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New Horizon (textbook)

New Horizon (textbook) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand New Horizon (textbook) rather than just read about it. In short: New Horizon is an English language textbook used by junior high school students in Japan. It first came out in 1966.

Key takeaways

New Horizon (textbook) belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect New Horizon (textbook) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of New Horizon (textbook) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

New Horizon is an English language textbook used by junior high school students in Japan. It first came out in 1966. It is published by Tokyo Shoseki. There are three volumes, one for each of the three years of junior high school in Japan. As of 2003, around 40% of schools were using New Horizon as their English textbook.

Characters There are several characters whose adventures centered on the fictional Wakaba Junior High School inspire the books' grammar and vocabulary lessons. These characters, updated in the revised 2006 edition of the text, are as follows:

Judy Brown – An African-American girl from New York. Emi Ito (伊藤絵美 Itō Emi) – A young Japanese girl. Shin Tanaka (田中慎 Tanaka Shin) – A young Japanese boy. Mike Davis – A young Australian. Lisa – Ms. Green's sister who lives in Toronto, Canada. Koji (浩司 Kōji) – Lisa's Japanese husband. Bill – Ms. Green's little brother. Bin – Koji's Chinese friend. Their teachers are a Canadian Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) named Ann Green and Kazuko Sato (佐藤和子 Satō Kazuko), a Japanese woman who is mostly ignored by the authors. The 2006 edition has only minor changes from the previous edition; e.g., there are T-shirts on sale instead of shoes, and the kids visit Canada instead of Australia. In April 2016, new characters and visuals in the fictional Midori (green) High School are introduced:

Saki Andou (安藤咲 Andou Saki) – A first year student in the Judo (柔道) club. Haruki Andou (安藤春樹 Andou Haruki) – Saki's older brother who studies in an Australian University. Becky Jones – Born in Australia and met Saki during the school's cultural festival. Kouta Ito (伊藤光太 Ito Kouta) – A first year student in the soccer club. Emi Ito (伊藤絵美 Ito Emi) – Kouta's older sister. Paulo Fernandes – Born in Brazil, the coach of the soccer team. Deepa Mitra – Born in India, first year student. She loves music and is in the school's band. Alex Green – Born in Canada, first year student. He joins the dance team of the Japanese culture club. Their ALT is named Ellen Baker who was born in Boston, USA. Her brother Mike works in a Chinese cuisine restaurant in Japan. Mary Brown is her friend who also hails from Boston.

Popular culture The appearance of Ellen Baker went viral, with much fan art causing concern to the original artist, prompting him to call for restraint on her fans.

See also English textbooks in use in Japan Sunshine New Crown Total English

References

External links Englipedia Tokyo Shoseki publishing company (Japanese)

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with New Horizon (textbook)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what New Horizon (textbook) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to New Horizon (textbook) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about New Horizon (textbook) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of New Horizon (textbook)

In research: New Horizon (textbook) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses New Horizon (textbook) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: New Horizon (textbook) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Education book stubs, English-language education, Japan education stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for New Horizon (textbook) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study New Horizon (textbook) in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what New Horizon (textbook) means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain New Horizon (textbook) out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is New Horizon (textbook) in simple terms?

New Horizon is an English language textbook used by junior high school students in Japan. It first came out in 1966.

Why does New Horizon (textbook) matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study New Horizon (textbook)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on New Horizon (textbook).