Dictogloss in Action
Dictogloss in Action Bronze
Dictogloss in Action Bronze
Dictogloss in Action Bronze
The starter level of the Dictogloss in Action series is designed to support your students' transition from CEFR A1 to A2 level. This textbook features pre-class reading passages ranging from 150 to 200 words and dictogloss tasks spanning 45 to 55 words in length.
Like all entries in the Dictogloss in Action series, this textbook includes free downloadable audio, classroom tasks, video tutorials to enhance students' pronunciation and rhythm, a complimentary speaking app, and downloadable quizzes for teachers. Dictogloss in Action Bronze is available through Mercari, the SielpA Books website, and university bookstores (where the textbooks are being used).
Authors: Adrian Leis & Simon Cooke
Second Edition
ISBN: 978-4-9913907-7-7
Price: ¥3850 (including tax and postage)
Dictogloss in Action Silver
Dictogloss in Action Bronze
Dictogloss in Action Bronze
The middle level of the Dictogloss in Action series is designed to support your students' transition from CEFR A2 to B1 level. This textbook features pre-class reading passages ranging from 200 to 250 words and dictogloss tasks spanning 45 to 95 words in length.
Like all entries in the Dictogloss in Action series, this textbook includes free downloadable audio, classroom tasks, video tutorials to enhance students' pronunciation and rhythm, a complimentary speaking app, and downloadable quizzes for teachers. Dictogloss in Action Silver is available through Mercari, the SielpA Books website, and university bookstores (where the textbooks are being used).
Authors: Adrian Leis & Simon Cooke
Second Edition
ISBN: 978-4-9913907-6-0
Price: ¥3850 (including tax and postage)
Dictogloss in Action Gold
The premier level of the Dictogloss in Action series is designed to support your students' transition from CEFR B1 to B2 level. This textbook features pre-class reading passages ranging from 260 to 350 words and dictogloss tasks spanning 75 to 125 words in length.
Like all entries in the Dictogloss in Action series, this textbook includes free downloadable audio, classroom tasks, video tutorials to enhance students' pronunciation and rhythm, a complimentary speaking app, and downloadable quizzes for teachers. Dictogloss in Action Gold is available through Mercari, the SielpA Books website, and university bookstores (where the textbooks are being used).
Authors: Adrian Leis & Simon Cooke
Second Edition
ISBN: 978-4-9913907-5-3
Price: ¥3850 (including tax and postage)
Dictogloss in Action Nursing
Dictogloss in Action Nursing is designed specifically for nursing students and healthcare professionals who wish to develop their English communication skills in realistic clinical contexts. The textbook combines engaging nursing-themed reading passages with carefully structured dictogloss activities that help learners improve their listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and note-taking skills simultaneously.
The textbook covers a wide range of healthcare situations, including patient care, hospital procedures, medication, emotional support, and communication with patients and colleagues. Reading passages and dictogloss tasks are written at a level accessible to learners around CEFR A2 level, while still introducing authentic nursing-related language and terminology.
Authors: Adrian Leis & Yoshie Leis
Coming 2026
Price: ¥3850 (including tax and postage)
A Running Start
A Running Start: 大学で力を発揮する英語111レッスン
A Running Start is the perfect guide for high school students looking to prepare for university-level English education. With 111 carefully designed lessons, the book covers a wide range of topics including grammar, speaking, listening, reading, writing, and more. Tailored specifically for Japanese high school students, it serves as an invaluable resource as they get ready to transition to university. Each lesson also comes with a short video in which the author of the lesson explains the content in more details. This guidebook is available only in Japanese.
『A Running Start』は、大学レベルの英語学習に向けて準備を進めたい高校生に最適なガイドブックです。全111レッスンで構成されており、文法、スピーキング、リスニング、リーディング、ライティングなど、幅広いトピックを網羅しています。日本の高校生を対象に設計されているため、大学進学に向けた学習の移行期において非常に有用な教材です。各レッスンには、著者が内容をより詳しく解説する短い動画も付いています。本書は日本語版のみの提供となります。
Authors: Adrian Leis, Kosuke Kishi, Yukiko Ohashi, Masanori Bannai, Kei Sakaguchi, Masumi Yajima, Yuko Nakano, Aliise Donnere, and Norihiro Nakamura.
ISBN: 978-4-9913907-4-6
Price: ¥2420 (including tax and postage)
Early Praise for A Running Start
1ページごとに要点が整理されており、テンポよく学べます。身近で興味深い内容とやさしい問題が、理解を深める手助けをしてくれます。 （平井 愛・神戸学院大学）
とある料理のレシピを完璧に覚えたからって、その料理を完璧に作れるものでもありません。何度も繰り返すことが重要です。
（神白 哲史・専修大学）
高校で学んだ知識をもう一度思い出し、
大学での学びを自信と楽しみに変えてくれる英語教科書！
（森田 光宏・広島市立大学）
重要な基本文法を網羅した1冊で、1レッスンあたりの分量がちょうど良いので、柔軟に学習に取り入れられ、負担なく学び続けられるテキストです。 （臼倉 美里・東京学芸大学）
English For Life
Growing with English
Traveling with Friends
Traveling with Friends
English for Life: Growing with English is the first title in the English for Life series and has been created specifically for adult and third-age learners who want to enjoy English as part of a rich and active life. Rather than focusing on tests or grades, the textbook encourages learners to reflect on their experiences, share personal stories, and connect with others through meaningful communication.
