TOPIC CARD

Here’s your topic card. There are five topics on the card. You have one minute to choose a topic and prepare your speech please begin.

1. Which is a bigger threat to society, violent crime or cybercrime?
2. Is a fully paperless society possible?
3. Agree or disagree: It is impossible to achieve gender equality
4. Is Japan in danger of losing its global influence?
5. Should Japanese people learn another foreign language in addition to English?

One minute has passed. Which topic did you choose?

You have two minutes. Please begin.

(Speech: 2 minutes)

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Now, we’d like to ask you some questions.

(Related questions: 4 minutes)

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TOPIC CARD

Here’s your topic card. There are five topics on the card. You have one minute to choose a topic and prepare your speech please begin.

1. Should the Internet be censored?
2. Is adopting orphans from other countries a good thing?
3. How can Japan best provide assistance to less developed countries?
4. Agree or disagree: It is too late to prevent climate change
5. Can Japan’s rural communities be revitalized?

One minute has passed. Which topic did you choose?

You have two minutes. Please begin.

(Speech: 2 minutes)

OK, have you finished?

Now, we’d like to ask you some questions.

(Related questions: 4 minutes)

3. (1) Has the Internet affected people in negative ways?

(2)You said that people are spending less time on face-to-face communication, but some people may feel much more comfortable communicating by chatting online or sending e-mails than talking in person. What do you think about that?

(3)What should parents teach their children about Internet usage?

(4)What do you think media will be like in the future?

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