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By Peter J. Collins, Megumi Kobayashi

B5 size  14 units  140 pages

ISBN 978-4-7647-4223-9  ¥3,520 (incl. tax)

Class CD, Downloadable Audio, TM (Scripts, Review Tests)

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  • Video materials offer global and local perspectives of issues related to SDGs, such as climate change, gender equality and health and welfare. A wide range of tasks cover practice in the four language-learning skills.

  • Learners share their impressions and ideas with classmates, expanding their English communication abilities as they take a close look at SDGs and discover what these goals mean in their own lives.

  • The teacher’s manual includes quizzes to review material.

Warming Up

In most units, there are several discussion sections. The main aim of this section is to develop confidence in exchanging opinions and ideas in English without advance preparation.

Watching the Video

Short videos introduce issues in places all over the world. After answering questions on content and completing listening activities, learners share their own impressions and opinions on the videos they have seen.

Responding to the Data

After the listening task on statistics on the previous page, learners write out their impressions and opinions of the data in a clear and simple form, and share them with classmates.

Reading about an SDG

Reading passages of about 250 words provide background for videos, the global situation, and SDG objectives. On the following page, learners are asked to outline the passages in order to deepen understanding of the content.

Imagining

Learners develop ideas for events they could hold in their own community and share them with classmates. This is a good way to think about how SDGs are relevant to them and strengthen their ability to communicate their own ideas in English.

Contents

Unit 1

  • Just What the Doctor Ordered

  • Goal 3 Good Health and Well-Being

Unit 2

  • The Great Outdoors

  • Goal 15 Life on Land

Unit 3

  • Putting Out the Welcome Mat

  • Goal 10 Reduced Inequalities

Unit 4

  • Too Hot to Handle?

  • Goal 13 Climate Action

Unit 5

  • Keeping Concrete Jungles Green

  • Goal 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Unit 6

  • The Sky’s the Limit!

  • Goal 5 Gender Equality

Unit 7

  • Passing with Flying Colors

  • Goal 4 Quality Education

Unit 8

  • Waste Not, Want Not

  • Goal 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Unit 9

  • Time for a Sea Change

  • Goal 14 Life Below Water

Unit 10

  • Taking the Wheel

  • Goal 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Unit 11

  • Hanging on by a Hair

  • Goal 1 No Poverty

Unit 12

  • A Lightbulb Moment

  • Goal 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Unit 13

  • In Hot Water

  • Goal 6 Clean Water and Sanitation

Unit 14

  • The Mother of Invention

  • Goal 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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