本ページですが、英語でディスカッションする時のテーマをお探しの多くの方に非常に良く見ていただいております。

(当サイトでNo.1の閲覧数です。ご覧いただき本当にありがとうございます。)

当サイトで紹介する記事と質問を、英語ディスカッションで使われる場合に個別に許可は必要ございません。

ただし以下だけは、守って御使用下さいますようお願いします。

1. 商用利用は禁止(当然ながら記事はメディアの著作物です)。
2. 学校やサークル活動で使われる場合は本ページURLのリンクを貴団体のweb or SNSに貼る。メディアが無い場合は当サークルから引用したことを言及することをお願いします。

記事はメディアの著作物ではありますが、質問はメンバー(多くは管理人の私)が作成しています。1時間というディスカッション時間を見越し、かなりの質問数になっており準備にかなり時間を割いています。

1. Have you ever done volunteer work? 　What kind of volunteer have you done?
2. Would you like to go to Tokyo Olympic? What kind of game would you like to watch?         
        
3. Table1 represents roles of volunteer of Tokyo Olympics. Please share your opinion about these roles.
4. If you were a volunteer, what role would you want to do? And why?
5. Do you want to be a volunteer of Tokyo Olympics? And Why?
6. According to the recent news, applicants for Tokyo Olympics reached 85,000. Is this surprising or non-surprising for you? Why do you think that?
7. From these two articles, you can understand that there are pros and cons for volunteer of Olympics. What do you think about these two articles? Do you think volunteers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics should be paid

1. Have you been to Hokkaido? Where did you go in Hokkaido and what did you do?
2. Have you ever run a Marathon? If you have, when? Share your experiences.
3. Have you tried to buy Tokyo Olympics tickets? If you have done, could you get them? What game can you go?
4. What should organizers (including Hokkaido), athletes and spectators do for preparation for the marathon of Tokyo Olympics in a very short term?
5. Do you think is it possible? What will possibly happen when preparing for the marathon in Sapporo?
6. If you had ticket of the marathon of Tokyo Olympics, which would you like to go Tokyo or Hokkaido? And why?
7. According to the second article, IOC decided that the marathon of Tokyo Olympics is going to be held in Hokkaido for safety of athletes and spectators. Are you for or against the decision? Why do you think that?
8. According to the first article, some of the summer Olympics in the past were held in October. Which would you prefer Next Tokyo Olympics in July or in October? And why？
9. According to the first article, the root cause of this IOC decision of marathon at Sapporo in summer is a commercialization of Olympics (earing money). What is your opinion when thinking about future hotter Olympics? What is a feasible solution for not only IOC but also safety of athletes and spectators?

1. Have you ever seen “manji” symbol in Japan? Where have you seen it?
2. Have you ever experienced confusing symbols in other countries? What kinds of symbols have you experienced?        
3. Table1 represents symbols for Japanese and renewed symbols for foreign tourists. Which is easy to understand for you?       
                       
4. GSI decided later that “manji” symbol would not be changed due to criticisms from the public. Are you for or against the decision? Why do you think that?
5. The Rugby World Cup is going to be held next year and the summer Olympics is going to be held the year after next. What else should we do, in order to be more convenient for foreign tourists?

1. Do you usually walk or stand on the escalator and why?
2. Have you experienced accidents on the escalator before?
3. Have you seen “escalator etiquettes” like standing on the left and walking on the right in other countries?
4. This ordinance of Saitama prefecture took effect this October. However, it was reported that most people did not obey the ordinance. What should Saitama prefecture do?
5. Do you think banning walking on the escalator will be common in Japan in the future? and why do you think so?

1. Did you belong to club activities in your school? What kind of activities did you belong?
2. Did you experience something like”unreasonable” or “unfair” at your school activities? Share your experiences at school.
3. Do you think that experiences you had at school are beneficial and important in your later time?
4. Do you like high school baseball and koshien? Why do you think that?
5. Last year Kosei Yoshida threw 881 pitches over two weeks. What is you opinions? It that abuse?
6. According to the first article, advocates of current Koshien think pitching without enough rest as “self sacrifice”. What is your opinions? Why do these people need “self sacrifice” in just high school sport competition?
7. According to the first article, pitch-count limit for students is already implemented in the United States. If this system were implemented in Japanese high school baseball competition, what would happen? Do you think pitch-count limit would ruin high school baseball in Japan?
8. According to the second article, Kokubo decided not allow his ace pitcher to pitch in the prefectural final in order to prevent injury. What do you think about this? If you were a manager of Ofunato high school, what would you do?

