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🙋 Speaking up in a university class

🎯 Ask questions, share opinions and work in discussion groups

Use the usual 50-minute plan: warm-up → key phrases → challenges → role-play → discussion → wrap-up. Share this page on Zoom so the student can see the phrases, but keep "Your card" to yourself.

💬 Warm-up questions

Is it easy for you to speak up in class?
What's your field of study (or interest)?

🔑 Key phrases

Could you explain what you mean by…?〜とはどういう意味か説明してもらえますか？
I'd like to add to that.それに付け加えたいです。
Building on what Tom said…トムの意見に続けると…
I see it a bit differently.少し違う見方をしています。
Can we go back to the earlier point?先ほどの点に戻ってもいいですか？
So, to summarize our group's ideas…グループの意見をまとめると…

📚 Useful words

seminar — ゼミ
assignment — 課題
lecture — 講義
evidence — 根拠
peer — 仲間・同級生
participate — 参加する

⚡ Speaking challenges

Ask a professor for an extension on an assignment.
Summarize a discussion in 3 sentences.
Politely challenge a classmate's argument.
Present one piece of evidence for your opinion.

🎭 Role-play

A seminar discussion: 'Should university be free?' The tutor plays the professor and two classmates.

🧑‍🎓 Student's card

Join the discussion: ask a question, share an opinion with evidence, and summarize for the group.

🧑‍🏫 Your card (tutor)

Speak quickly and include a quiet moment where the student must jump in.

🌀 Twist (halfway through): The professor asks the student directly: 'What do you think, and why?'

🗣️ Discussion questions

Why are Japanese students often quiet in class?
Online or in-person classes: which are better?
Should participation be part of the grade?

📌 Homework

Write 5 phrases to use in class discussions and practice them aloud授業の討論で使えるフレーズを5つ書いて音読する