The highly popular extensive reading and listening series 'Enjoy Simple English Readers' is now available on the NHK English course app 'Pocket Gogaku'.
The English learning app 'Pocket Gogaku' has added the 'Enjoy Simple English Readers' course, allowing users to improve their listening and reading skills through middle-school-level short stories about historical figures.
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Link-U Technologies Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director & CEO: Takuya Ogushi), a group company of Link-U Group Inc., and NHK Publishing, Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director & President: Takayuki Eguchi), have jointly developed and operate the English learning app 'Pocket Gogaku', and are pleased to announce the launch of a new extensive reading and listening content, the new course 'Enjoy Simple English Readers'.
Pocket Gogaku Official Website
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## Experience 'I could read it!' and 'I could catch it!' every day with easy English
This content brings the 'NHK Enjoy Simple English Readers' series of standalone books, which compiles themes from the NHK radio English course 'Enjoy Simple English', to 'Pocket Gogaku'!
You can improve your listening and reading skills while enjoying short stories in middle-school-level English.
Structured in three parts: [STEP 1] English Text, [STEP 2] Vocabulary Check, and [STEP 3] Comprehension Test, it is easy to tackle even for those who are intimidated by English or adults who want to relearn it. It is also perfect for 'multitasking learning', listening to English while commuting or doing chores.
## What is the English learning app 'Pocket Gogaku'?
It is a subscription-based English learning app that re-edits NHK English courses, which have a long history of trust and proven results, so you can learn from just 5 minutes a day. You get unlimited access to over 3,000 lessons from previously broadcast courses for a flat fee (from approx. 899 yen/month *For annual plans paid by credit card via the official website).
Until now, we have provided 7 courses categorized by level, starting with 'Radio Eikaiwa', 'Basic English for Junior High School Students', and 'Radio Business English'. All of them focus on English conversation texts and explanations to improve conversational and grammatical skills. To meet a wider range of needs, we are now launching 'Enjoy Simple English Readers' to help users acquire listening and reading skills.
## The theme for the first series is Biographies of Global Greats: 'Heroes of Unbreakable Spirits'!
In the series rolling out sequentially from April, we 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
Pocket Gogaku Official Website
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## Experience 'I could read it!' and 'I could catch it!' every day with easy English
This content brings the 'NHK Enjoy Simple English Readers' series of standalone books, which compiles themes from the NHK radio English course 'Enjoy Simple English', to 'Pocket Gogaku'!
You can improve your listening and reading skills while enjoying short stories in middle-school-level English.
Structured in three parts: [STEP 1] English Text, [STEP 2] Vocabulary Check, and [STEP 3] Comprehension Test, it is easy to tackle even for those who are intimidated by English or adults who want to relearn it. It is also perfect for 'multitasking learning', listening to English while commuting or doing chores.
## What is the English learning app 'Pocket Gogaku'?
It is a subscription-based English learning app that re-edits NHK English courses, which have a long history of trust and proven results, so you can learn from just 5 minutes a day. You get unlimited access to over 3,000 lessons from previously broadcast courses for a flat fee (from approx. 899 yen/month *For annual plans paid by credit card via the official website).
Until now, we have provided 7 courses categorized by level, starting with 'Radio Eikaiwa', 'Basic English for Junior High School Students', and 'Radio Business English'. All of them focus on English conversation texts and explanations to improve conversational and grammatical skills. To meet a wider range of needs, we are now launching 'Enjoy Simple English Readers' to help users acquire listening and reading skills.
## The theme for the first series is Biographies of Global Greats: 'Heroes of Unbreakable Spirits'!
In the series rolling out sequentially from April, we 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