'Simon has made an important contribution to the field of teaching Japanese. New teachers (and their students) will benefit from the concise and practical explanation of teaching elementary Japanese.'

"This handbook offers specific and practical information on different aspects of teaching Japanese, particularly helpful to new teachers. The book contains 16 illustrations of handouts, homework assignments, and reading passages, plus many examples of test questions and sentences for teaching pronunciation, the writing system, reading, speaking, and listening comprehension."
Shigeru Miyagawa in the Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese