ECA (Speaking) I & II (J, D, & A): 娯楽、場所、イベント

Hello and Happy New Year!

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How are you? How was your holiday? I hope it was a good one for all of you!

Here's a post about entertainment (娯楽), places (場所) and events (イベント)! 

What kinds of places or events would you like to go and see? Look at these places and events. Which ones do you like? Which ones are interesting? Which ones do you like? Which one do you like the best? Which one is the most interesting? Talk (and write) about these places and events! 

例えば：
A: What do you want to do - go to a live concert or an open air market? 
B: Hmm...a live concert. 
A: A live concert? How come? 
B: Because I love live music. How about you? 
A: Well, it's okay, but I think an open air market is more interesting to go to.

Now try this - look at these pictures. Mix and match them and talk about places and events you would like to go to! 

   a fireworks display

a live concert

 an open-air market

a Japanese festival 

(no picture)
your own idea(s)!

Have fun!

Images: Top - the original uploader was Arifhidayat at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2501048/fireworks - "Fireworks" (courtesy of noppasinw)/musician - "On The Stage" (courtesy of George Stojkovic)/market - "Shop" (courtesy of Dino De Luca)/matsuri dancers - "Sakura Matsuri Japanese Festival DC 2012 (7091131693)" by S Pakhrin from DC, USA - Sakura Matsuri Japanese Festival DC 2012. 
Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sakura_Matsuri_Japanese_Festival_DC_2012_(7091131693).jpg#/media/File:Sakura_Matsuri_Japanese_Festival_DC_2012_(7091131693).jpg/top and matsuri images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/other pictures from FreeDigitalPhotos.net

ECA (Speaking) I (All): 娯楽、場所、イベント

Hello!

Image "Fun At Pay" courtesy reeDigitalPhotos.net

How are you? Here's a post about entertainment (娯楽), places (場所) and events (イベント)! 

What kinds of places or events would you like to go and see? Look at these places and events. Which ones do you like? Which ones are interesting? Which ones do you like? Which one do you like the best? Which one is the most interesting? Talk (and write) about these places and events! 

例えば：
A: What do you want to do - go to a live concert or fireworks festival? 
B: Hmm...a live concert. 
A: A live concert? How come? 
B: Because I love live music. How about you? 
A: Well, it's okay, but I think fireworks festival is more exciting for me.
B: …

Now try this - look at these pictures. Mix and match them and talk about places and events you would like to go to! 

a ryokan

a live concert

 an open-air market

a festival 

a cafe

(no picture)
your own idea(s)!

Have fun!

Images: Top - personal photograph/ryokan - personal photograph/musician - "On The Stage" (courtesy of George Stojkovic)/market - "Shop" (courtesy of Dino De Luca)/festival - "Sakura Matsuri Japanese Festival DC 2012 (7091131693)" by S Pakhrin from DC, USA - Sakura Matsuri Japanese Festival DC 2012. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sakura_Matsuri_Japanese_Festival_DC_2012_(7091131693).jpg#/media/File:Sakura_Matsuri_Japanese_Festival_DC_2012_(7091131693).jpg/cafe - screen shot taken from http://guide-in-austria.com/interesnoe/cofee-cafe-locali
Musician and market pictures from FreeDigitalPhotos.net/Personal photographs - all rights reserved.  

ECA (英語基礎表現) I (P): 娯楽、イベント、旅行のヴォキャブラーリ・アイディア

Hello!

How are you? Today I will show you the words and ideas about events and places you like to go to about summer that you wrote in the classroom before.

When we write about things we like to do - places, traveling, and things like that - it's good to have many words and ideas that can help you. These were very good!

Activity (活動) 
Let's write some sentences about things we want to do, or are going to do, or will do. These word maps you wrote in class before might help you! Look at them and they might help you with your writing!

Have fun! See you next time!

Images: Personal photographs. All rights reserved. 

ECA (Speaking) I (英語基礎表現) I (P): 娯楽、場所、イベント

Hello!

Image "Fun At Party" courtesy of ponsuwan/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

How are you? Here's a post about entertainment (娯楽), places (場所) and events (イベント)! 

What kinds of places or events would you like to go and see? Look at these places and events. Which ones do you like? Which ones are interesting? Which ones do you like? Which one do you like the best? Which one is the most interesting? Talk (and write) about these places and events! 

例えば：
A: What do you want to do - go to a live concert or an open air market? 
B: Hmm...a live concert. 
A: A live concert? How come? 
B: Because I love live music. How about you? 
A: Well, it's okay, but I think an open air market is more interesting to go to.

Now try this - look at these pictures. Mix and match them and talk about places and events you would like to go to! 

   a fireworks display

a live concert

 an open-air market

a Japanese street festival 

(no picture)
your own idea(s)!

Have fun!

Images: Top - "Sakura Matsuri Japanese Festival DC 2012 (7091131693)" by S Pakhrin from DC, USA - Sakura Matsuri Japanese Festival DC 2012. 
Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sakura_Matsuri_Japanese_Festival_DC_2012_(7091131693).jpg#/media/File:Sakura_Matsuri_Japanese_Festival_DC_2012_(7091131693).jpg/Fireworks - "Fireworks" (courtesy of noppasinw)/Musician - "On The Stage" (courtesy of George Stojkovic)/Market - "Shop" (courtesy of Dino De Luca)/Street festival - personal photograph/All other attributed pictures from FreeDigitalPhotos.net/Personal image - all rights reserved.  

ECA (Travel English): 秋期・期末プレゼンテーションについて

Hello!

How are you? Here is a special post for all of you - some points about your final presentations (期末プレゼンテーション). Here are some rules and points:

Presenting with a partner or presenting alone

You can present with one (1) partner - or present alone. But I have to know next week (1/21) which way you are presenting. 

You can select any partner you want if you want a partner - but remember, only two (2) partners at most!

Topics
You can present on any topic we have learned about this semester. Here is what we did:

1. Customs & immigration, requests, rules & permission (入国・出国手続き・依頼と許可)
2. Shopping, food, restaurants & tipping, information (ショッピング・食べ物・レストランとチップ・情報)
3. Global & glocal issues in travel (旅行のグロバル・グロカルのこと)
4. Entertainment, events, festivals  (娯楽、イベント、祭り)

SPECIAL NOTE
Please remember that we did our mid-term presentations (中間プレゼンテーション) about food from other cultures and countries - so please do not do a presentation about food! (But presenting about restaurants or eating styles in other countries and cultures are okay!) 

Displays 

You can make posters or a Power Point. My advice is to have 5-6 pictures for a poster - or 7-8 pictures for a Power Point show. 

Remember to put your Power Point show on a USB hard drive!

Information to put on your poster or Power Point 

Here's what you should have in your presentation:

1. Pictures of things that connect to your topic

2. Written information about facts or points about your topic

Here's an example of a poster layout for one of these topics:

Schedule for our last classes 

1/14 - final presentation introduction

1/21 - open class time for presentation work, checking by me with advice, comments, or any help you need - plus presentation practice if you can (I strongly recommend that you practice your presentations!)

1/28 -  final presentations

I hope this helps you. Let's get to work - but let's also have fun with these displays!

See you next week!

Images: Top - "River people on Perfume River, Hue"/Bottom - "Perfume River Boat, Hue"/Both images personal photographs. All rights reserved.