol.4 A Teddy Bear.
Added grey to the color of the balloons.
Add a variety of clothes from picture cards as well as t-shirts.
*Changed from “bathing suit” to “swimsuit”. (1st WORDS column)
Swimsuit pictures were changed from leisure to school swimsuit, and some of the clothes were changed to genderless.
(15 pictures of raincoat, shoes, sneakers, sweater are the same as the 1st edition. cap, shorts are green so that we can say they are the same color)
Click here for the picture data.
Please download the 16 jpg images of the 15 vocabulary pictures and the word “swimsuit” from the above link, and print them out in the same size as the original.
More animals added! Also printed with the words rabbit, dinosaur, tiger, and snake.
Add kookaburra, a frog from “Chants de Picture Book Open the Window”.
Added illustrations of a dog and a cat (next to the bench, between the slide and the jungle gym)
Items for teachers that have not changed as a result of this revision
・YELLOW KYOGU＋Dialogue Cards (Also available in revised form)
Teacher’s items with changes.
■PICTURE CARDS： There are no obstacles to teaching with the cards so far.
【partial change】28 additional cards. Some changes to clothing pictures（Replacing pictures of clothing with unisex ones from a gender perspective.）
➡➡28 additional cards are available on the web. （Click here）
The picture of clothing was partially changed (from a gender perspective, the picture of clothing was changed to one for both men and women).
The pictures of swimsuits were changed from leisure to school swimsuits, and from bathing suits to swimsuits. (The raincoat, shoes, sneakers, and sweater pictures are the same as in the 1st edition; the cap and shorts are now green so that they can be said to be the same color.
Please download the 16 jpg images of the 15 vocabulary pictures and the word “swimsuit” from the above link, and print them out in the same size as the original.
■Teacher’s CD： ISBN: 978-4-89991-487-7 ¥3,300 (tax included)
For those who already have a 1st Edition Teacher’s CD
If you already have a 1st Edition Teacher’s CD, you can use your existing CD, but please note that the track numbers are different from those in the text.
【Partial change】: The audio for Unit 10-B has changed.
Please download and use the audio that has been changed or added in the 2nd Edition.
back cover ♪Say Hello ♪Action Colors
Unit 10-B Song ♪Let’s go walking dialogue Listen to me… Words go walking…
End cover-page ♪The days of the week ♪Twelve Months ♪London Bridge ♪Humpty Dumpty
■Teacher’s Manual： There are no significant changes to the content of the guidance. （Except Unit 10B）
Some of the text paper within the instruction manual will change. Please be aware of this and the current edition can still be used for instruction.
Information on each item in the old edition
【For students】
・「Student Book(old version）」（1st Edition) 978-4-905737-40-7 ¥1,870（including tax）
・「Student CD（old version）」（1st Edition) 978-4-89991-007-7 ¥1,100（including tax）
・「ACTIVITY BOOK（old version）」（current version）978-4-905737-49-0 ¥660（including tax）
※For those who do not have a CD deck, there is also a Student CD App, which contains the same content as the Student CD. The app is purchased per device, please see the information at the end of the text (old edition). (500 yen including tax)
【For Teachers】
・Teacher’s Pack 978-489991-457-0 ¥14,850（including tax）
*Value pack of four instructional items. Save ¥2,750 including tax compared to purchasing them separately.
If you use the previous edition this year and then move to the revised edition next year, you do not need to purchase any new teacher items for the revised edition. Additional cards and instructional content will be available as downloads from the web.
１ PICTURE CARDS YELLOW 【2nd Edition】
Data for 28 additional picture cards (picture/text) (free DL here)
➡The 28 cards added as part of the revision will be printed on cardboard and sold exclusively through e-APRICOT. (Available at the end of April: front cover pictured/back cover/text).
■Teacher’s Manual： There are no significant changes to the content of instruction (except Unit 10B)
Some of the text pages in the instruction manual will change. Please note that the current edition can still be used for instruction.
Unit 10-B, where the content of instruction will be changed, will be available on the website.
【About the 2nd Edition instruction manual】
The launch is scheduled for the end of June.
Q&A
Q: Can I use my previous instruction manuals?
A: Available for use. The only change in content is in Unit 10-B on the last page.
