...43 high schools worldwide. We all use Adventures in Japanese.
...the NYC teachers that I know use Adventures in Japanese too.
Adventures in Japanese was created by US based authors and targeted for American students
...I just started to use AIJ this year after using Kimono and Ima. The best part is the clear grammar explanations and I like the cd rom program. I am excited that many other teachers use it and I hope to share lessons. There are two websites to share curriculum for AIJ that I have found.The first one is new and has few postings yet.The second is on the website of the authors.
http://my.cheng-tsui.com/node/261 AND http://www.punahou.edu/page.cfm?p=1528
http://my.cheng-
---F Bressman, Bloomington, MN
...the Kimono series was also created in Australia and was used by many, many schools in Oregon and around the U.S. I used it for years, and enjoyed it...however it became dated, and we decided to use AiJ.
...the Kimono series was also created in Australia and was used by many, many schools in Oregon and around the U.S. I used it for years, and enjoyed it...however it became dated, and we decided to use AiJ.
....At my high school, we use Japanese For Young People for J1.
We use AIJ for J2~J5. In J2, we only complete the first 9 chapters in AIJ2.
In J3 and J4, we complete the entire book each year (J3 finishes AIJ3 and J4 finishes AIJ4).
The J5 class uses AIJ4 along with supplemental material.
...about Japanese for Young People:
author: 公益社団法人(Public Interest Incorporated Associations)
国際日本語普及協会(AJALT, www.ajalt.org ), the same author of Busy People.
Japanese for Young People
Their chimatano nihongo is very popular, http://www.ajalt.org/rwj/
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