New TO|EIC BOOK: One Minute Master

Hi everyone, the new Toeic book written by Emiko Matsumoto and corrected by me is on sale now in major book stores in Tokyo. Here is a link to the site on the new book plus the listening download that accompanies the book

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http://www.sinkan.jp/1master/index.html

『新TOEIC(R) TEST １分間マスター リスニング編』

New Toeic Books

Recently, I have been working on the new version of the Toeic books written by Emiko Matsumoto. (Click the TOEIC label at the bottom of this post to see past post about the first set of books.) 

I have finish the first draft, which Emiko had sent me, Listening: parts 1, 2, 3 & 4, and Reading: parts 5 & 6. With Reading part 7 still yet to do.

Everything looks very good and I hope that these books, when they are published, sell well. 

The target score for these books is 450, aim at the beginner Toeic test taker or first time taker. 

Though, for those of you who have a higher ability, I would still recommend the new books as well because they have some useful points for all levels and abilities.

Well that is for now, however I we keep you all in the loop (= up dated) on the progress of the books plus their likely publishing dates & pricing.

Also please check out Emiko's blog. It has lots of useful information for those of you who are going to take the Toeic test or are interested in Toeic. Just click the link or click on her name "Emiko" to be (re)directed to her blog page.

TOEIC Books on Sale

（青山学院大学講師／駿台外語綜合学院講師／日米英語学院講師）
上智大学大学院博士前期課程修了（言語学、英語教授法）。専攻は、言語テスティング。大学や英語学校で、大学生、ビジネスマンを対象とした資格試験対策を行い、TOEFL,交換留学プログラム準備、カウンセリングを含め短期間で目標突破へと導くことを得意とする。指導科目は主にTOEIC900、730、550突破、英検1級、準1級、TOEFLiBT100、80突破コースなど。認知科学、心理学、自己開発プログラムに関心があり、一眼レフカメラが趣味。

松本恵美子

http://emikotoeic.blog83.fc2.com/ 


http://matsumoto.nichibei-shibuya.com/

書名：新TOEIC(R) TEST 必達 550点〔リスニング編〕
著者：松本恵美子
定価：945円（税込み）
ISBN:4-532-40579-3
ISBN-13:978-4-532-40579-3
出版社：日本経済新聞出版社
出版日　11月25日

書籍名： 新TOEIC(R)TEST必達550点〔リーディング編〕
著者名： 松本恵美子
価格： 945円（税込み）
ISBN-10： 4-532-40578-5
ISBN-13： 978-4-532-40578-6
出版社： 日本経済新聞

出版社

Well the books went on sale in the book store in Japan on Sunday (22nd November 2009). 


I went and check out a few book store to see how the books were selling. The "Listening" book is selling more that the "Reading" one but this is understandable since most Japanese struggle more with listening part of the Toeic test than the reading part. 


I do hope that the books are a marvelous success, Emiko (The author) has worked hard on them to make a book that will benefit everyone wishing to take the Toeic test. 


With this I have put Emiko Matsumoto's photograph, Bio-info and a link to her blog {Click the title of my blog} (sorry all in Japanese). Plus as you can better pictures of the two books and there covers.  So what are you waiting, quickly run to the book-store, jump on-line and buy the books today, no now, before they are all sold out. Seriously everyone, they are wonderful books and will definitely help anyone wanting to get a better score in the Toeic test. So I do highly recommend that you buy them for yourself, someone you know or please recommend them. Furthermore the cool thing about the books is the size: large enough to be read easily but small enough to be carry in a bag, jacket-pocket. So you can use the books basically anywhere plus with the listening section being down-loadable, well you are free to practice just about anywhere. 


Enjoy everyone.


Syrbastyian (Amaya)   

Toeic Books

http://matsumoto.nichibei-shibuya.com/

http://emikotoeic.blog83.fc2.com/

A colleague of mine , Emiko Matsumoto 松本恵美子, at Nichibei Eigo Gakuin Shibuya school 日米英語学院渋谷校 has been working on some Toeic books for the listening and reading parts of the Toeic test. 

Ms. Emiko Matsumoto asked me if I could help with the books by checking the English for grammar, structure, vocabulary use and naturalness.

I was only too happy to do this for her because I had never done this type of book editing work before and also if someone who is going to write something to be publish I want me to help, I will assist them in any way I can.

So now the books are finished. 

The titles of the books are:

新TOEIC TEST 必達 550点 「リスニング編」 

新TOEIC TEST 必達 550点 「リーディング編」

or in Roman letters:

shin TOEIC TEST  hittatsu 550 ten" "Listening hen"

shin TOEIC TEST  hittatsu 550 ten" "Reading hen"

They are being published by Nippon Nikkei Keizai Shimbunsha 日本日系経済新聞社.

They will be on sale at book stores throughout Japan on the 22nd of November 2009, Sunday. 

The price will be 945yen each and there is a web-site in which you will be able to download the listening material and some other things as well.

I enjoyed doing this work very much and I hope that the books sell well, so you guys out there BUY A COPY even it you do not need one. Want a signed copy, then hey, get a copy and I will sign it and more importantly I will ask Emiko, the author, to sign it as well.

In all seriousness though, I believe that if you are studying for the Toeic test, interested in taking the test, or know someone you is, then you should get these books or recommend the books to the people you know; these books will help you to get a higher score in the Toeic test.

I am proud of the work done and hope that more work like this will follow. 

I would very much like to thank Emiko for asking for my help. I enjoy the work quite a lot. Also I am humble by the fact that Emiko had my name put on the front cover of the books under her name. This is a great honour, a wonderful surprise and I am full of gratitude.

Eventually I hope to be writing my own material but probably not text books but poetry or stories (fiction and non-fiction), then again I think that all my years of teaching have given me something to write about in a text book that may benefit people who wish to develop and improve their English communication skills. 

I have included some photographs of the (possible) covers. The covers will look something similar to these photos. My apologies for the low quality of the photographs, I took them with my mobile phone.

There you have it. That is what I have been doing recently. 

Buy a copy, it will make you feel good about yourself, lol.

Syrbastyian (Amaya)