What's New at Kyoto NHK ESS?

This is the announcement about the practice on November 9.
genre : game and talk
title : taboo and current topics
description :
This is a game for a player to have their partners guess the word on a card, without using the itself or additional words listed down below. I will prepare 30 cards beforehand.
If we have any time left, let's discuss current topics. I will have a few materials ready for discussion.
Have a good time!

Dear Kyoto NHK-ESS member

This is the announcement for the practice on November 16, 2019.

1.　Genre: Talk & discussion
2.　Title: Talking about the present situation
3.　Description
[Step. 1]
Make some groups and make pairs in each group. If you don’t have any partner, find one in the other group. If there is no partner in all groups, staff will be your partner.

[Step.2] 1 minute to speak （15 minutes）17:40-17:55
These are1-minute speeches. Talk about one topic for 1 minute. Your partner just listens. After your talk, exchange the speaker. Staff would be a timekeeper. The topics are as follows.

English training camp by ESS, favorite food in autumn, coloring of leaves, New Year’s Greeting cards, global climate change, term exam, earthquake, dentist, catching cold, Christmas, Year-end greeting gift, physical exercise, preparation for winter, excessive tourism, consumption tax, cashless society, renewable energy, smartphone, what to do for day off, favorite class except English, about “REIWA”, living with or without ESS

[Step. 3] Free conversation (35 minutes) 17:55-18:30
Please gather in each group.
Please introduce yourself quickly and talk about your present situation one by one. You can continue your talks and discussion. You can talk about any topics. If you don’t have any topics, you can use our topics, such as “the Internet” or “dream in my life”.

[Step. 4] Dialogue (10 minutes) 18:30-18:40
Staff would distribute the number cards. A person with the same number would be your partner.

Talk freely with each other.

Please enjoy
Kyoto NHK ESS 2019 STAFF

Hi, dear members of NHK ESS!

This is the announcement for the practice on 23rd of this month.
1. Date: Nov. 23, 2019
2 .Genre: Discussion
3 .Title: Social problems
4 .Description
・Make some groups.
・Discuss the following 3 topics for 15min. each.
・Find a person who represents your group and share your talks.

(1) Relative poverty
It is said that half of colloquially called “single mother” and 26% of elder ly families live under this relative poverty.
(2) Refugee problem in Japan
There were 10,901 applicants seeking for refugee status in 2016 but only 28 pe ople were accepted.
(3)Unoccupied houses
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, 8.2 million houses are now empty houses, more than 10% of the whole houses.

As you see, these problems will not be solved anytime soon, maybe no answer. I hope you to prepare for the discussion beforehand and it will be productive o ne.

G.Kitaura

Dear members of NHK ESS,
This is the announcement for the practice on November 30th, 2019.

1. Genre: talk, expression
2. Title: Animations
3. Description
[ Step 1. (10 min) ]
Make some groups. Just listen to animation songs. I will choose songs whose title is different between Japanese and English, and then please feel free to answer or I’ll call on someone.
[ Step 2. (20 min) ]
In each group, please talk about your memory about animations.
[ Step 3. (30 min) ]
I’ll give you a piece of paper. It’s manga which has no phrases. Try to think the phrase while you pretend to be a cartoonist. After writing it down, share your own ideas in your group.

I hope you’ll enjoy my practice.

Shigemi Yoshida