1. How long do you keep a smartphone?
2. What criteria will make you want to change your smartphone?
3. When buying a smartphone, what is the most important thing for you?
4. Do you use an iPhone or android? and Why?
5. According to this article, Japanese people love to use iPhones, despite the fact that most people in other countries rather use android. Why do you think that Japanese people love iPhones?

1. Do you use EC website like Amazon? What EC websites do you use? and Why?
2. What kind of products do you usually buy on the internet?
3. Do you read reviews(kuchikomi in Japanese) of the products on the internet?
4. When purchasing something on the internet, what factor do you value to decide to buy? 
5. Which product are you likely to buy on the internet, “a famous brand with low rating” or “a brand that you haven’t  heard but with high rating”? And why?
6. Have you ever bought products or services cheated by fake reviews in not only EC website like Amazon but also google, tripadviser(Hotel reservation site) and so on? Share your experiences.
7. How can you tell if reviews are fake?
8. According to the article "Amazon seems to be reactive to the problem(fake review)" Why does amazon seems to be like this? What is your opinion?

1. Have you seen or heard these kind of micro chip implants not only in your real life but also in the movies, novels and so on? How were the micro chip implants used?
2. If your company or your school joined this program to let you be implanted, would you volunteer?  Why do you think that?
3. If you were an employer of some big company, would you want to use micro chip implants for employees?  How would you want to use them?

1. Are you satisfied with your day off? Is it enough for you? Why do you think so?
2. Have you ever experienced increase or reduction of day-off not only in your work place but also your school and so on before? If you have what do you think about that?
3. Is it possible to implement a four-day workweek in your company or your work place? And why do you think that?
4. If it is not possible, what do you need todo to make it possible in your work place?
5. If your company had 4-day workweek and you cold have one additional day off on week days, which day would you like to have?What would you do on your day off?
6. Do you think a Four-Day workweek increase your performance at your work place like the New Zealand company in first article? Why do you think that?
7. What do you think about the FamilyMart’s 4-day work week?
8. Should we be on the 4-day workweek?

1. How do you think about air pollution where you live right now?
2. Air pollution can induce asthma as this article points out, have you experienced any symptom due to the pollution, including air, water, soil et al?
3. As the article illustrates that Bristol city is trying to prohibit diesel cars temporally, what the other options can you come up with to stop air pollution?
4. So far, as global worming has been advocated, is there anything you pay attention to save our mother planet, the earth?
5. Or are you against global warming at all? If so, why?
6. If this study is quite correct, meaning air pollution damages us more than we know, does this inspire you to be more careful towards the environment?
7. Do you think we, the human beings can maintain our daily life as we have now in the future?

1. What kinds of music do you listen to?
2. What kinds of music have influenced you personally?
3. What songs of the Beatles do you like?
4. How do you think about this research, saying the Beatles did not revolutionize music?
5. Do you think we can measure something like pop music big data?AND Why?
6. A researcher at Liverpool Hope University, who disagrees with this research is the director of the Beatles masters degree. If possible, what major do you want to teach at the university?
7. The research does not seem to have any effect on the society. Some people could see it as waste of time and resource. Do you think this research is worthwhile? Why?

1. Have you been to a public park in Nagoya city? Where did you go? What did you do there?
2. What is your favorite park? And why?
3. Have you ever encountered “TOILET WITHOUT TOILET PAPER” before not only in Japan but also in foreign countries? If so, how did you deal with the devastating situation?
4. If you were in the situation above, what would you do?
5. You talked a lot about toilet in Nagoya above those questions. Please share practical solutions for the situation that anyone who visits one of Nagoya’s public toilet, especially in haste in the upcoming Golden week!.
6. Do you think toilet paper is needed in Nagoya city? And why?
7. Do you think Nagoya city will be attractive to tourists if all of the park in the city have toilet paper? And why do you think that?
8. What should we do to make Nagoya city attractive for tourists excepts by toilet paper?

1. Do you like coffee? How often do you go to a coffee shop every week? What do you order usually? What do you do at coffee shop usually?
2. Have you ever been to the coffee shops explained in this article? If you have, what is your opinion about the coffee shops? If you haven’t, which one would you like to go?
3. Which do you like better coffee chain such as Starbucks Komeda end so on or independent cafés like in this article? And why?
4. Have you been to an independent café in other prefectures in Japan? If you have, what is the biggest difference you felt compared to Nagoya’s café?
5. What are the key factors when choosing the coffee shop? (For example, quality of coffee location, music, atmosphere, customer services etc.)
6. Have you been to coffee shops in foreign countries? Please share the experience you had there.
7. What is the worst experience you have had at coffee shop？
8. What is the best coffee shop for you in Nagoya city？