AJ’sPICTURE dictionary with QR

AJ’s PICTURE DICTIONARY with QR to be released at the end of March

March 2025: Vocabulary improvement with picture dictionary containing 1,600 words!

	Now being prepared QR will be attached with “yellow badge” on the front cover.
Current Version Out of Stock	AJ’s PICTURE DICTIONARY with QR Scheduled to be released at the end of March
100 pages	116 pages Japanese-English dictionary with 16 additional pages
1600 words	1600 words There are no changes to the vocabulary in the picture dictionary or to the English in the example sentences.
ISBN：978-4-89991-681-9	ISBN：978-4-89991-787-8
List price: 2,700 yen 2,970 yen (tax included) Vocabulary CD sold separately (1,575 yen including tax)	List price: 2,900 yen 3,190 yen (tax included) You can listen to the audio of the Vocabulary CD with QR.

■ Supervised by Keiko Abe Ford

What is AJ’s PICTURE DICTIONARY with QR?

■Two types of QR: audio and video♪

【Scene 3: A Barbecue Party】

Audio mp3 sample Title Blue letters (adjective verb) Dialogue under the scene

「►mark」Read the QR and the video will be played. You can check the words being read with a picture of the scene.

【Scene 6: Zoo Animals】

I can’t help but repeat myself! Vocabulary is fast-paced rhythmic reading.

■Full of vocabulary you need to know

【Scene10: Club Activities】

【Scene12: Fruits and Vegetables】

【Scene20: Occupations –- Dreams of the Future】

【Quiz Time】Appendix pages are now also available with audio♪

【At the end of the book, a Japanese-English dictionary】16 additional pages

In response to a frequent question, “Sensei, where can I find XXX? We have added a Japanese-English dictionary in response to the students who often ask, “Sensei, where can I find ________?

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【end of a book: Words by Scene】is also available with a Japanese translation.

You can look at the text, check the meaning, and listen to the audio in QR.

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※Audio from AJ’s PICTURE DICTIONARY compliant “AJ Songs & Chants CD” is not included in the QR.

What is the AJ Picture Dictionary like?

It has a vocabulary of over 1600 words. There are also many verbs and adjectives.
The realistic pictures of daily life scenes and the style of memorizing vocabulary in English sentences are very popular.
The dialogues under the scenes are designed so that you can say the vocabulary words in the pictures as you learn them.
The vocabulary is not stopped at the word level, but is memorized together with the word order.

AJ’s PICTURE DICTIONARY
The main character is an alien named “AJ. One day, he takes off on a UFO, but falls off the ship and finds himself in the middle of a barbecue party on Earth. Bob and his family experience various aspects of life on Earth. They spend time together with Bob’s family on safari, at the aquarium, and helping out in the kitchen, but they also deal with the themes of preserving nature and RRR (reuse, reduce, recycle).

VOICES from teachers

VOICE 1 I use it as a teaching aid for finding words outside of the text in my class of young children, and as a dictionary for self-expression presentations in Learning World 1 and onward. Dialogue cards would make it easier to use, so please make dialogue cards.

VOICE 2　I look at the picture and ask, “What is this girl doing?” We try to make it a 3 or 5 minute time like Fun Time. For example, in a kitchen scene

T: Let’s find cups!
The children look for vocabulary words in the scene pictures and point to the pictures when they find them.
T: Let’s find a cat！
S: I found it. Here! (Only the bottom is visible above the chair.) Saying that only part of the picture is visible is also fun and surprisingly exciting.
I also write down the vocabulary words they find in a 4-line notebook.
To increase their vocabulary, I give the children the book in the 3rd grade and tell them that they will use it until the ninth grade.

VOICE 3　When I started teaching Jr. 1 and 2, I realized that they lacked vocabulary. I feel it is important to increase the vocabulary of elementary school students so that they can understand the meaning, read it, and spell it. I use Learning World as my textbook, but I also have my elementary school students take it because it has information on school room names, club activities, and directions, which LW does not have. I think it is important for them to be exposed to English outside of the textbook.

VOICE 4　I have had children who come to class at different times and have to wait until the lesson starts to watch AJ, allowing them to listen to the audio on the classroom CD deck.

VOICE 5　For newly enrolled upper grade elementary school children…

I have a fairly new student in one of my upper elementary classes. He is quite shy, and is rarely the first to speak out in class, which is understandable given that his two classmates have four years English experience. Under this condition, opportunities to have him feel success with English are few and far between…（Read more）

VOICE 6　creative speaking and creative writingに。

With “How was your Winter Vacation?” lessons well and truly finished, our heads and our students’ heads are back into their textbooks…
As you know, I’m always keen to provide creative expression opportunities for students. AJ Picture Dictionary helps a lot with both creative speaking and creative writing.（Read more）

VOICE 7　When I have extra time in my class, I look at the Qs in AJ Teacher Note and chat with the kids.
The aquarium scene is,

T:How many legs does an octopus have? S: Eight!
T: How many legs does a squid have? S: Ten!
T: What’s AJ looking at? S: The angler fish.
Each child also points out what he or she thinks is beautiful and what he or she thinks is ugly.
T: Point to something beautiful./Point to something ugly.Each answer is different and interesting.

Note: The audio of the songs and chants on the Fill-in-the-Lyrics worksheets in the AJ Teacher Note is not included on the QR. The AJ Songs and Chants CD is required for the Fill-in-the-Lyrics worksheets.