Published Date
15/12/1999
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
- Part 1: Cool families
- Dad is a stuntman
- My brother works at Movie World
- Masashi's Grandma loves to parachute
- Part 2: Animals are friends too
- Masashi's pets are mice
- Snakes like frogs too
- What's inside the hole?
- Part 3: Let's go and have some fun
- I want to go skiing
- The wasabi is very hot
- Nikki's birthday
- Part 4: Bunkasai!
- Japanese folk tales adapted as plays.
- A modern play.
- Recipes for a food fest. Songs.
- Japanese card games.
- Traditional games.
- Write names in katakana.
- Make a yukata.
- Make a poster.
- Print a T-shirt with kanji.
- Authentic style including 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.
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, Setsuko Taniguchi and Miwa Groves-Moriwaki
Mirai is a six-part, user-friendly language course, with a fun and engaging approach to Japanese language that will appeal to both students and teachers.