Choose one of the things on the next page and explain it as if you are talking to someone who knows little or nothing about Japan. Your partner will listen, perhaps ask for more details, and then fill in anything relevant which they think you left out.
| Useful language for discussing the descriptions “Is it similar to…?”/ “What’s the difference between… and…?” “You could add that…”/ “Rather than…, I would say that…”/ “I think the most important point is…” “I think you’ve covered it (now)” |
Ask about anything below which you couldn’t explain, working together to explain them as a class.
Suggest other things for the list and how to explain them.
Choose one thing below and talk about it for as long as you can, this time including your feelings, opinions, etc, for example:
- likes and dislikes
- past experiences
- future desires and plans
- popularity
- importance
- reactions of people
- connections to particular groups of people
- connections to the authorities
- connections to where you live
- good points and bad points
- trends/ changes over time
- comparisons with other things
- cause and effect
Your partner will listen and then give their own opinions and feelings on that thing.
Japanese performing arts to explain
- “BGM”
- “group sounds”
- “idol” singers/ idoru music/ “idol” groups
- “live house”
- variety” shows
- anime songs
- AKB
- biwa
- Budokan
- Bunkamura
- bunraku
- butoh
- chindon/ chindonya
- enka
- Eurobeat/ Para Para
- fue, e.g. shakuhachi or shinobue
- Fuji Rock
- gagaku
- geisha show
- J pop
- kabuki(za)
- kendama
- koto
- kyougen
- Liquid Room
- manzai
- Meiji-za
- minyou
- National Theatre of Japan
- noh/ The National Noh Theatre
- Okinawan folk music
- Opera City
- rakugo
- sanshin
- shamisen/ Tsugaru-jamisen
- Shibuya kei
- Shiki theatres
- Summer Sonic
- taiko/ wadaiko
- Takakazuka
- Teigeki (= Imperial Theatre)
- Tokyo International Forum
- Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
- visual kei
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