What's New at Kyoto NHK ESS?tag:www.kyoto-ess.org,2024:/blog//12024-03-10T04:58:23Zこのブログは京都NHK ESSの最新情報をお伝えするためのものです.Movable Type 3.31-ja2024年3月23日 プラクテイスtag:www.kyoto-ess.org,2024:/blog//1.9642024-03-10T04:54:42Z2024-03-10T04:58:23ZDear Kyoto NHK-ESS members. I’m writing ...staff
Dear Kyoto NHK-ESS members.
I’m writing to inform you of the practice on March 23.
Genre: Talk
Topics: “Oh yeah! Let’s go to London “
I’m going to divide into 3 or 4 groups.
1: I play a British tour guide. Please fill in the blanks.
2: Let me hear about your memories of trip .
This is my first practice. I’m looking forward to seeing you at the temple.
Cheers
Takae Ishii
2024年3月16日(休会)tag:www.kyoto-ess.org,2024:/blog//1.9632024-03-05T04:52:43Z2024-03-19T04:37:30ZESSは休会日です。...staff
ESSは休会日です。
2024年3月9日 プラクティスtag:www.kyoto-ess.org,2024:/blog//1.9622024-02-25T04:23:14Z2024-03-10T05:00:39ZDear Kyoto NHK ESS members Here is the a...staff
Dear Kyoto NHK ESS members
Here is the announcement for the latter half of practice on March 9th, 2024. Everyone, please prepare for your own opinions.
Genre: Discussion
Topic: Seamless lifelong support system for pregnancy, education, job, health care, disabilities, and pension with no one left behind from the cradle to the grave.
Description
1) Make some groups so each group would consist of three members. If two members were left, Minamihashi would join the group. If there are only two members for two groups, I would ask the leader to be an additional member for group one. Be your timekeeper within your group for each of you. Choose one of the issues below for your group immediately. It is up to you.
2) Write and prepare your speech on the issues, significant points, advantages, and disadvantages, impression, within five minutes.
3) Decide your group's order to present your speech.
4) Present your speech, opinion, and impression on the issues. The other member in your group should confirm and ask questions on the speaker’s opinion and impression.
5)Take turns to present your speech in your group. Try the other issue if you have time.
Issues
A) What is health? When do you feel healthy, and how do you keep your health in good condition?
B) What do you think are the factors causing health gaps or inequalities in health?
C) What do you think of the social security system in Japan compared with the other countries?
D) What would you say if the young generation requested total government support for the whole cost of marriage, raising kids, and education? Do you think taxpayers should pay more? Or do you expect Japan to decrease its population from 120 million in 2023 to 80 million or 60 million?
E) What do you think of seamless lifelong support with my number system, no one left behind?
F) What do you think of supporting the elderly and people with disabilities? Do you think taxpayers should pay more for the elderly and disabled people?
G) What do you think of ban request of description on personal attributes in resume besides one’s skill necessary for applying job?
H) Do you think Japanese Government should prohibit compulsory retirement age and offer elderlies the choice to get pension, medical care, reskilling, reeducation, or keep working even after 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, or 90, if preferred?
I) What do you think of Japan's financial debt? Is MMT dependable for finance in Japan?
J) What would you say if PM Fumio Kishida asked you to present your opinion for 3 minutes?
O.Minamihashi
2024年3月2日 プラクティスtag:www.kyoto-ess.org,2024:/blog//1.9592024-02-15T02:21:04Z2024-03-03T01:34:15ZAnnouncement is 3/2 latter practice Topi...staff
Announcement is 3/2 latter practice
Topic: English etymology test (語源テスト)
The test style is "Raise your hand".
For example : "ad" は 語源は"〜の方へ",
例えばadopt "opt"は選ぶ, 〜の方を選ぶで "採用する"という意味
Therefore, English words consist of etymology(語源).
If you know etymology, you can understand English words.
