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Books and Resources

Ei-Wa International uses and/or recommends the books listed below. Many of these series also have workbooks and supplemental materials (not shown below).  The links provided are for your reference.  EWI is not affiliated with any publisher or bookseller.

ESL Books  |  English Dictionaries & Vocabulary Builders  |  Japanese Books  |  Adult Literacy Books

 

ESL BOOKS

Practice Makes Perfect Series published by McGraw-Hill

Beginner Vocab. Grammar Basic English Intermediate Advanced

 

ESL English as a Second Language Series by Johanna Pugni /Mary Ellen Munoz Page

Beginner Intermediate & Advanced

 

Side by Side Series by Steven J. Molinsky

Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4

 

World Link Series by Susan Stempleski

Intro Book 1 Book 2 Book 3


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ENGLISH DICTIONARIES & VOCABULARY BUILDERS

504 Absolutely
Essential Words
by Murray Bromberg
1100 Words You
Need to Know
by Murray Bromberg

Oxford Picture Dictionary (Monolingual English)
by Jayme Adelson-Goldstein

 

   
Vocabulary Dictionary and Workbook:
2,856 Words You Must Know
by Mark Phillips
Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book
by Carl W. Hart

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JAPANESE BOOKS


Japanese: The Spoken Language and Japanese: The Written Language Series
by Eleanor Harz Jorden with Mari Noda

Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Writing Book 1 Writing Book 2

 

Minna no Nihongo Series published by 3A Corporation

Book 1 (*Japanese) Book 2 (*Japanese)
*There is an English (romaji) edition of this series as well as a Japanese edition (all kana)

 

Japanese for Busy People Series published by Kodansha International, Ltd.

Book 1 Book 2 Book 3

 

Youth Books

Japanese for Young People Series
published by Kodansha International, Ltd.
Japanese Picture
Dictionary
My First Hiragana
Activity Book
Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 by Berlitz by Yuko Green

 

Japanese Writing Systems

Japanese Hiragana & Katakana for Beginners: First Steps to Mastering the
Japanese Writing System

by Timothy G. Stout
Kana Pict-o-Graphix: Mnemonics for Japanese Hiragana and Katakana
by Michael Rowley
   
Kanji Pict-O-Graphix: Over 1,000 Japanese Kanji and Kana Mnemonics
by Michael Rowley
Basic Kanji Book
by Chieko Kano
published by Bonjinsha Co., Ltd.

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ADULT READING & WRITING

The Laubach Way to Reading Series by New Readers Press

Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4

 

Challenger Series by New Readers Press
* There are 8 books in this series

Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5

 

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