Mirai 1 Student Book

Mirai is a full-colour, user-friendly language course, with a fun and engaging approach to Japanese language that will appeal to both students and teachers. Authentic and up-to-date photos and maps are presented in context so that Australian students gain an appreciation of Japanese language and culture. Mirai is written in line with LOTE National Profiles and addresses the three strands of writing, reading, and listening and speaking.

• LOTE National Profile Grids
• Introduction
• Japanese writing
• Australia's Japanese connections
• Part 1: Getting to know you
• How do you do?
• How old are you?
• Where do you live?
• Part 2: School
• What grade are you in?
• Science is interesting
• Look at this, sensei!
• Part 3: Sport and leisure
• The match starts at 8 o'clock
• Where are you going?
• Let's go by plane!

• Easy to teach - Mirai is systematically set out for either a semester- or year-based course.
• Support for students - instructions and explanations feature a good balance of English and Japanese so that students are encouraged to tackle activities with confidence!
• The unique use of a coloured overlay in Mirai 1 encourages students to read hiragana even when romaji is provided.
• Learning Outcomes at the start of each chapter.
• A wide range of fun and engaging activities including pair work, listening activities and games.
• A cartoon-style storyboard in each unit explores a theme of interest to young students.
• Written for the mixed ability classroom.
• Mirai includes LOTE National Profile Grids.

Pearson takes great pride in our authors. We source authors and contributors that are industry leading experts, with extensive experience of teaching and learning in their fields, from every state of Australia. We commission only the best authors who offer valuable insights and something unique to bring to the project.
Contributing Authors: Meg Evans, Yoko Masano and Miwa Groves-Moriwaki

Years 7-8

Sample pages from Mirai 1 Student Book.