今回は語源の日本語訳を当ててもらいます。
優秀者には、お菓子をプレゼントします。
ではお寺で! M. Yoshikawa
2024年2月24日 プラクティスtag:www.kyoto-ess.org,2024:/blog//1.9572024-02-10T01:41:03Z2024-02-25T02:48:40ZGenre : DIscussion Title: February: Let’...staff
Genre : DIscussion
Title: February: Let’s describe and discuss each monthly topic!
Please make some groups having 4-5 members in each group.
At first, please choose your own topic from the following list or create your own idea that has something to do with February. No overlap over the topics in your group, please.
List of Topics
close of winter, Sapporo snow festival, snow igloo,Valentine’s day, Japanese plum, Japanese nightingale,water-drawing ceremony, national foundation day,Presidents’ Day (US), or Your Own Idea .
Part 1: Design and construction of your prompt speech for 5 min.
Part 2: Present your speech for 1 min.
Part 3: Share idea and opinion on the presented topic in the group for 10 min.
Repeat Part 2 and Part 3 after the first speaker in your group finishes the
practice.
ESS Staffs
2024年2月17日 プラクティスtag:www.kyoto-ess.org,2024:/blog//1.9562024-02-01T00:33:59Z2024-02-18T01:50:23ZDear members This is the information abo...staff
Dear members
This is the information about the latter half of the practice on February 17th.
Genre: Brain Teasers (Quiz) & Letter Building
Form 3~4groups of four members(depending on the day’s number of participants)
For the brain teasers, find the answers to the problems by discussing them with other members.
(some old members might already know the answers because the Quiz in question contains ones that I used in the past. I count on their forgetfulness like mine.)
Use your brain muscles and enjoy laughing.
For the letter building, I will give you a sheet of paper with a direction, you will form as many words as you can within five minutes that start with the given letter.
Please avoid using the same prefix letters to score big points and you are not allowed to use dictionaries of any kind during the session.
The members of the winning group will get a little gift.
I hope you will enjoy this practice.
Kumiko Takesue
2024年2月10日 プラクティスtag:www.kyoto-ess.org,2024:/blog//1.9552024-01-20T00:42:35Z2024-02-11T00:35:11ZDear Kyoto NHK-ESS member This is the in...staff
Dear Kyoto NHK-ESS member
This is the information about the latter practice on February 10.
1. Genre: Talk & Discussion
2. Title: Talking about the present situation
3. Description
[Step. 0]
I’m going to make several groups of 3 or 4 people.
[Step. 1] 1 minute to speak (about 30 min)
This is a 1 minute to speak. The first speaker is the youngest person in your group. The second speaker is the left side person of the first one. Please decide the timekeeper in your group. The first speaker choose one topic from the followings and speaks about the topic for one minute. Then the second person speaks about the same topic for one minute. After all member speaking, second person choose one word and continue the same process. You don’t need to think the topic seriously. Please keep speaking as much as you can for a minute.
Sport, Reading, Travel, Language, Music, Food, Art, Science, Temple & Shrine, Energy, Winter, Car, Japan, Personal Computer, Politics, Family
[Step. 2] Free conversation (about 30 minutes)
Please introduce yourself and talk about your present situation quickly 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 “How do you enjoy in winter?” “How do you enjoy in vacation or holiday?”
Hirokazu Sakai
2024年1月27日 プラクティスtag:www.kyoto-ess.org,2024:/blog//1.9532024-01-15T01:34:13Z2024-01-31T00:45:13ZTitle: January: Let’s describe and discu...staff
Title: January: Let’s describe and discuss each monthly topic!
Please make some groups having 4-5 members in each group.
At first, please choose your own topic from the following list or create your own idea that has something to do with November. No overlap over the topics in your group, please.
List of Topics
new year’s card, hatsumoude, osechi-ryori, ozoni, karuta, Japanese zodiac, coming of age day, new year’s relolution, Great Hanshin earthquake, Great Noto quake, seven spring-herb rice porridge, Tokyo-Hakone intercollegiate long distance relay race, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, JAL accident in Haneda Airport, or Your Own Idea.
