Hi, everyone.
Here is the announcement for the practice on the June 24th.
[Genre] impromptu speech（即興スピーチ）
[Subject] things what we use or see in our daily life, such as stationaries, household appliances, parts of a house and so on (ex: socks, ball-point-pen, microwave, bag, ceiling).
[How to] 1 I want you to be divided into 4 or 5 groups as usual.
2 I will hand out a pack of cards to each group.
3 In your group, put those cards upside down.
4 Decide the persons, who would do first, and who would be a timekeeper.
5 The first one take one from those cards.
6 The timekeeper time 30 seconds and the first speaker constructs a rough story within 30 seconds .
. 7 Then the timekeeper calls “ Start “ and he or she starts their speech.
Make sure to use simple expressions and short sentences to be understood by everyone,
If you feel difficulty, you can speech looking at the [Hints] .
8 The speech would finish within one minute to two minutes.
The speaker can stop talking when 1 minute passes, and can check the time when he or she wants to finish .
9 When the time passes 2minutes and still the speech is continuing, the timekeeper must say , “ Finish”.
10 The audience can ask questions to the speaker if they want to.
11 When the first one finishes, do the same thing from the 5 in clockwise until 20:10.
12 When you want to change these rules, you can do as you like.
[Hints] You can talk about the history or your attachment for some specific one, or your opinion on general ones . Here are some hints to make your speech .
1 What does that remind you of?
2 How many those things do you have ?
3 What kind of that is your favorite one ?
4 Do you have some memories about that ?
5 Do you have any opinion about that ?
6 How long have you being using that ?
7 Do you want to use that from now and then, and why ?
8 Do you want to buy a new one, and why ?
These are only hints . You don’t have to try to answer them. You can tell anything about that . I wish you can enjoy the speaker’s opinion , idea ,or memories about the thing .
Regards
Megumi Iwai