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Welcome to The English Gym
The English Gym has been used at the following universities.
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Testimonials and Reviews of The English Gym Series
Steve McGuire
Nagoya University of the Arts
I have not used a textbook for many years, but this one offers everything I’ve looked for.
The original English Gym reviewed as a university-wide course book.
Tracy-Ann Tsuruoka
Bunkyo University
Hi JC,
I just wanted you to know that your book has been amazing! It lets me step back and allows the students to shine. I keep getting feedback about how much they enjoy the classes. The students love finding out things about their classmates and even a few have said, "I can’t wait for class next week!" Some of the other teachers have been looking at and noticing the book, too! I know my students thoroughly enjoyed the semester thanks to The English Gym. I'm a big fan!
Yulie Yang
Kindai University
Wakayama Campus
It's one of the best books I've used to get students to speak, especially for lower level students. Textbooks from international publishers don't have the Japanese support and scaffolding that your books provide which makes the content less intimidating for the students. Moreover, The English Gym books are colorful and fun.
I will always choose TEG I or II whenever I can.
Peter Chu
Kansai University
The English Gym is a topic-based EFL student coursebook that provides engaging topics relevant to Japanese university students that encourages conversation while introducing them to copious amounts of real-world vocabulary items.
Review of The English Gym, original edition, in The Language Teacher - issue 47.2; March 2023 p. 47-48
Steve McGuire
Nagoya University of the Arts
Teachers at the Nagoya University of the Arts incorporate The English Gym (original series) with ChatGPT to create innovative and useful classroom activities.
Dan Mullins
Konan Womens University
Students like the thought-provoking, yet often amusing, dialogues on the topical unit themes.
The “communication” crosswords are also a big hit and effectuate some hilarious 'Scategories' party game moments as students try their best to communicate with each other !
Samia Haseeb Khan
Mukogawa Women’s University
The English Gym was a lifesaver at my 1st full-time associate professor job.
Thank You!
Julian Honeycutt
Nagoya University of the Arts
Having a spreadsheet for all of the vocabulary & questions (in Japanese & Romaji) has been immensely helpful in putting together supplementary material.
Owen John Crowe
Kindai University
The English Gym (I and II) are great textbooks for busy teachers. The activities and exercises work well with Japanese students (much more so than other texts designed for an international audience).
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