ECA (Speaking) II (A)/Travel English: 買い物: フリーマーケット

Hello,

How are you? I have a video for you. It's about two Japanese tourists in Frankfurt, Germany, at a flea market. 

Homework/activity
1. Watch the video. How many things can you see in the video? Can you name them? Write down in your notebooks all the things in the flea market you see.

2. Now which things at this flea market would you buy? Talk about these things!

Have fun! See you next time!

Image: "Shop" (courtesy of Dino De Luca)/FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Video uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to this video. Uploaded strictly for educational use. All rights reserved to the owner(s).

週13・14 - ECA (Speaking) I (J & D): 話と言うこと

Hello,

How are you? Let's look at telling stories with action (話と行うことを言う) with pictures! 

Activity/homework
Look at these pictures. Make a story with these pictures (イメージに話を作り). (You can use the picture above, at the top of this blogpost!) You can put them in any order you like (イメージの順番がなんでもいい). 

Rules (ルール) 
1. You can use seven (7) of these pictures.
2. You have to tell your story (話すを言う) using words like first, next, then, after that, and finally.

Try it!

Have fun!

Photo credits: Top photo - "Sunset Holiday" (courtesy of imagerymajestic)/Roofs - "Hiyama Tatsuno Hyogo Prefecture" (courtesy of 663highland)/ 

Images: Top (wedding) - "The Exit" (courtesy of Elwood W. McKay III)/Sunset - "Beautiful Sunset" (courtesy of Photokanok)/Man in suit - "Handsome Young Businessman" (courtesy of imagerymajestic)/Airliner - "Take Off At Sunset" (courtesy of Time Beach)/Young man - "Young Handsome Man" (courtesy of marin)/Poker chips - "Pocket Aces In The Hand" (courtesy of Grant Cochrane)/Sports car - "Classic Porsche 959" (courtesy of M-Pics)/Woman - "Asian Model Woman" (courtesy of posterize)/Drink - "Singapore Sling" (courtesy of Antoine Henrich)/SUV - "Mercedes ML" (courtesy of M-Pics)/All photos from FreeDigitalPhotos.net 

週12・13 - ECA (Speaking) I (All): 話と言うこと

Hello!  

How are you? Today I'd like to introduce a new topic to you about immigrants (移民) - people from one country who move to live in another country.  

Look at these pictures. Can you guess who are Japanese, and who are not Japanese? For the ones who are not Japanese - what are their countries? 

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See you next class!

Images: Top - By Jean Colemonts/http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJapanese_Brazilian_Miko_Curitiba_Paran%C3%A1.jpg/1."Akemi Barbara Katsuki" by Hardworking/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Akemi_Barbara_Katsuki.jpg /2. "OFeldman, Tokyo, 2012" by Ofer Feldman- Own work/http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OFeldman,_Tokyo,_2012.jpg#mediaviewer/File:OFeldman,_Tokyo,_2012.jpg/3. Berzoini125494/http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berzoini125494.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Berzoini125494.jpg/4. Ryan Higa by Gage Skidmore/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Ryan_Higa_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/5. By norio nakayama (Flickr: 大宮アルディージャ vs 清水エスパルス @ NACK5スタジアム)/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Dido_Havenaar%2C_assistant_coach_for_Shimizu_S-Pulse.jpg/6. By Cristiano Sant´Anna/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Michio_Kaku-cropped.jpg/All images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. All rights reserved to the copyright holders. Uploaded for educational purposes only.

週10・11 - ECA (Speaking) I (All): 物・ことの描写

Hello,

How are you? Today let's look at describing things (物を描写). What is this picture at the top? What do you call it in English?

Activity
1. Look at these pictures. What's this first one? With a partner, describe the first thing (その物を描写する). Do not let your partner see the picture! Say this:

It's round and made of plastic, and has a hole in the middle. It's something you play to hear music. What is it? 

Without seeing the picture - your partner has to guess what it is! Try it! ow 

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2. It's long and made of wood, but has a strong metal part at the end. It's something you use when building things. It's used to put nails in wood. What is it? 

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3. This is something people ride in at a place like Disneyland. It's fast and scary but many people love it. What is it? 

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4. This is something you use on paper. It's long and made of plastic, but it can also be made of metal. What is it? 

4. 

5. This is a game that is popular in many countries. It's played by two people. It has pieces on a board, and the pieces are black and white. The pieces look like things - for example, a castle, a king, a horse, and so on. What game is it?  

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6. This is something we use on bicycles, bags, and sometimes, some doors. It keeps things safe, and we can open and close it. To open it, we need a thin piece of metal that we put into a long hole at the bottom. What is it? 

