An Artist of the Floating World

[Introduction] Today, we are going to talk about “The comparison of the English TV programs for adults and children”. As the objects of a comparison, we chose four programs: “えいごであそぼ” and “セサミストリート” are for children; “トラッド・ジャパン” and “３ヶ月トピック英会話” are for adults. We would like to talk about five things in our presentation. First of all I will introduce each TV programs; next Ayaka will talk about the “Entertainment”; next Keiko will talk about “Output/Input”; then, Risa will talk about “pronunciation”, finally, I would like to conclude our discussion. Before going to the main topics, I would like to show you the detail of each programs briefly. “えいごであそぼ” is an English education program for preschoolers and younger primary school children; it broadcasts on NHK educational channel. The program has started since 1990. In 2010, the program marked its 20th anniversary. This program is aired from 8:45 a.m. to 8:55 a.m. weekdays, Monday to Friday. (Now I will show you this movie for a little.) “セサミストリート” is an education program for children produced and directed by an American non-profit TV production office called ‘Children’s Television Workshop’/ ‘Sesame Workshop’. This program has been popular among more than 140 counties and regions since its debut in 1969 on American TV. “トラッド・ジャパン” is showing the Japanese culture in English for foreigners. This is a program that people can become to understand the professional English and to speak succinctly and clarity. This program has started since 2009, and you can watch it from 6:00 a.m. to 6:20 a.m. on every Tuesday. (I will show you this program.) “３ヶ月トピック英会話” is a language program aired from 10:00 p.m. to 10:20 p.m. on every Wednesday on NHK educational channel. This program has 3 months period for each topic. For example, ‘話して聞き取る！ネイティブ発音塾’ and ‘トップインタビューに学ぶ！自分を語る表現術’ etc. From these topics, we chose ‘聴く 読む わかる！英文学の名作場面’ for today’s presentation.

[Conclusion] Through these discussions,