What's New at Kyoto NHK ESS?

５月のニュースレターを報告いたします。
〈Practice report〉
5/2Ms.Nakata "Boggle Brain busters"
出席者: 31名（New Comer 3名: Mr.Yuki, Mr.Banba, Mr. Okada）

5/9Ms.Oka "Appreciation of Poetry"
出席者: 38名（New Comer 3名: Ms.Tomoshige, Mr.Shigemitsu, Mr. Yokoyama)

5/16Mr.Nakanishi "Cross word puzzle"
出席者：35名（New Comer　2名:Mr.Yamanaka，MS．Kyuragi）

5/23Mr.Ishizaki "Debate"
出席者: 26名（New Comer 3名: Ms.Ogawa, Mr.Kitaura, Ms.Okamoto）

5/30Mr.Kitamura "Address Power"
出席者: 32名（New Comer 3名: Mr.Sugihara, Mr.Matsuda ）

5月は、SFV（Swine Flu Virus）で騒がしい一月でした。
煽るようなマスメディアの報道に何となく気持ちが凹みそうでしたが…、
落ち着いたので一安心です。先日、神戸に遊びに行きましたが、
人手も戻ってきているように感じました。（もっとも神戸に限らず
まだまだ関西全体観光収入など大打撃ですね…）８月に延期の
神戸まつりにESSメンバーも参加するとのこと！
盛り上がってほしいです！ではまたお寺であいましょう。

Presenter:Mr.Saito

Genre: Talk and listening
Title: 233th anniversary of U.S. Independence

Description:
In the U.S., the 4th of July is a national holiday to celebrate Independence in 1776.

[Section1] You will listen to material including American culture, history and geography. Please answer multiple choice questions.

[Section2] Let’s talk about the subjects below.
1. What comes to mind when you think about America? Please tell the reason.
2. Which place do you want to visit in U.S.? Why there?
3. Do you have your favorite American? On which point do you like or respect him or her?
You don’t need any preparation for this workshop.

But it may be helpful for you to check the names and places of the American states.

See you!

Presenter:Ms.Ohkubo

Gerne: Talk&translation

Description:
I would like you to make English haiku and introduce it in your groups.
So, if you have time, please think topics you want to write.
Also, I want you to try haiku translation from Japanese to English.
I hope you enjoy it.Thank you.

Presenter:Ms.Kimura.
Genre: Talk
Title:
What's your favorite?

Description:
You are going to make a short speech about your favorite things to your group members.
For example: favorite books, game, music, other hobbies, place to go, and so on.

Procedure:
1. Divide the members into several groups.
2. Write down what you are going to talk.(about 10 minutes)
3. One of your group members makes his/her speech.
4. Talk about the topic in your group freely.
5. Step 2 and
step 3 will be repeated.

I hope you will enjoy this practice!