Post-Program Activity: Mission Speak-up!
Discussion Topics for Day 1
SWY Pre-Departure English Capacity Building
- 2 minutes speech:
Self-introduction.
Please prepare for your presentaion.
- Discussion Topic 1:
SWY18-Report: Mission Speak-up!
Please read this material.
Questions for our discussion:
- Q. Do you feel anything when you hear that JPYs do not participate in discussion?
- Q. Do you think you should join discussion?
You feel anything when you just sit silent?
- Q. Do you agree JPYs do not join discussion?
- Q. What are you educated to do implicitly or explicitly when
you have discussion, if any? Ex. sit silent, show yourself, nothing?
- Q. Do you think you are recognized a motivated person
when you contribute to discussion? In Japan? How about in other countries?
- Q. You are supposed to show leadership in this program.
Do you have any plan to do so?
- Q. Finally do you have any comments about this topic?
- Discussion Topic 2:
How can we improve English in 6 months?
- Q. Why do you study English? Do you have a good motivation
enough to improve your skill? Do we really need to study English?
- Q. Have you gotten more interested in English after you won
this precious opportunity?
- Q. How do you learn English?
Ex. Radio English Program, Books, School
- Q. Do you have any good ways to improve your skill?
- Q. Do you have any specific goal?
Like Toeic, Toefl, Eiken etc or nothing?
Assignment:
- Prepare for your two-minute-long self-introduction.
- Read the material for the discussion 1.
- Read through the questions and think about them.
© KOBAYASHI Fumiaki, 2006.