Series Cumulative Sales Exceed 260,000 Copies! Two Adult Workbooks for Easy Cultural Enrichment, "Enjoying Physics for the First Time as an Adult" and "Enjoying English Readings for Adults," Released Simultaneously on June 26th!

KUMON PUBLISHING CO., LTD. (President: Yoshinori Izumida) simultaneously released two titles on June 26th: "Enjoying Physics for the First Time as an Adult" and "Enjoying English Readings for Adults," from the popular "Solving While Learning" series, which has surpassed 260,000 cumulative copies sold.

The "Solving While Learning" series consists of workbooks for adults that allow them to easily deepen their cultural knowledge while learning. The content is aimed at a wide range of people, including those who want to acquire skills applicable to daily life, those who want to re-challenge their studies from their school days, and those who want to deepen their adult cultural knowledge.

"Enjoying Physics for the First Time as an Adult" - A Book You'll Want to Solve Now That You're an Adult

From the "Solving While Learning" series, which makes learning enjoyable through writing, the long-awaited "Science" subject has finally arrived. While retaining the series' greatest feature – the joy of "progressing through solving with your own hands" – this is a groundbreaking introductory book for adults encountering physics for the first time.

70% of People Aged 50 and Under Have Not Studied Physics!?

Physics enrollment rates, which exceeded 90% in the 1970s, plummeted to about 35% by the mid-1980s. Furthermore, they have remained below 20% since the mid-1990s, meaning that the majority of adults aged 50 and under today are from a generation that did not have sufficient opportunities to study physics in high school.

Therefore, this book is structured to allow learners to study in small steps with illustrations of physical phenomena, making it easy to understand even for those encountering physics for the first time. It starts with "3-choice quizzes" on familiar phenomena. You can begin learning and enjoying it as "Physics for the First Time."

A Gentle Structure That Will Make You a Physics Fan, Even as a Beginner

1. Starting with 3-Choice Quizzes

It uses familiar phenomena that you may have heard or seen before, and everyday questions as an entry point. Even beginners can naturally progress into the worlds of mechanics, heat, waves, electricity, and atoms.

2. Solving While Referring to Explanations on Facing Pages

It adopts a two-page spread format with explanations on the left page and problems on the right. Since it's a style where you solve while referring to the explanations, beginners can proceed without getting stuck. You will understand phenomena while looking at illustrations and photos, and then tackle simple calculation problems.

3. Reading and Solving Without Strain

Each TOPIC consists of 6-8 pages, but even 2 pages a day is fine! After the problems, there are columns related to the learned content. You can enjoy learning without getting bored until the end.

Bibliographic Information

Target Audience: General Public

Price: ¥1,500 (本体) + tax

Format: B5 size, 128 pages (112 pages of main text, 16 pages of separate booklet)

ISBN: 978-4-7743-3962-7

"Enjoying English Readings for Adults" - A Book for Adults Who Struggle with Long Texts!

Have you ever given up on reading English originals or long texts because you didn't know the words, got stuck on grammar, or simply found long texts difficult?

This is the fourth installment in the English genre of the "Solving While Learning" series, and it is a reading comprehension problem book for adults like you. You can acquire vocabulary and grammar skills without strain and savor the joy of reading books in English.

Step Up Smoothly from Junior High 1st Year Level! A Variety of 15 Themes

Reading comprehension starts with short, approachable English texts. Furthermore, it includes 15 themes that adults are likely to find interesting, such as classic stories like Japanese folktales and Shakespearean works, as well as recipes and social articles.

It allows you to learn step-by-step from the grammar and expressions of Eiken Grade 5 (Junior High 1st Year level) up to Eiken Grade 3 to Pre-2nd Grade level, through 3 stages: Level 1 to Level 3.

"5-Step Learning" to Avoid Getting Stuck

First, you start by inputting "background knowledge" such as the synopsis in Japanese.

By grasping the reading points in advance and imagining the content, you can reduce your aversion to long texts and read smoothly without hesitation.

Furthermore, through the "5-Step Learning" process of "Listen to the audio → Read the English text → Content comprehension questions → Fill-in-the-blanks with translation → Summary," you can acquire reading comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar in a balanced way.

Mechanisms That Lead to "Your Next Read"

It is packed with features that expand the joy of reading stories in English, such as a space to write your thoughts after reading and recommendations for related books.

It goes beyond mere study and encourages your first step towards your next English reading.

Bibliographic Information

Target Audience: General Public

Supervisor: Yuji Ushiro (Professor, Nihon Kokusai Gakuen University; Professor Emeritus, University of Tsukuba)

Price: ¥1,500 (本体) + tax

Format: B5 size, 136 pages (112 pages of main text, 24 pages of separate booklet)

ISBN: 978-4-7743-3960-3