NHK Publishing adds the popular extensive reading and listening series 'Enjoy Simple English Readers' to its English app 'Pocket Gogaku'
NHK Publishing's English learning app 'Pocket Gogaku' has introduced a new course, 'Enjoy Simple English Readers'. It features short stories in accessible English to improve listening and reading skills daily.
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NHK Publishing Inc. (hereafter [NHK Publishing]), in collaboration with Link-U Technologies Inc., announces the launch of a new extensive reading and listening content, the "Enjoy Simple English Readers" course, on the English learning app "Pocket Gogaku" that they jointly develop and operate.
[Pocket Gogaku Official Website]
## Experience the joy of "Reading!" and "Listening!" every day with simple English
The "NHK Enjoy Simple English Readers" book series, which compiles the NHK Radio English program "Enjoy Simple English" by theme, is now available on "Pocket Gogaku"! You can improve your listening and reading skills while enjoying short stories written in junior high-level English.
The course is structured in three parts: [STEP 1] English text, [STEP 2] Vocabulary check, and [STEP 3] Confirmation test. It is designed to be approachable for those who feel weak at English or adults who want to relearn it. It is also ideal for "multitasking learning," where you can listen to English while commuting or doing chores.
## What is the English learning app "Pocket Gogaku"?
It is a subscription-based English learning app that has re-edited the highly trusted and historically proven NHK English courses so that you can learn from just 5 minutes a day. You can enjoy unlimited access to over 3,000 lessons from previously broadcasted courses for a flat rate (from approx. 899 JPY/month *based on an annual plan via credit card payment on the official website).
Until now, it has offered 7 business English courses tailored by level, including "Radio English Conversation", "Basic English for Junior High School Students", and "Radio Business English". While all of these focused on improving conversation and grammar skills centered around English dialogue and explanations, we are now launching "Enjoy Simple English Readers", which specializes in improving reading and listening skills, to meet a wider range of needs.
## The theme of the first series is biographies of world greats: "Heroes of Unbreakable Spirits"!
The series, rolling out sequentially from April, will deliver short stories of 18 heroes who changed history, titled "Heroes of Unbreakable Spirits".
01 Charles Chaplin
02 Coco Chanel
03 Saigo Takamori
04 Ayrton Senna
05 Nelson Mandela
06 Ono no Imoko
[Pocket Gogaku Official Website]
## Experience the joy of "Reading!" and "Listening!" every day with simple English
The "NHK Enjoy Simple English Readers" book series, which compiles the NHK Radio English program "Enjoy Simple English" by theme, is now available on "Pocket Gogaku"! You can improve your listening and reading skills while enjoying short stories written in junior high-level English.
The course is structured in three parts: [STEP 1] English text, [STEP 2] Vocabulary check, and [STEP 3] Confirmation test. It is designed to be approachable for those who feel weak at English or adults who want to relearn it. It is also ideal for "multitasking learning," where you can listen to English while commuting or doing chores.
## What is the English learning app "Pocket Gogaku"?
It is a subscription-based English learning app that has re-edited the highly trusted and historically proven NHK English courses so that you can learn from just 5 minutes a day. You can enjoy unlimited access to over 3,000 lessons from previously broadcasted courses for a flat rate (from approx. 899 JPY/month *based on an annual plan via credit card payment on the official website).
Until now, it has offered 7 business English courses tailored by level, including "Radio English Conversation", "Basic English for Junior High School Students", and "Radio Business English". While all of these focused on improving conversation and grammar skills centered around English dialogue and explanations, we are now launching "Enjoy Simple English Readers", which specializes in improving reading and listening skills, to meet a wider range of needs.
## The theme of the first series is biographies of world greats: "Heroes of Unbreakable Spirits"!
The series, rolling out sequentially from April, will deliver short stories of 18 heroes who changed history, titled "Heroes of Unbreakable Spirits".
01 Charles Chaplin
02 Coco Chanel
03 Saigo Takamori
04 Ayrton Senna
05 Nelson Mandela
06 Ono no Imoko