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7. This is a special feeling we have for someone we care about - a man, a woman, a family member or a child. We can't see or touch this, but we feel it's real. It makes us feel excited and it is a special kind of feeling. What is it? 

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Have fun!
Picture credits - all pictures copyright-free with no attributions from the Apple Microsoft Word application Clip Art gallery
Images: copyright-free from the Apple Microsoft Word Clip Art gallery except CDs - Cds With Mono Colors - Silver (courtesy of artzenter) and Hand Holding Pen (courtesy of iprostocks)/FreeDigitalPhotos.net

週12 ・13 - ECA (Speaking) I (C & A): 過程「話と行うこと」

Hello to my speaking All students,

Image "Take Off At Sunset" courtesy of Time Beach/FreeDigitalPhotos.net

How are you? Let's look at telling stories with action (話と行うことを言う) with pictures! 

Activity/homework
Look at these pictures. Make a story with these pictures (イメージに話を作り). (You can use the picture of the airplane at the top of this blogpost!) You can put them in any order you like (イメージの順番がなんでもいい). 

Rules (ルール) 
1. You can use seven (7) of these pictures - but you can use all of them if you want.
2. You have to tell your story (話すを言う) using words like then, next, after that, and finally in your story!

Try it!

Have fun!

Photo credits: Top photo - "Sunset Holiday" (courtesy of imagerymajestic)/Roofs - "Hiyama Tatsuno Hyogo Prefecture" (courtesy of 663highland)/ 

Photo credits: Sunset - "Beautiful Sunset" (courtesy of Photokanok)/Man in suit - "Handsome Young Businessman" (courtesy of imagerymajestic)/Poker chips - "Pocket Aces In The Hand" (courtesy of Grant Cochrane)/Young man - "Young Handsome Man" (courtesy of marin)/Wedding - "The Exit" (courtesy of Elwood W. McKay III)/Sports car - "Classic Porsche 959" (courtesy of M-Pics)/Woman - "Asian Model Woman" (courtesy of posterize)/Drink - "Singapore Sling" (courtesy of Antoine Henrich)/SUV - "Mercedes ML" (courtesy of M-Pics)/All photos from FreeDigitalPhotos.net 

週8・9 - ECA (Speaking) II (All) - 買い物: フリーマーケット

Hello to my Speaking II All students,

Image "Shop" courtesy of Dino De Luca/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

How are you? I have a video for you. It's about two Japanese tourists in Frankfurt, Germany, at a flea market. 

Homework
1. Watch the video. How many things can you see in the video? Can you name them? Write down in your notebooks all the things in the flea market you see.

Uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to this video. This is strictly for educational use.

2. Now which things at this flea market would you buy? Talk about these things!

Have fun! See you in class!

週6 - ECA (Speaking) I (C, W, & A): 過去について：Hokkaido summer

Hello to all my Jido, Ningenfukushi, and Obei speaking students,

How are you? Today I will tell you about a trip I took to Hokkaido two years ago. 

First, we went to Sapporo. 

We walked around Sapporo. This was me in front of the old Sapporo City Hall (元札幌市役所).

We went to Hokkaido University. This was me. The sign says "Boys be ambitious" (ボイズ・ビ・アンビシャス). 

We took the train to Otaru. The man with the hat and backpack is my father-in-law (義理お父さん). We walked around many places in Otaru!  

This is my wife. We were so hungry! She wanted to eat everything. We ate a lot of great food in Otaru. 

We drank some great beer in Otaru. This was a big glass!

We went back to Sapporo and walked around more. My wife got very hot and we sat down. We were tired, but happy!

Activity
Let's draw some pictures of a holiday you had or a special place you went to. Then, let's talk about it with each other in class. 

See you next class!

週1・2 - ECA (Speaking) I (C, W & A): 洋服の描写

Hello to my speaking students,

Image "Close Up Necktie Of Businessman" courtesy of hin255/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

How are you? Look at the picture above. What is it? What colors do you see? 

Now look at these different clothes and styles. What are these people wearing? Let's talk about them!

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例えば：He's wearing a __________. 

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4. 

5.

6.

Photo credits: 1. "Handsome Young Businessman" (courtesy of imagerymajestic) 2. "Beautiful Young Woman" (courtesy of posterize) 3. "Woman In Black Shirt And Jeans Skirt" (courtesy of marin) 4. "Young Handsome Man" (courtesy of marin) 5. "Fashion Model In Spring" (courtesy of posterize) 6. "Enjoy On Sunny Day In Park" (courtesy of Photokanok)/All pictures from FreeDigitalPhotos.net