Through engaging readings, practical conversations, listening activities, and opportunities for reflection, learners develop confidence while exploring topics such as lifelong learning, friendship, family, hobbies, travel, and personal growth. Growing with English demonstrates that learning a language can be an enjoyable journey that continues at every stage of life.
Authors: Adrian Leis & Nobuya Itagaki
Coming August 2026
Price: ¥2400 (including tax and postage)
Traveling with Friends
Traveling with Friends
Traveling with Friends
English for Life: Traveling with Friends is the second title in the English for Life series and invites learners to explore the world through English. Following four friends as they embark on memorable journeys together, the textbook combines travel-themed readings, conversations, listening activities, and reflection tasks that bring language learning to life.
Learners develop practical communication skills for a variety of travel situations while discovering new places, cultures, and experiences. Along the way, they build confidence in using English to share memories, express opinions, and connect with people from different backgrounds. Traveling with Friends shows that every journey can be an opportunity to learn, communicate, and create lasting memories.
Authors: Adrian Leis & Nobuya Itagaki
Coming 2026
Price: ¥2400 (including tax and postage)
Caring for Health
Enjoying our Hobbies
Enjoying our Hobbies
English for Life: Caring for Health is the third title in the English for Life series and focuses on one of the most important aspects of life—our health and well-being. Through engaging readings, practical conversations, listening activities, and personal reflection tasks, learners explore topics related to physical health, mental wellness, healthy lifestyles, and active aging.
The textbook encourages learners to discuss their experiences, share advice, and develop the language needed to talk about health with confidence. By connecting English learning to everyday well-being, Caring for Health helps learners build both their communication skills and their understanding of how to live a healthy, balanced, and fulfilling life.
Authors: Adrian Leis & Nobuya Itagaki
Coming 2027
Price: ¥2400 (including tax and postage)
Enjoying our Hobbies
Enjoying our Hobbies
Enjoying our Hobbies
English for Life: Enjoying Our Hobbies is the fourth title in the English for Life series and celebrates the activities that bring joy, purpose, and meaning to our lives. Through engaging readings, practical conversations, listening activities, and reflection tasks, learners explore a wide range of hobbies, interests, and creative pursuits.
From gardening and photography to music, crafts, sports, and lifelong learning, the textbook encourages learners to share their passions, discover new interests, and connect with others through meaningful communication. Enjoying Our Hobbies helps learners build confidence in English while celebrating the activities that keep life active, rewarding, and fun.
Authors: Adrian Leis & Nobuya Itagaki
Coming 2027
Price: ¥2400 (including tax and postage)
Vocab Boss
Vocab Boss 4
Vocab Boss 4 is the fourth level in the Vocab Boss series, designed for learners working at the JACET 3000–4000 level and around A2 on the CEFR scale. The book helps students move from simply “remembering” vocabulary to actually “using” it. Across 10 modules, learners study 1,200 carefully selected words and expressions through clear definitions, Japanese translations, pronunciation guides, collocations, and example sentences.
The Review & Retrieval section at the end of each module uses evidence-based learning techniques to strengthen long-term retention through active recall. Combined with the Confidence Tracking System, these activities encourage learners to reflect on their progress, build confidence, and gradually transform passive vocabulary knowledge into vocabulary they can understand, recall, and use with confidence.
The goal of Vocab Boss is simple: to help learners become the boss of their vocabulary, not the other way around.
『Vocab Boss 4』は、JACET 3000〜4000語レベル、CEFR High A2程度の学習者を対象とした語彙教材です。本書では、1,200の重要語彙・表現を学習し、「覚える」だけでなく「使える」語彙へと発展させることを目指します。
各語彙には、日本語訳、発音ガイド、コロケーション、例文を掲載し、実際の使用場面を意識しながら学習を進めることができます。また、各Module末の「Review & Retrieval」では、想起（Retrieval）を活用したアクティビティを通して、長期的な記憶の定着を促します。
さらに、「Confidence Tracking System」により、自分の理解度や自信の変化を確認しながら学習を進めることができます。語彙を「知っている」状態から、「思い出せる」「使える」状態へと育てることが、本書の大きな目標です。
Vocab Boss の目標はシンプルです。語彙に振り回されるのではなく、自分の語彙を自在に使いこなせる学習者を育てることです。
Authors: Adrian Leis, Yukiko Ohashi, and Matthew Wilson
Coming 2026
Price: ¥TBA (including tax and postage)