An Analysis of the Listening and Reading Sections of the Newly Published Japanese English Textbooks for Primary School

In 2020, Japan started a new English curriculum in which classes began from grade 5, based on the latest edition of Course Study (the guideline produced by Ministry Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT). The objectives this research paper are to examine seven sets newly published textbooks’ reading listening sections learn about their specific features, as well difficulty levels. result demonstrates that all textbooks, have far more volume content than sections. readability tests indicate contain higher levels sentences, contradicts authors’ initial impression. However, careful study use past tense verbs prepositions each section there textbooks results can be effective benchmarks measure level these textbooks.