Part 1: Design and construction of your prompt speech for 5 min.
Part 2: Present your speech for 1 min.
Part 3: Share idea and opinion on the presented topic in the group for 10 min.
*Repeat Part 2 and Part 3 after the first speaker in your group finishes the practice.
ESS Staffs
2024年1月20日 プラクティスtag:www.kyoto-ess.org,2024:/blog//1.9522024-01-10T02:20:58Z2024-01-21T01:37:26ZDear ESS members, This is an announcemen...staff
Dear ESS members,
This is an announcement of the practice I will hold on Jan. 20.
Genre: music
Contents: We will be practicing some Japanese songs translated into English.
I will bring the lyrics cards and an ukulele.
First, I will sing to the ukulele on behalf of you. If you know the songs, please sing with me.
Then, we will have some discussion time. If you are not sure about the pronunciation, meanings and nuances of the lyrics, ask the other members. In addition, I will print some questions related to the songs. The group leader will summarize the discussion results.
Finally, everyone who want to sing with me will sing.
Regards,
Atsushi Kato
2024年1月13日 プラクティスtag:www.kyoto-ess.org,2023:/blog//1.9512023-12-23T02:27:22Z2024-01-17T02:23:24ZHello. This is an announcement for the s...staff
Hello.
This is an announcement for the second half of practice on 13 January 2024. This is the first practice of the year.
Title: What did you want to be and what do you want to become?
Genre: Group discussion
Form groups and discuss the following points:
- What did you want to be when you were 15 years old?
- What do you want to become?
- Based on the above, what do you want to do this year?
Have a Happy New Year!
Masa Yoshida
2023年12月23日 プラクティスtag:www.kyoto-ess.org,2023:/blog//1.9502023-12-18T00:58:01Z2023-12-18T00:59:40ZTitle: December: Let’s describe and disc...staff
Title: December: Let’s describe and discuss each monthly topic!
Please make some groups having 4-5 members in each group.
At first, please choose your own topic from the following list or create your own idea that has something to do with December. No overlap over the topics in your group, please.
List of Topics
christmas, year-end gift, year-end cleaning, bonus, yuzu,pumpkin, year-end party, nabe, toshi-koshi-soba, winter solstice, red and white singing festival, poinsettia,Cyclamen, or Your Own Idea.
Part 1: Design and construction of your prompt speech for 5 min.
Part 2: Present your speech for 1 min.
Part 3: Share idea and opinion on the presented topic in the group for 10 min.
Repeat Part 2 and Part 3 after the first speaker in your group finishes the practice.
ESS Staffs
2023年12月16日 プラクティスtag:www.kyoto-ess.org,2023:/blog//1.9492023-12-01T00:55:11Z2023-12-18T01:00:52ZDear Kyoto NHK-ESS member This is the in...staff
Dear Kyoto NHK-ESS member
This is the information about the practice on December 16.
(1) Genre: Talk
(2) Title: Fashion
(3) Description
[Step. 0]
I’m going to make several groups of 3 or 4 people.
[Step. 1]
Please talk freely about the following questions.
1. What is your favorite fashion?.
2. Why do you think fashion change?
3. Are you a dedicated follower of fashion?
4. What clothes flatter you?
5. What are the most fashionable clothes you now own?
6. How important is color to fashion?
7. What clothes would you feel uncomfortable wearing?
8. Have you ever bought any clothes that you regret buying?
9. What is the most ridiculous fashion you have ever seen?
10. What clothes that you used to wear would you never wear again?
Hiromi Yamada
2023年12月9日 プラクティス(ZOOM)tag:www.kyoto-ess.org,2023:/blog//1.9482023-11-25T01:58:20Z2023-12-13T01:45:51ZThis is an announcement for the online P...staff
This is an announcement for the online Practice planned for the 9th of December, 2023.
