In Hot Water New Edition

Stories of Surprise, Adventure, and (Mis)communication in Japan

In Hot Water is a collection of 26 fun and easy-to-read short stories that introduce exciting situations, warm humor, and cross cultural views of life in Japan.

Some stories involve surprise and astonishment, including magic chocolate, Halloween ghosts, and strange people sitting next to you on the train. Others are full of danger, like finding wild animals in the kitchen, setting the house on fire (almost), and going skiing the first time on a very steep mountain. Still others introduce the difficulty (and excitement) of communicating with people from different cultural backgrounds, such as the handicapped man who just wanted to shake hands on the train, the farmer with a very unusual family recipe, and the grandfather who explained the tricky art of taking a hot bath!

In addition to the stories, there are discussion questions and activities ideal for an interactive, creative classroom; the book can also be used as an individual reader as well as a textbook for study at either high school or university level.

A5; 124 pp

About the author
David Shea has lived in Tokyo since 1993. After studying in the FALCON program at Cornell, he received a PhD in foreign language education from the University of Georgia and has taught in the Faculty of Business & Commerce at Keio University since 2000. He has published articles on intercultural communication, language pedagogy, and bilingual policy but his main interest is teaching in the EFL classroom.

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