Erin's Challenge! I can speak Japanese, Volume 1

Learn to speak Japanese along with Erin, an exchange student at a Japanese high school. Each DVD lesson revolves around a dramatic, live-action skit based on the routine lives of Erin and her classmates, and is structured to achieve a particular language goal. Additional advanced skits focus on relationships between Erin’s Japanese classmates and feature more natural conversation. Skits are followed by an explanation of key phrases delivered by lively, computer-animated characters. Beyond language acquisition, Erin’s Challenge! promotes cultural understanding through various Japanese scenarios and activities, reports from Japanese-language learners around the world and people who use Japanese in their work, and interviews with senior high school students across Japan. Watch, learn, and meet the challenge!

Features:

• Explanations and practice exercises for key phrases from the central skit.
• A “What’s this?” segment for quizzing students on various Japanese objects.
• A “Let’s see/Let’s try” segment where viewers encounter a Japanese object/activity.
• An accompanying textbook of 224 pages, in Japanese only.