Title : What is YOUR museum definition?
Time schedule
18:00-18:05 Introduction
I will briefly explain the structure of the Practice and introduce the ICOM Museum Definition (see below for the background information).
18:05-18:25 Group discussion
Participants will join a breakout room of 3-4 people and talk about their own museum experience(s).
Please choose a timekeeper in your group and give each person up to 5 minutes to talk, so that everyone can speak.
You can talk about any museum visit(s) that you remember for any reason.
Please tell others what the museum was about, where it was, when/why you went there, who you went there with, and how you remember your museum experience(s).
If you have extra time after everyone's presentation, please ask questions to each other.
18:25-18:35 Free talk
Based on your own and others' museum experiences, the participants will exchange thoughts on the main question - what is YOUR museum definition?
18:35-18:40 Short conclusion and administrative notices from the ESS staff members
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Background - please read only if you are interested!
Do you know that there is such a thing as an international museum definition?
ICOM (the International Council of Museums), a global organisation of museums and museum professionals founded in 1946, has established and evolved an international museum definition in its history - here, let's name it the "ICOM Museum Definition".
The latest version of the ICOM Museum Definition was adopted last year, in 2022:
“A museum is a not-for-profit, permanent institution in the service of society that researches, collects, conserves, interprets and exhibits tangible and intangible heritage. Open to the public, accessible and inclusive, museums foster diversity and sustainability. They operate and communicate ethically, professionally and with the participation of communities, offering varied experiences for education, enjoyment, reflection and knowledge sharing.”
(https://icom.museum/en/resources/standards-guidelines/museum-definition/)
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...as you can see, there are too many conceptual, theoretical, or practical ideas in this definition to be discussed at all within 40 minutes!
So, instead of discussing the ICOM Museum Definition itself, the Practice will focus on talking about what museums mean to you.
In the end, I believe that there can be as many museum definitions as individuals, and I genuinely wish to learn your own versions of museum definitions based on your own museum experiences.
Thank you very much once again for inviting me to host this online Practice, I am looking forward to seeing you online soon!
All the best, Minamo Akiyama
2023年12月2日 プラクティスtag:www.kyoto-ess.org,2023:/blog//1.9472023-11-15T02:19:02Z2023-12-03T01:28:27ZThe announcement about the practice on ...staff
The announcement about the practice on Dec. 2nd.
For the first 30 minutes, let’s enjoy a word, guessing and party game called Taboo. The objective of the game Taboo is for a player to have their partners guess the word on the player’s card without using the word itself or five additional words listed on the card.
And the next 30 or 40 minutes, let’s practice one minute speeches. In our daily life, the ability to do that confidently and competently is highly important.
For both Taboo games and one minute speeches practice, I will prepared the two separated envelopes. One envelope contains the slips of paper which you use for the word guessing game and the other one contains the slips on which topics are written for one minute speeches. Never open them until I say OK.
Let’s enjoy it. M.Oishi
2023年11月25日 プラクティスtag:www.kyoto-ess.org,2023:/blog//1.9462023-11-10T02:17:39Z2023-11-26T02:22:37ZTitle: November: Let’s describe and disc...staff
Title: November: Let’s describe and discuss each monthly topic!
Please make some groups having 4-5 members in each group.
At first, please choose your own topic from the following list or create your own idea that has something to do with November. No overlap over the topics in your group, please.
List of Topics
autumn leaves, kotatsu, frost, campfire, coat, shichigosan,labor thanksgiving day, pocky, beaujolais nouveau, camellia japonica, ginkgo nuts, leonids (shooting stars),Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday, Cyber Monday,or Your Own Idea.
Part 1: Design and construction of your prompt speech for 5 min.
Part 2: Present your speech for 1 min.
Part 3: Share idea and opinion on the presented topic in the group for 10 min.
*Repeat Part 2 and Part 3 after the first speaker in your group finishes the practice.
ESS-STaffs