What's New at Kyoto NHK ESS?

information on October.sixth about the latter part practice.
Genre,talk
Theme,Domestic trip
At first all members will be divide in to some groups and talk about some prefecture.

Dear Kyoto NHK-ESS member
This is the information about the practice on October 13.

1.　Genre: Talk & Discussion
2.　Title: Talking about the present situation
3.　Description

[Step. 0]
Make some groups and make pairs in each group. If you don’t have partner, please find a partner in other group. If there is no partner in all groups, I will become your partner.

[Step. 1] 1 minute to speak （5〜10min）
This is a 1 minute to speak. You talk about a topic for 1 minute. Your partner just listen. After your talking, exchange a speaker. I’m a timekeeper. I choose topics below.
Autumn , Spring , Book , School

[Step. 2] Free conversation (35〜45 minutes)
Please gather in each group.
Please introduce yourself quickly and talk about your present situation one by one.
You can continue talking and discussion. You can talk about any topics. If you don’t have any topics,
you can use my topics that is “What is your hobby?”

[Step. 3] Dialogue (10〜15 minutes)
I distribute a number card. One person having your same number is your partner.
Let’s talk freely each other.

Hirokazu Sakai

Dear Kyoto NHK ESS members,

This is an annoucement of the practice in the latter half of ESS meeing on Oct. 20th.

1. Date: Oct. 20th

2. Genre: Talking

3. Title: News of receiving an award

It was the time when Nobel Prize news became the topic this year. As all of you already knows, a Japanese won the Nobel Prize in the field of physiology and medicine this year. It was Tasuku Honjo, a professor at Kyoto University who elucidated mechanism of the cancer outbreak and developed medicines controlling cancer outbreak. I was interested in Japanese Nobel prize winner in the past and gathered their informations in the table. Today, I would like to talk about them with you, and at the same time, I want to share with you your interesting prize you have received so far ( rare funny prize is better ) .

4. Description

1) Please make 4-5 groups

2) I will distribute a paper written about Japanese who received Novel Prize.

3) Please read it and fill the blank in the table with talking about Novel Prize in your group.

4) Next, as I will distribute another blank paper, please write down the prize you have received in 　the past.

Ex: In my case, I have received the prize about "very healthy tooth" in my elementary school days and received the prize on the

"perfect attendance in my elementary and junior high school days "

5) Then, introduce and talk about your exciting prize in your group.

I hope you will enjoy the practice.

Masahiko Oka

Dear Kyoto NHK ESS members,

This is an announcement of the practice on Oct. 27th.

Genre : Presentation

Title : Get the inbound tourists

Many foreign tourists have visited Japan these days.
Most of the prefectures are enticing foreign tourists to visit there toward "40 million inbound in 2020".
A prefecture that had the most inbound in 2017 is,
1st Tokyo 2nd Osaka 3rd Chiba 4th Kyoto...
and the fewest inbound in 2017 is,
1st Shimane 2nd Kochi 3rd Fukui 4th Iwate....

At present, the 60% overseas tourists are repeater to Japan.
They are also looking for a new spot where they can experience with Japanese, flower arrangement,
farm work, Ninja and suchlike.
Each prefecture has considered what leads to the attraction of inbound tourists.

Please imagine that you are in Shimane, Kochi, Fukui or Iwate prefectual employees place.
Let's make an impressive presentation as a group in 3minutes !

So before the practice, I would recommend checking the sightseeing of them by the Web.

I hope that you will spend an exciting time there.
thank you,

Ryuich Tanaka