What's New at Kyoto NHK ESS?

Dear ESS members,

Hello, I am Akihiro Tabata from Ishikawa pref.
Here is an announcement of the practice planned on July 13th.　

(1) Genre: Group Talk
(2) Title: “Are you an economical person or a big spender?”
(3) Description:
1. Make several groups
2. I distribute reference material（questionnaire results about saving money） .
3. Read the material and answer the prepared questions individually.
4. Share your answers in your group.

Prices have been rising recently. This may have a big impact on our lives.
Let's talk about money saving and share your views.

I hope you will enjoy the practice.

I am looking forward to seeing you on that day!

Best regards,
Akihiro Tabata

"Englishes make a difference" presented by IZUMI TOKI

Dear Kyoto NHK ESS members

Hi,I am Yu Fang Lai.
Here is an announcement of the practice planned on July 27th.　

1.Genre: discussion
2.Title: Are you a health-conscious person?
3. Description:
(1) Make several groups consisting of 4-5 members.
(2) Get a reference questionnaire about health.
(3) Answer the prepared questions individually.
(4) Share your answers in your group.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO,2024), the country with the highest average life expectancy is Japan, where people live to an average age of 84.5 years. The average Japanese life span is 81.7 years in men and 87.2 years in women.

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. There is about 9 years difference between life expectancy and healthy life expectancy.
Let's talk about What you can do to improve your health and share your thoughts.

I hope you'll enjoy the practice.

I am looking forward to seeing you on that day!

Best regards
Yu Fang Lai

みなさま
堀　薫夫です。
８月１０日の後半プラクティスの連絡をします。ディスカッションでテーマはカスハラです。少人数のグループに分けて話し合い、最後のグループ代表者からの報告をお願いします。

Date: Aug. 10th
Title: Customer Harassment
Genre: Discussion
Procedure: Make some groups, and discuss this topic using agenda of discussion. Finally, one of the group members will summarize the result of the discussion.
Description: There exist lots of harassments; sexual harassment, power harassment, etc. One of the recent social problems is Cus-Hara or Customer Harassment, namely unreasonable claim from the customer or client. In a restaurant, or a convenience store, government office, we sometimes witness a senior person make a complaint with loud voice to a young reception person at the counter. Tokyo Metropolis recently decided to enforce Prefectural Regulations for Customer Harassment, in order to protect business and commercial people in Tokyo. Also recently Ministry of Health and Labor made a manual how to deal with customer harassment for companies to protect their employees. In this original manual, the characteristics of these claimers were supposed to be males of around 50s to 60s and in a directing position of their former working place. One important point is that all the senior people are not claimers, so the Ministry has revised the expression in order not to generate age discrimination.
I’d like all of you to discuss this current and urgent issue with agenda of discussion wishing for creating a happy community. Thank you.

(reference article)
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/3a264730e165fd5c3253872a0d5a56555390dfc1

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堀　薫夫（HORI　Shigeo)
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