What's New at Kyoto NHK ESS?

This is an announcement of the practice planned on 5/09.

Genre : Group Talk
Title : GW ( Golden Week )

Your GW holidays will be over on 5/10. I guess many of you, especially active people, enjoyed your holidays by leisure-traveling, attending events, eating family dinners, reading books, watching movies, visiting theaters, etc.

Let’s share in the team how you spent your GW holidays.

Interesting stories, failure stories, getting in troubles or any good/bad experiences are welcome.

Make some groups (less than 10)

Each member talks about his/her GW holidays in rotation
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Q&A’s are always welcome during a talk.

Please enjoy talking and listening to the interesting stories.

Isamu Mashima

Hello! Everyone,

This is a preliminary announcement about a second half session on 16th, May.
I’m going to invite Mr. Raleigh Gosney to our second half session again to give you his English lesson on the day upon approval of our staffs.

Although I exactly know it is our common practice that the sessions are managed by ourselves which means “no teacher” in the sessions, I think it a good exercise to have a native English teacher in the session at times because we can learn correct English grammar, pronunciation, syntax and idioms from him. I hope you enjoy his lesson, it gives you a good motivation to keep on your English learning and it helps you brush up your English skills. Please don’t hesitate to give him back your answers immediately when you are asked. His lesson will be carried out in an interactive way.

No lesson fee and preparation are required, just to be sure.

Kisei Masayama

Good morning, everyone,

This is an announcement about a second half session on 16th, May.

In the session Mr. Raleigh Gosney is going to give you an English lesson reading you some stories and asking you many questions about the stories. For example, he will ask you questions as follows.

“What did he reply to her?” “Why was she so sad?” “Why is this story funny?”

I hope you enjoy his lesson.

Kisei Masayama

Hello 京都NHK ESS members.

This is an announcement for the practice on May 23rd.
Genre：Talk
Title：Compare, pick and explain

In our daily life, we face a lot of situations we have to choose any one from among options.
From casual ones like which TV program to watch, what to have for lunch or where to go for お花見 to serious ones like which university to go, what career to choose or whether to quit the job or not.

I’d like you to choose either of the two topics and explain why you take that one for two minutes.

No more than or no less than two minute.

You don’t need to think the topic seriously but try to talk smoothly about what you think of.

Please keep talking as much as you can for two minutes.

I expect you will be tired but hope you would enjoy this practice.

Thanks,
Fujio Hirano

This is the announcement of the practice on May 30th.

Nowadays Origami is known in foreign countries as the plastic art.
Let's study how to fold Origami so that you can show it to foreigners.

Genre: game

Title: Origami

1. Make some groups.

2. Separate A team and B team in each group.

3. I will distribute the explanation for how to fold Origami (in English).

4. Translate and try folding Origami in each team.

5. A team teaches B team how to fold Origami of A. (Don't show the explanation.)

6. B team teaches a team how to fold Origami of B.

Let's enjoy Origami!

Akiko Matsui

Dear Kyoto NHK-ESS member

This is the announcement about the practice on June 6th.

Genre: talking
Title: praise other members
Description:
1. Make 5 to 6 groups.
2. Each group is divided into two or three people.
3. Ask many questions as possible each other to find out her or his charm points or good points that should be praised. (10minutes)
4. In the group, praise your buddy in front of other members one by one. (30minutes)

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