Hi! I'd like to inform you of the topic for the practice on 3rd Aug here.
Genre; Discussion
Theme; about “herbivorous boys ”（草食系男子 in Japanese）
Questions;
Q1. Have you met or dated this type of boy?
Q2. Do you personally prefer herbivorous or carnivorous 肉食系 boys (girls)?
Q3. Do you think this phenomenon is really happening? / If yes, Why?
Q4. Social impact of growing number of herbivorous boys (negative/positive, solutions)
Q5. (If time allows….) Please discuss about another related buzz words; such as ” carnivorous woman” or “Bento danshi” (the boys who pack a lunch to save money),or Ryori danshi" etc…
Procedure;
1. 17:30～divided into some groups
2. 17:40～discuss about Q1 to Q5 (about 10min per Question)
3. 18:20～each group selects a presenter & announces the summary to all.
The end of last year, I had a chance to chat with a guy in his 20’s and learned he and his friends never had a big obsession to spend with girl friend on Christmas eve, and some of them have a home party with friends instead.
I thought that's decent & reasonable compared to the older "Bubble" generation spent more flamboyant Christmas time manipulated by media, though the word “herbivore boys” is often link to negative aspect like a declining birthrate or etc…
So the buzz word "herbivore boys”seems to have pros and cons which is a key to speak as much English in the heated discussion as possible.
That’s the reason I chose this topic.
These English article& video are for your reference to pick up some words and phrases
http://carnalnation.com/content/13442/4/herbivorous-boys-latest-japanese-metrosexuality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DztZNZgv2L0
and to share the basic information in Japanese
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8D%89%E9%A3%9F%E7%B3%BB
Please check out at least the difinition of "Sousyokukei Danshi" in Japanese beforehand, because it's so hard to start off any discussion without it.
Your lively discussion would be appreciated.
Best Wishes,
Miyazawa