What's New at Kyoto NHK ESS?

Dear Kyoto NHK ESS members,

Hello, everyone.
I'm sorry to be late for our announcement.

Genre: Talk

Title: How about your summer vacation?

At first, please make some groups to have 4-6 members in each group.

Talk style:
Step 1.Person X provides a topic of conversation.
Step 2.Other member in same group asks each in turn on a given topic, and person X answers each question.
*Please change the person who provide a topic, then repeat steps 1 and 2.

Contents:
Part 1:This summer vacation (2017)
Did you visit somewhere?
How was the climate?Did you feel the changing climate, e.g. "tropical night" and "heat-filled day"?
Do you have any idea to enjoy hot summer days?

Part 2: Past summer vacation (memories)
How was your summer vacation in your school days?
Is there any impressive memories, e.g.grandma's house, summer session or fire-works?

Part 3: Future summer vacation (hope)
What would you like to do your summer vacation in future, e.g. travel abroad or summer resort?
How do you think the custom of summer vacation in abroad?

Let's share various memories or hope of summer vacation!
We hope you will enjoy it! See you on Saturday.

Best wishes,
ESS staffs of 2017

Dear　Kyoto ESS members

Let me announce the practice on Aug 26.

GENRE: translation

Title: Let`s make script from the movies!!

Description:

We will work to complete the blank scripts from two movies `` Roman
Holiday`` and ``Back to the Future.``

1. Make groups to be 4‾5 members in each group.

② I will hand out papers the script from one scene from ``Roman Holiday.``

③ Some dialogues between Princess Ann(Audrey Hepburn) and Joe
Bradley(Gregory Peck) are blank.

④ Please fill in the blanks to complete dialogues(20minutes).

(First, you try to fill in the blanks by yourself. Next, you discuss scripts
to fill in in the group.)

Japanese translation helps what sentences or words should be inserted.

⑤ I will hand out the complete script of ``Roman Holiday.``

⑥ Representatives from each group recite the script by turns in
front(10inutes).

Please play as you would be Audrey Hepburn or Gregory Peck.

⑦ We will do the same routine concerning with ``Back to the Future.``

I hope you enjoy the world of the movie !!

Seiichiro Iwai

Dear Kyoto NHK-ESS member

Hello everyone.
I'm sorry to be late for our announcement.

Genre: Discussion & Presentation
Title: Guide tour
Description
[Step. 1]
Make groups to be 4‾5 members in each group.

[Step. 2]
You are a tour guide. You have to guide rich American couple around Kansai area, and they don’t satisfied with famous tourist spot, like Fushimi inari, Kiyomizu Temple etc.
So please determine the Itinerary.

1 Write down three your recommended tourist attractions and reasons. (10 min)

2 Introduce your recommended tourist attractions to your group. (15 min)

3 Make two days Itinerary for American couple. One group one Itinerary (20 min)

4 Present your group's tour to the other group. (10 min)

We hope you will enjoy it! See you on Saturday.
Best wishes,

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Segawa Hiroshi

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