Dear Kyoto NHK ESS members
I’d like to share with you the practice to be discussed on Jan.7th, 2017 as follows:
1. Date: Jan.7th, 2017
2. Genre: Talking
3. Title: Events during new year season
As you know, various traditional events shown below are held in Japan at the beginning of new year from the end of previous year. Then, please choose several events, and talk about them in your group including the memories of your past day and your childhood.
1) General house cleaning (大掃除)
2) Year-crossing noodles（年越しそば）
3) Mochi pounding（餅つき）
4) Year-end party（忘年会）
5) New Year’s Eve bells（除夜の鐘）
6) Worship of the first sunrise of a new year（初日の出参拝）
7) First shrine or temple visit of the New Year（初詣）
8) Written oracles（おみくじ）
9) Lucky charm（お守り）
10) New Year’s card （年賀状）
11) New Year’s gift（お年玉）
12) New Year dishes（おせち料理）
13) First dream of the New Year（初夢）
14) Soup with rice cakes and vegetables（雑煮）
15) Seven-herb rice porridge（七草粥）
4. Description
Please make 5-6 groups and select a leader/presenter in your group.
Then, choose several events, and talk about them in your group from the following point of view, for example.
a) What were you involved in ?
b) When and where were you involved in that event ?
c) Whom did you enjoy the events with ?
d) What was the most impressive or funniest point of the event ?, etc.
After the group talking, please show us the funniest story of your event by a presenter.
Rough time schedule:
Material reading/understanding:5min
Talking within the group:40min
Introduction of funnist story of your group: 10min ( about 2 min from each group )
This is the first ESS meeting of new year and I expect a lot of funny story from all of you. Let's enjoy the practice.
Masahiko Oka