What's New at Kyoto NHK ESS?

Dear Kyoto NHK-ESS member
This is the information about the practice on December 1.

1.　Genre: Talk & Discussion
2.　Title: Talking about the present situation
3.　Description

[Step. 0]
Make some groups and make pairs in each group. If you don’t have partner, please find a partner in other group. If there is no partner in all groups, I will become your partner.

[Step. 1] 1 minute to speak （5〜10min）
This is a 1 minute to speak. You talk about a topic for 1 minute. Your partner just listen. After your talking, exchange a speaker. I’m a timekeeper. I choose topics below.
Bicycle, Car, Science, Literature

[Step. 2] Free conversation (35〜45 minutes)
Please gather in each group.
Please introduce yourself quickly and talk about your present situation one by one.
You can continue talking and discussion. You can talk about any topics. If you don’t have any topics,
you can use my topics that is “Christmas Eve or New Year Eve”

[Step. 3] Dialogue (10〜15 minutes)
I distribute a number card. One person having your same number is your partner.
Let’s talk freely each other.

Hirokazu Sakai

Dear Kyoto NHK ESS members,

Here is an announcement of the later half practice that we will enjoy on December 8. We are supposed to gather at the Hitomachi-Koryu-Kan Kyoto at 18:00 on this day since the usual Otera will not be available for us to use.

1.　Genre: English Game
2.　Title: 20 Questions
3.　Description:

We will be divided into two groups to have a competitive battle between the two with a guessing game in English. The guessing game in which people try to identify a person, place or thing in 20 questions or less. The person can be living (e.g. a current athlete or entertainer), deceased (e.g. a famous person in history), or fictitious (e.g. cartoon or movie character). The place can be anywhere in the world, including creative places. The thing can be an inanimate object, an animal, a food, etc. Basically anything can be chosen, but try to make the selected item something that can be reasonably guessed. It’s no fun to play a guessing game that is impossible to solve.

Hope to see many of you at Hitomachi-Koryu-Kan Kyoto at 18:00 on December 8.

Makoto Nishimura

Hello ESS-members,

This is the announcement of the practice on Dec 15.
Genre: Taking and role playing
Title: Let’s guide a foreign tourist to your favorite places,

1. After making several groups, discuss your several favorite places such
as, shrines, temples, walking streets, shopping area, café, and
restraints in Kansai area (speaking overview, the reason why? your
memories regarding ones etc.)

2. After finishing all members talking, make a pair. One plays a role of
foreign tourist, the another becomes a guide so that each pair starts
virtual tour. The guide makes a short tour(2-3 hours + eating), which
should include a shrine or a temple, walking street, and place to
eat/drink. Finally, do not forget to recommend a great souvenir that
you like.

3. Finishing the first role-play, take turns.

4. If you have a time after the role-plays, discuss your feeling of the
recent trends of foreign tourists in Japan, in each group.

Enjoy!

Murota

Dear Kyoto NHK ESS members.
This is an announcement of the practice on December 22.

Genre :Talk
Title :The best of something in this year

This will be the final practice in 2018.
Let's talk about the bests what you experienced in this year.

What is the best book you read in this year ?
What is the best music you listened to in this year ?
What is the best TV drama you watched in this year ?
What is the best place where you visited in this year ?
What is the best news for you in this year ?

I hope you will enjoy the practice .

Akiko Matsui