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Erin's Challenge! I Can Speak Japanese.
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Organization

Individual lessons in this television course / DVD teaching material are organized as follows.

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Basic skit

Mini-dramas with live action video

Explanation and exercise of key phrases in basic skit

Explanation and exercise with animation characters

What’s this?

Mini-quiz on various Japanese objects

Advanced skit

Mini-drama based on natural conversation among Japanese people

Let’s see/ Let’s try *1

Section where people see and experience a Japanese object/activity

Japanese around the world

Report on an individual abroad who studies Japanese or uses Japanese at work

Senior high school students in Japan *2

Interviews of senior high school students in different cities in Japan

*1 Each lesson for TV broadcasting contains either “Let’s see” or “Let’s try.” DVDs contain both.
*2 Available only on DVD.

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A sample video of each chapters of Japanese-language teaching material "Let's learn Japanese by DVD: Erin's Challenge! I Can Speak Japanese.".
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· Basic Skit
In the Basic Skit, Erin, an exchange student, expands what she can do in Japanese one step at a time in everyday life in Japan.
· Advanced Skit
The Advanced Skit features a conversation among Japanese senior high school students in a similar situation. The conversation is designed to be as natural as possible in terms of speed and expressions.
· Grammatical explanation by CG Animation Character
Computer-generated animation characters explain key phrases in skits and introduce individual sections.
· Let's see
Things in Japan related to each lesson's topic are presented.
(Examples) "Home", "Festivals", "High school students room", "Cram School" etc.
· Let's try
Non-Japanese try their hand at various Japanese experiences!
(Examples) "Exchanging business cards", "Cell phone email", "Nail art" etc.
· Japanese around the World
“Friends of the Japanese language”, those who study or use Japanese in countries around the world, are introduced.
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