Living Abroad

 

Year published/aired: 1984 

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes:  12 units, 60 clips total 

Grade: Business English ?

Genres: Business English ?

Sub-subject: Everyday's situations

Broadcaster: -

Production company: Berlitz & C.Itoh

Production country: Japan

Producer of videos:

Story:  

Editor:

Director:

Media: VHSx6

Media distribution: B&CI Inc.

Additional media: 3 books, audio cassettes

Working material:

Material publisher: Itoh, Berlitz

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): A course for Business English. Subtitle: A Practical Orientation for the Japanese Businessman and his Wife. On 6 VHS. I haven't found much info.  And haven't found it on worldcat. Produced in Japan. Pic also showing the B&CI logo. (There's a thin AND below the B.) Family and also kids shown but probably few or very few scenes.

Berlitz & C.Itoh (Berlitz & C. Itoh) also published "On Business Abroad" (1983/1984), "Enjoy English" 1986 (3 VHS) and "First Step Abroad". C. Itoh (founded by Chubei Itoh) was renamed in 1992 again in Itochu (伊藤忠商事株式会社). There is also C.Itoh & Company (America) but this was produced in Japan. Berlitz also has many publishing names like Berlitz School of Languages (Japan). Some similar VHS were released by "NCS Video" and Shin Nihon.

The learning material has 4 parts, Story Presantation, The Key Points, Useful Expressions, Situational Role play.

Episodes: unknown length, 6 VHS, 2 units per VHS. 60 episodes. I only found these on a photo of the back of VHS 6.

... 

Unit 11 (VHS 6)

51 Getting a letter from the States

52 Greeting visitors at the airport

53 Having dinner at a Japanese Home 

54 Taking the subway to Akiharaba

55 Bargaining in Akihabara 

Unit 12 (VHS 6)

56 Shopping

57 In Asakusa   

58  At Kabuki

59 At the Palace

60 Having Drinks 

Update: Got it!

 

Sorry, I saw too late, that I already had this. New pic from level 1. (Student's books, probably cap from a clip). Boy Sam also wore grey cargo pants and light green shirt in unit 4. Plot here is about playing Basketball inside, maybe at school. Girl is called Zoe.

2010 course by Oxford University. 

Main post with 2 other pics including another boy

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2023/07/got-it.html

Update: People You Meet

I found this book cover of People You Meet (I think first aired 1973, book edition 1975). It shows 3 screenshots in color. Previously I only had a b&w pic. BBC. Series: English by Radio and Television.

Main post

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2021/07/people-you-meet.html

I also uploaded some early and late 80s logos of Nelson/Filmscan

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2025/10/update-lets-watch-nelson-filmscan.html

Enjoy English (1986)

 

Enjoy English : a step-by-step video learning system

Year published/aired: 1986 

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes:  40 scenes 

Grade: 7 ??

Genres: Everyday's situations ?

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: -

Production company: International Spontaneous Language Institute

Production country: USA

Producer of videos:

Story:  

Editor:

Director:

Media: VHSx3

Media distribution: B&CI Inc.

Additional media: books, 4 audio cassettes

Working material:

Material publisher: Itoh, Berlitz

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): A course for at least Japanese Junior High schools. Filmed in the USA. Used at least in 760 schools in Japan. I found this including pic in a Nov 1989 issue of JALT.

Again, worldcat was very helpful. Publisher Itoh and the Berlitz School of Language (Japan) B&CI. Itoh is aka C. Itoh and Co Inc. Not much more can be found (maybe in Japanese). Berlitz also published Summer in Seattle (1990). Berlitz School of Language (America) published some more later. I haven't found anything about the producer.

Berlitz & C.Itoh (Berlitz & C. Itoh) also published "On Business Abroad", "Living Abroad" (6 VHS) and "First Step Abroad". C. Itoh (founded by Chubei Itoh) was renamed in 1992 again in Itochu (伊藤忠商事株式会社).

Not to be confused with Enjoy English (2006) or Let's Enjoy English. 

Episodes: unknown length

Speak Now

 

Year published/aired: 2012 

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes:  32 units (each) 

Grade: 13 ? (A1-B2)

Genres: Everyday's situations

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: -

Production company: People's Television Inc.

Production country:

Producer of videos:

Story: Jack C. Richards, David Bohlke 

Editor:

Director:

Media: DVD-ROM/online

Media distribution: Oxford University

Additional media: books, CD-ROM, CDs, ebook, CDs, ...

Working material:

Material publisher: Oxford University

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): A 4-level course from Oxford University for adults/young adults.

Pic from level 4 unit 7 (clip 3'22). 

In level 1 the son is called Eric and has shorter dark curly hair. Around 18-20 yo. He has a sister and/or neighbor Jill about his age. Tom and Maria might be the parents. Many screenshots in the student's book.

As usual DVDs are probably DVD-ROMs. The iTools Classroom Software has video and PowerPoint presentations (whiteboard ?). 

Episodes: unknown length, clips are very short ~2-4 minutes (as usual), at least ~21-29 minutes video per level. 

Level 1, clips (probably there are more), these are the main ones

1. New Neighbors

2. A Birthday Present 

3. Jill's Saturday

4. Maria Goes Shopping

5. Eric's Lucky Chair

6. Tom Cooks Dinner 

7. Jill's Trip (lessons 29-32)

Update: Let's Watch, Nelson Filmscan

I try to find more info and pics for the early series without pics (some appear on the TOP posts). I still haven't found any pics or clips or episode titles of this 1983 series. At least I found these covers and some few more details. 60 minutes running time. Updated full names of the authors (of the working materials) Gill Sturtridge, Ron White, Eddie Williams. 

Another additional credits (working material ?) Saxon Menne (I have some more from him). And some more details about/other works by director Malcolm Hossick. I also haven't found much more details of The Visitor. Maybe "Starwise" is just the title of the Scandinavian (main) title.

About Nelson Filmscan. I found some magazine PDFs (Japanese JALT) with some ads. Nelson is the early Edinburgh publisher Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd. Later, I think in the late 80s (eg 1986), maybe depending on the countries, there was Filmscan/Lingual House (USA) with that speech balloon. The best online source is still Worldcat. 

 

Update: Family and Friends

 

I already had a post about this Oxford course. I recently checked some more episodes. 

Pic 1 from level 6 (2nd ed). Clip is 1:58. Pic 2 from level 2 (2nd ed). Clip is 1:41. Fluency clips. Good, different aged actors. I haven't checked the complete length of the DVDs/DVD-ROMs. I think 15 units per level and around 3 clips each (2-3 minutes each).

On the main site I found (additional) 15 units with animated clips only under stories. 

There's also a related 2 level pre-school series called "First Friends" (don't know if having live-action scenes) and American English versions of Family and Friends. 

Main post

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2022/12/family-and-friends.html