What's New at Kyoto NHK ESS?

Dear ESS members,

I'm in charge of the latter practice on Oct 15th.
I'd like to send you the agenda of the day.

Genre: Game & Talk
Title: "Look at my Gesture"
procedures:
1. Devide the members into 4~5groups
2. Everyone pick up one card and show us the gesture
(The cards are about animals, sports, vehicles, occupations, actions...)
3.If time permits, each group talk about the gestures and make a story

Gestures and facial expressions are also part of language.
Let's use your whole body to speak!

Hope you enjoy the game.

Best wishes,
Ryuichi Tanaka

The practice planned on Oct-22 is as follows.

Genre : Group Talk
Title : Inbound Tourism

Starting Oct-11, Japanese government removed regulations for inbound visitors, including unlimited number of visitors, short-stay visits without visa and accepting independent travels. Together with deregulations for inbound visitors, the government has started Domestic Travel Assistance programs.

On the other hand, we will be facing Over-Tourism such as insufficient hotel capacity and staffs, overcrowding, environmental damages, and safety & security, etc.

Question 1 : What are the pros and cons of inbound visitors.?

Question 2 : What should be improved for inbound visitors?

Question 3 : What is sustainable tourism ?

Make a few groups. Before closing the practice, each group shows a couple of interesting ideas to all.

I.Mashima

Dear Kyoto NHK ESS members,

Here is an announcement of the practice planned on Octorber 29.

☆Genre: Variety (ｑuizzes, listening and small talk)

☆Title:”Happy Halloween! “

☆Procedures:
1 Make 3～４ groups.
2 Warm-up quizzes
I’ll give you some quizzes about Halloween, so please try.
3 Listen to the CD and fill in the blanks.
4 Exchange your comments in your group on each question below.
〈Questions〉
　　　　(1) Do you have any plan on Halloween night?
(holding a party, going for a drink with friends, doing cosplay, buying
Halloween Jumbo Lottery, going to get some candies, etc.)
　　　　(2) Do you have any special (good or bad) memories on Halloween?
(3) Which event do you like best, Halloween, Chiristmas, Valentine’s day,
White day, Easter, New Year’s day or someone’s birthday?
(4) What do you think of the big Halloween celebration in Shibuya?
　　　　　　 （the biggest street party of the year that a crowd of hundreds of
thousands, dressed in some of the most spectacular and elaborate costumes,
gathering around Shibuya Crossing）

I hope you will enjoy it!


Motoko Tabata

Hello, Kyoto NHK ESS members,

Happy to announce a later half of practice for our activity on November 5th.

(Genre) Game.

(Procedure) Divide us into two groups for playing the game.

(Theme) 20 Questions/Classical Guessing Game.

20 Questions is a classic guessing game that people have been enjoying for decades.
The basic premise is that one person chooses something (really anything) and gives
the category it belongs to (such as person, place or thing). Then, the other player is
allowed to ask up to 20 yes/no questions to try to determine what it is.

An incredibly important part of the 20 questions game is asking good questions that
can help you get to the answer as quickly as possible. Good questions will help you
narrow down the possible answers as much as possible. So, what are some good
questions to ask? Here are several effective questions you will think of.

Is this person alive?
Is this object something you find in a house?
Is this person American?
Is the object bigger than a watermelon?
Can I see this object in the room now?
Is this object expensive?
Is this person fictional?
Do many people visit this place?
Can I carry this object around in my pocket?
Is this person a woman?
Is this person over 30 years old?

I hope you’ll enjoy the game!

Makoto Nishimura