（The contents of Unit 10-B and the teacher’s audio will be available on the website as soon as they are ready.）
A vocabulary column has been added to visualize “what vocabulary is used in this situation”, but there is no task to spell words in the Achievement Targets. As in the past, the emphasis is still on memorizing song chants.
Q: What if my brother or sister wants to use their text?
A: To avoid teaching difficulties, please ensure that editions are aligned within the class. Please inform parents/guardians of the re-purchase.
As the text is audio-centered throughout the year and the children will be looking closely at the pictures in the text, we ask that the editions are matched within the class.
Q: I understand that there is a high demand for QR codes, but I still want my students to have CDs.
A: As we value the ability to listen to the audio anywhere, anytime in this series, we have received many requests to discontinue the CDs and for QR codes, but we will continue to sell the Teacher CDs (Class CDs), both for Book 1 and WELCOME YELLOW. We have not yet decided on the sale of the ‘Student CDs’ for Book 1 and the new YELLOW, but we may consider selling them exclusively on e-APRICOT if necessary. (as of 15 April 2022)
Q: How long will the ‘Student CDs’ be available?
A: The current version of the Student CD is fully stocked for 2022. There will be no Student CDs available for the new edition with QR codes. If we determine that there is a high demand for Student CDs in the future, we will consider releasing them as an e-APRICOT exclusive product from 2023 (not yet determined at this time).
Q: If I want to listen to the audio in the car, do I have to ask parents to download the app?
A: We recommend downloading the Student CD App as it can be played continuously offline.
The app’s audio.
・Connect your smartphone to the car navigation system via Bluetooth and listen to it.
・Connect your smartphone to your car navigation system (car audio system) with a USB cable and play it back.
You can listen to music in your car in the following ways
It is also possible to download the audio in batches to an SD card, insert the SD card into the car navigation system slot and play it back.
※Please check whether your Android smartphone is compatible with a USB cable and whether your car navigation system is compatible with an SD card before using this function.
Q: You will need a mobile phone/tablet. Some families do not allow their children to use mobile phones. I think this is a very useful feature.
A: It is possible to import the audio in its entirety to a PC, so it can be imported into iTunes etc., and played back on the PC.
(It is also possible to burn the audio from the PC onto a CD-R in ‘audio CD’ format. In this case, two CDs will be required).
| 【About the Student CDs】
For a long time, we have been providing audio for students as “Student CDs” at a cost of about ¥1,000. 1. the point that they do not have a CD deck at home 2. the case is easy to break, 3. in terms of de-plasticisation 3. from the point of view of de-plasticisation, in addition to 4. the CDs limit the number of headings to 99 (a single CD cannot contain more than 100 voices), and the revised CDs will increase the voice content to more than 100 voices. We have taken the decision to eliminate the student CDs. We hope you understand the use of apps and QR codes! 。 |
YELLOW Line-up
| Product code | Product Name | ISBN Code | price including tax | |
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| NEW | 10161 | Student Book with QR【2nd】 ※1 |
978-4-89991-483-9 | 2,200 |
| In 2022 and 2023. No change | 10140 | ACTIVITY BOOK(1st & 2nd common) | 978-4-89991-49-0 | 660 |
| NEW | Teacher’s Manual【2nd】 | – | Not decided | |
| NEW | 10167 | Class CDs [2nd] 2-disc set.
Disc 1 is text-based, and Disc 2 is all karaoke. |
978-4-89991-487-7 | 3,300 |
| NEW | 10171 | PICTURE CARDS YELLOW【2nd】188cards, No CD | 978-4-89991-484-6 | 5,500 |
| No change | 62012 | YELLOW KYOGU+ Dialogue Cards |
978-4-89991-907-0 | 5,060 |
| Feb 2023 – The card is now 2nd |
10169 | Teacher’s Pack (1st)
Contents. 1 Instruction manual with CD |
978-4-89991-593-5 | 13,50 0 |
| Product code | Product Name | ISBN Code | price including tax | |
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| only available while stocks last | 10010 | 1st Edition textbook. (40 pages total text) Sold while stocks last. |
978-4-905737-40-7 | 1,870 |
| only available while stocks last | 10130 | 1st Edition Student CD | 978-4-89991-007-7 | 1,100 |
| only available while stocks last | 10150 | 1st Edition PICTURE CARDS YELLOW (with CD） | 978-4-89991-443-3 | 5,720 |
