In general.............(Topics to talk about)

The topic is: Music

Well, in general, (generally) music in Japan is quite similar to music in New Zealand - I think. We have all of the main music, but I think that there is probably more variety in Japan. In my town there are many Japanese bands, of course they all sing in Japanese, so that is why you may not have heard of them, but there are bands that also sing in English. Um, for example, do you know............Utada Hikaru, Soulhead, Puffy, Here we have a general view of what music is in Japan.

There are also many clubs in Japan where you can go and listen to music.

I like going to hip hop clubs and listening to lots of hip hop This is now personal information

The students talked about how to start a conversation from a very wide generalisation and then focus it down to a personal note. The students were imagining how to talk to people from New Zealand.

Homework: Write on the blog about a topic that interests you. Try to imagine that you are explaining this to a New Zealand person. Make it funny and interesting.