JOLLY STUDY SQUARE
English learning reaches beyond examinations. Connect understanding, interaction, reading and writing, choosing materials and teaching that fit the learner.
The national curriculum provides a framework; the material suggestions below help you navigate the JSS catalogue and are not official MEXT endorsements.
Follow a child’s interests through songs, stories and play. Make room for enjoyable listening, imitation and interaction.
Provision varies between schools. Enjoy familiar spoken language and explore connections with print as interest develops.
The national curriculum emphasizes listening and speaking. Keep meaningful interaction alongside any work with letters.
Foreign language becomes a subject. Connect familiar spoken words with reading and writing, and apply taught sounds in short texts.
Understand and exchange ideas on everyday and social topics. Where literacy is difficult, revisit foundations and choose materials by need.
Combine language skills to understand information and express ideas. If using a qualification for admission, check the route, skill scores and validity period.
The four skills are organized into five domains by distinguishing spoken interaction from spoken presentation. Phonics supports the link between sound and print; vocabulary, comprehension, conversation and writing need attention too.
Explore the curriculum frameworkFROM THE CLASSROOM
Our affiliated I’s English School shares classroom activities, materials and work related to EIKEN. JSS draws on classroom experience in training for teachers and parents.
Individual success stories describe those learners’ experiences; they do not establish a pass rate for JSS training or a particular material.
LEARNING IN JAPAN
Connect learning stages with material choices.
EIKEN & ADMISSIONS
Understand eligibility, bonus points and score conversion.
ACCESSIBLE LEARNING
Explore evidence and support for individual learners.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Grade descriptions indicate difficulty, not compulsory achievement by school year. Consider experience, skill balance and the learner’s goals, then check any relevant admissions requirements.
Select support by the reading or spelling barrier, not age alone. Revisit needed foundations while keeping topics age-appropriate and listening to the learner.
Yes. Browse the bookstore and follow a product to its purchase page. You do not need to book training.
A CLOSER LOOK
Explore the books, then open a teaching idea to picture how you could use them.
TRACE & SAYLook closely at the letters and illustrations in Finger Phonics. Connect what you see with the sound you say.
Trace the letter, practise its sound together, then explore words in the picture that use that sound.
NOTICE & CONNECTColourful scenes and letters give you a starting point for an engaging, shared lesson.
Talk about the picture, find familiar letters and sounds, and use children’s observations to lead into reading and writing practice.
READ & ENJOYTurn practice into the pleasure of reading a story, with books matched to the sounds already taught.
Choose a book with familiar sound–spelling patterns, practise reading the words and make time to talk about the story.
Photography: official Jolly Learning materials. Teaching ideas are illustrative suggestions from JSS. Check editions, levels and availability on the product pages.
EXPLORE THE MATERIALS
A few examples from the range. Check editions, levels and included materials on each product page.
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Jolly Phonics
Jolly Literacy
Jolly English
Decodable Readers