Well, today is the first day of the new academic year. I hope you enjoyed the break. This is also the first time I've taught this course. I'm really excited about it. We will be using a new text book called Whodunit.
One of the authors of Whodunit is my friend Marcos Benevides. You can see Marcos in the picture below. The other author is Adam Gray.
There are two detective stories in Whodunit. This semester, we will read the first one, called The Inverted Eagle.
Do you like detective stories? Detective Conan is a popular detective story in Japan. Watch the video clip from a Detective Conan cartoon. Listen and read the subtitles (字幕). What do you think is the Japanese translation of the following words: murder, investigate, case?
Now let's learn some useful vocabulary for understanding detective stories. Please click the link: smart.fm
Finally, please post a comment. Introduce yourself.
Front cover of Whodunnit by Adam Gray and Marcos Benevides, published by Abax. Some rights reserved.
One of the authors of Whodunit is my friend Marcos Benevides. You can see Marcos in the picture below. The other author is Adam Gray.
There are two detective stories in Whodunit. This semester, we will read the first one, called The Inverted Eagle.
Do you like detective stories? Detective Conan is a popular detective story in Japan. Watch the video clip from a Detective Conan cartoon. Listen and read the subtitles (字幕). What do you think is the Japanese translation of the following words: murder, investigate, case?
Now let's learn some useful vocabulary for understanding detective stories. Please click the link: smart.fm
Finally, please post a comment. Introduce yourself.
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Hi,Mr.Stout.My favorit book is Mr.Keigo Higashino's "Detictive Garireo".
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I live in Kawasaki
My favorite books are manga of mystery(Conan & kinndaichisyounenn no jikennbo).
HI mr stout
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This is Adam, the other author! I hope that the class and book go well. Please let me know if you have any questions, problems, or comments: adamsethgray@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteHello Adam,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. What a great surprise!
We're looking forward to receiving the hard copy version of the book soon. So far we'rve enjoyed reading the story. As you can see from the comments above, some of the students already like the genre.
Thanks again!