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Dear Kyoto ESS members

This is an announcement for the practice on January 23, 2016
Genre: Study and Talk
Title: Tumor（Cancer/Neoplasm）
Steps:
1 .Make several groups as usual (One group consists of 5 members).
2. First of all, I would like to explain about cancer.
3. Please talk about the following themes.
①If you have been diagnosed with cancer, do you hope the notification? Why?
②If your family have been diagnosed with cancer, do you hope the notification for your family? Why?
③If you have been diagnosed with terminal cancer, do you hope for further treatments? Why?
④If you don`t hope ③, do you hope the palliative care and hospice? Why?
4. Comprehension test
A little difficult but please enjoy my practice.

See you again at the temple!

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Makoto Kurusu

Dear Kyoto ESS members
This is an announcement for Practice on 30th, Jan. 2016

Genre: Game
Title: Scrabble（A kind of crossword game）

Steps:
1. Make 4 members’ groups.
(I’ll hand out each group a set of the crossword game which has a grid-printed paper and alphabet letter tiles.)

2. Turn all the letter tiles face down at the side of the grid-printed paper and each member draws 7 pieces of the letter tiles at random and turn the letter tiles face up in front of each

3. Determine the first player in a group in any way. After the first player, play passes to the left. Thus, each player’s turn comes around clockwise.

4. The first player combines two or more of his/her letter tiles to form a word and place them at the center of the grid-printed paper explaining his/her word in other words, Of course, in English. After that, the player counts his/her points on the letter tiles and writes it down on another paper to record.

5．Any dictionaries or materials are available in the Practice. You can also ask questions to other players in a group such as “ Is this a word?”, “Is this a correct spelling?”, but do not ask a whole word. If you can’t find any word to place, you will be able to say “Pass” and get 0 point. I hope the whole Practice shall be managed by communications in English!

6 Two pieces of no letter tile are included in each set of the alphabet letter tiles. You can use them as any letter tiles when you get one of them or both, but you will get no point when you place it on the grid-printed paper as neither point is printed on the tile.

7 A player complete a turn by drawing as many new letter tiles as played, thus always has to keep seven letter tiles in front.

8. The next player repeats the same operation above, but has to place his/her word to touch another letter tile already placed on the grid-printed paper. All letters played in a turn must be placed in one row across or down.

9. When all the letter tiles are used up, the game will be over. Sum up points you’ve got in your plays. A winner will be the highest point earner in a group!

I hope you will enjoy this game!

K. Masayama

Dear Kyoto ESS members

This is the announcement of practice on Feb. 6th.

Date: Feb. 6th
Genre: Discussion
Title:
1. What personality or occupation did you want to get in your early days?
2. What do you want now to be in the future?
3. With how much income are you satisfied qua the present status?

They seem to be severe themes to talk about. But take it easy. In the beginning of the year, Dai-Ichi Seimei (第一生命） insurance company annually announces the result of their survey (census) on " What do you want to be in the future?” Typical top 10 answers are as follow.
[boys]
1. Football player
2. Baseball player
3. Policeman, Detective
4. Mate, Chauffeur
5. Carpenter
6. Doctor (Physician)
7. Food store owner
8. Scholar, Doctor
9. Space-pilot, Fireman
10. Piano-teacher

〔girls〕
1. Food store owner(食べ物屋）
2. Kindergarten teacher
3. Nurse
4. Doctor (Physician)
5. Teacher
6. Singer, Entertainer, Talent
7. Fancier, Pet-shop owner, Animal trainer
8. Designer
9. Store owner
10. Pianist

Contents : As usual, make 5 or 6 groups.
After discussing each title, each group leader reports content of discussions.

Expecting vivid discussion and talking. See you next Saturday evening.

Regards,
Y.Imai