ECA (Speaking) I (All): 過去のファション、スタイル

Hello!

How are you? Today, let's look at fashion from the past (過去のファション、スタイル). 

Activity
Look at these fashions from the past. Which ones do you like? First, here are some hippies from the 1960s:

Now, here are a group of German women wearing popular fashions in the 1970s:

Next, here is a picture of three girls. It's from my generation in the 1980s, and they are wearing styles that were popular then.

Here is a young person from the 1990s, wearing fashions popular then:

Finally, here is some popular fashion from the past decade - the 2000s:

What do you think of these clothing and hair styles? 

Good luck - and see you next time!

Images: Top - "Tokyo, Japan - Nov 24: Crowd At Takeshita Street On No" (courtesy of Sira Anamwong) FreeDigital Photos.net/Hippies - "Woodstock redmond　hair" by Derek Redmond and Paul Campbell - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodstock_redmond_hair.JPG#/media/File:Woodstock_redmond_hair.JPG/Four women - "Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L0902-114, Leipzig, Messe, neue Mode" by Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-L0902-114 / Ulrich Häßler / CC-BY-SA 3.0. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 de via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-L0902-114,_Leipzig,_Messe,_neue_Mode.jpg#/media/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-L0902-114,_Leipzig,_Messe,_neue_Mode.jpg/Three girls - by jeanne [Public domain]/Young man - "Jonathan Brandis Wiki" by Airwolfberlin - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jonathan_Brandis_Wiki.jpg#/media/File:Jonathan_Brandis_Wiki.jpg/Man on red carpet - "Jared Leto - 66ème Festival de Venise" by Nicolas Genin - originally posted to Flickr as 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra). Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jared_Leto_-_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise.jpg#/media/File:Jared_Leto_-_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise.jpg/All rights reserved to the authors of the original images. 

ECA (Speaking) II (A): ファションを比べる

Hello!

How are you? Today, let's talk about fashion, and what you think of some different styles. 

Activity 1
Look at these fashions from the past. Which ones do you like? First, here are some hippies from the 1960s:

Now, here are a group of German women wearing popular fashions in the 1970s:

Next, here is a picture of three girls. It's from my generation in the 1980s, and they are wearing styles that were popular then.

Here is a young person from the 1990s, wearing fashions popular then:

Finally, here is some popular fashion from the past decade - the 2000s:

What do you think of these clothing and hair styles from these different times? 

Activity 2
Now ask and talk about what you think of these styles with these words:

Cheap/cheaper (than)

Short/shorter (than)

Big/bigger (than)

Comfortable/more comfortable (than)

Expensive/more expensive (than)

Stylish/more stylish (than)

例えば：

A: I think clothes in the 1960s looked cheaper than clothes in the 1970s. What do you think?

B: Me? I think so too. They looked cheaper. I think clothes in the 1970s were more stylish. 

A: I think so too. They had interesting patterns. 

B: What do you think of styles from the 1980s? 

A: They looked cool, and the hair was bigger than the hair in the 1970s! 

B: (…)

See you next time!

Images: Top - "Close Up Necktie Of Businessman" (courtesy of hin255)/FreeDigital Photos.net/

Hippies - "Woodstock redmond hair" by Derek Redmond and Paul Campbell - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodstock_redmond_hair.JPG#/media/File:Woodstock_redmond_hair.JPG/Four women - "Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L0902-114, Leipzig, Messe, neue Mode" by Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-L0902-114 / Ulrich Häßler / CC-BY-SA 3.0. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 de via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-L0902-114,_Leipzig,_Messe,_neue_Mode.jpg#/media/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-L0902-114,_Leipzig,_Messe,_neue_Mode.jpg/Three girls - by jeanne [Public domain]/Young man - "Jonathan Brandis Wiki" by Airwolfberlin - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jonathan_Brandis_Wiki.jpg#/media/File:Jonathan_Brandis_Wiki.jpg/Man on red carpet - "Jared Leto - 66ème Festival de Venise" by Nicolas Genin - originally posted to Flickr as 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra). Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jared_Leto_-_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise.jpg#/media/File:Jared_Leto_-_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise.jpg/All rights reserved to the authors of the original images.  

ECA (English Through Songs) B: Lenny Kravitz - "Fly Away"/レニー ・クラヴィッツ「フライ・アウエイ」

Hello!

How are you? Today I will show you another song - Lenny Kravitz's "Fly Away."

Lenny Kravitz is a rock singer and songwriter from New York. He has been popular since the late 1980s, when he released his first album.

"Fly Away" is one of his biggest singles. It was a hit in 1999. Here is the video of the song:

What does this song mean?

If you would like to learn more about Lenny Kravitz, click here for the Wikipedia article about him (日本語).

I hope you enjoyed this song.

See you next time!

Image: Personal photograph. All rights reserved. 
Video uploaded from YouTube. Video uploaded strictly for classroom use. I do not own the rights to the musical composition or video. All rights reserved to the  copyright holder(s).