Name: 自宅で英語を学ぶ：教科書の選び方 (LEARN ENGLISH AT HOME: How to choose a textbook)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T05:29:58.000Z
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I need a book on how to be a gentleman. I need to know my -- hi. James, from EngVid.

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This book is called "How to Be a Gentleman", by John Bridges. It's sort of like a textbook.

And what is a textbook? A textbook is a book designed to teach you something with exercises

that will bring you from one place to another. So when you're finished doing the textbook,

you should learn a skill. Unlike a book that you read for enjoyment, which is fun -- you

enjoy; you put away -- a textbook is usually used in schools to teach skills. And through

exercises and tests, you master it. This is sort of like a textbook, but it's a little

My job today is to do something we haven't done before. You come to EngVid to learn English,

which is true, and this is great. But you could also buy books outside. I'm sure some

of you have bought books outside. When I teach, some of my students, before they go back to

their countries, they say, "Teacher, I need a book to help me with my grammar or my English."

One of my colleagues at EngVid has done a lesson. You should check it out. It's about

books you should read. But this one is specific. This is on textbooks, the books that teachers

may use in schools or you can buy by yourself, which will help you increase on your IELTS,

on your TOEFL, or on your grammar or vocabulary. And these are books designed for people who

are learning English as a second language, okay? And that's what this lesson is today.

"How to pick a good textbook." So see, gentlemen? How to pick a good textbook, a textbook that

I can give you ten books that I think are good textbooks. But I am not you, and I'm

not your teacher -- well, I am. I know. I'm sorry. I like you, too. Okay, we love each

other. But I mean, I'm not there to help you. If I were sitting with you, talking to you,

I'd say, "You know what? This book isn't good for you. This book is good for you." And because

I wanna help you -- see, I said "wanna". See that's a grammar thing. Because I want to

help you, I'm going to give you something that you can use to find a textbook for yourself.

There are probably many books in your country, and you don't know which is a good one. I

don't want you to waste your money, and I want you to learn. Okay? So let's go to "How

I found there were approximately ten points that you should have when you're going to

buy a textbook. They can be very expensive and very helpful, okay? If you pick the wrong

one, though, it's not a good use of your money, and it will take time -- valuable time from

The first thing you should look at is when was the book made? If the book is old -- it

is 20 years old; it's not a good book because they probably don't talk about computers or

laptops or email and addressing any of that. And you're going to be looking at books where

you're saying, "Well, golly gee, sir, I think the rain on the plain in Spain is mainly..."

-- it's out-of-date. We call something "out-of-date". If the book is over ten years old -- probably

not good to use, right? Probably want to say away. Get a more up-to-date book, one with

more modern examples that will talk about technologies you're using today. Okay?

The next one is what do you need? I don't know how many students come to me and say

they want to listen -- get better hearing skills. And then they tell me how they're

watching the news. And they're level two or three. And I'm like, "Stop immediately!" You

shouldn't be watching the news until you have 80 percent of the language. It's just too

much for you. What do you need it for? "Well, Teacher, I want to watch my TV program." Well,

watch your TV program. "What do you need" is what you work on. If you need IELTS or

TOEFL, don't use a basic grammar book. You should be high enough that you can use the

books that you're testing for. What do you need? Do you need it for work? Then you need

technical books, books that work specifically with technical language or formal language.

Are you going on vacation? Then, you need a book with pictures and drawings and fun

stuff. Heck, heck, you can even watch TV programs for children. What do you need? So in a textbook,

look at what do you need, and the textbook addresses -- when we say "address", it's working

towards what you need, not what you think your friend has or someone would tell you.

Third, drawings or illustrations. I know you're going to say, "I'm not a child." That's not

the point. If I do this, you know I'm hungry. If I go like this, you know I'm thirsty. An

illustration helps to make things easier for you. If English is not your first language

-- and I was studying Spanish. I found that sometimes a picture beside the words made

it come to my head. "Cenar" or "cenar" is "dinner" in Spanish. When I saw potato, chicken,

and vegetables, and the clock saying six o'clock, and it said, "Time for esta cena", I went,

"Oh, this is dinner! Got it! I understand completely." So a good text will have some

illustrations, not be all words because we are creatures who use our eyes and our ears

and our mouths to communicate. Just looking with just the words is not enough for all

Next, exercises. I can say, "Como se dice en Español?" And it means, okay, "What does

this mean in Spanish or how do you say this in Spanish." Great. But if I say that, and

I don't give you any exercises -- and you'll notice in EngVid, at the end of almost every

video we have, there is a quiz. Something for you to do to test if you've learned. You

should have exercises. If they just give you information and say, "This is this, and this

is this", really, it's no good because it's the practice. The practice makes language

stay in your head. So it needs to have some exercises. One page or two to help you master

or get comfortable with it. And you can go and check, why was this different than this?

Because two examples does not tell you why there are three examples, and they're all

different. You sometimes need some -- you know, more to go, "Oh, I understand, and I

see." In this situation or in this area, I need this, and in this area, I need this.

Cool? So you should have multiple exercises.

More than one method. What does that mean? As I said before, some people are what we

call auditory students. They need to hear information to learn. I'm visual. If I see

a picture, I see the words on the paper, I understand more than when someone explains

it to me. When they explain, sometimes I just go [blinks] because I'm waiting for the picture

to come, and they won't give me a picture. So I'm just blinking -- this is called "blinking".

Blink, blink, until the picture comes. Okay? Well, some people just hear, and bam, bam,

bam, thank you, ma'am. They understand everything. But a picture, they go, "What is this? I'm

so confused!" Okay? So it should have more than one method. And that's why I said up

here, illustrated. But it can also be a conversation. They could have different methods, conversation,

questions, definitions, and pictures. So each person's got a different way of learning or

learning style or strategy, they can learn differently. We all learn differently. And

sometimes, a combination is needed. And a good textbook knows that, and puts it in there,

So we talked about building, okay? And how you start from the base and work up. Another

method of building is the text should be able to be used by one or more people. What do

I mean? Well, here's my pal. I almost forgot him. Little sausage guy. Mr. E! He's a superhero.

Mr. E is here. Mr. E made -- he looks a little straight today. Straightened him out. Mr.

E may study by himself. He has no friends. He lives in Taiwan. He has no friends. He

smells bad. Worm with BO. Who knew? So he has to study by himself. But maybe one day

he gets a friend. Me, James. A good textbook will know that you might study in a classroom

environment with many people or one-on-one or with a partner. And it tries to build exercises

-- as I said over here, like, one might be a conversation one where one partner says

one thing, the other partner says the other, and they can see how it relates. Or a group

exercise. I gave you one in one of the three methods to learn English, or three tricks,

where you pull from the hat. Seven people pull from the hat and challenge each other.

That way, you can all learn English together and make each other better, right? So you

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