Newsletter2020_EN

Another situation is the relationship you have with your home. Is it cluttered and closed-off, a private nest for your family’s eyes only? Or is it always more or less ready to wel- come visitors? Do you actually enjoy bringing friends into your home, or do you prefer public places such as cafes and restaurants? Everyday life is filled with these cultural habits, these “obvious”, unconscious habits that we have learnt since childhood. However, we do not want to suggest that the practices of any one culture are unique or weird. Through our surveys, we want to show a panorama of views from many different people so that students can appreciate that cultural issues are not all black-or-white, them-vs-us issues, and also that there are sometimes interesting commonalities which can be used positively in communication across cultures. " DPMMBCPSBUJWF EBUBCBTF The results and the questionnaires of the Ibunka Survey are available as an open resource on www.ibunka.jp. Just as we can improve the resolution of a photograph by adding more pixels, we are hoping to add more and more view- points as more and more people take the surveys. As a foreign language teacher living in Japan, you have precious intercultural experiences. Would you like to share

some of them with us? We are always open to adding more pixels to our snapshots. Please visit ibunka.jp and help! ◼ Stephen Richmond, Author

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English textbooks French textbooks

For teachers

We are happy to send free sample copies of our textbooks to prac- tising teachers in Ja- pan. You can contact us through our website: almalang.com Or by email: info@almalang.com The books in our “Teaching in Japan” series for teachers are available for sale on our website and on Amazon Japan.

Speaking (low intermediate)

Communication (beginner)

How to Test Speaking Skills in Japan

Over the Wall of Silence

Speaking (beginner)

French society (intermediate)

How to Test Speaking Skills in Japan, Japanese edition

Enseigner l’oral au Japon