①Aim of Japanese Writing Club
I am learning English and I want to improve more.
Thus, making video or writing blog with English translation is a good practice
for me.
On the other hand,
I’m also interested in introducing how to practice Japanese. Thus, I am writing
blog or making video about learning Japanese.
As
you know, one of important things to improve writing is to write a lot.
Thus,
I think it is better for us to have co-learning online that we check an article,
we try to write question sentence, write its answer as writing practice and
share them on Reddit or YouTube comment.
②Writing Practice: What will we do?
Level 1: For Basic Level Learner
This time topic is “睡眠” “夢”. I am going to give you a question “What kind of strange
or unusual dreams have you ever had? Please explain your answer. 今まで、どんな変な夢を見たことがありますか。説明してください。”. Firstly, I chose a question “Have you had any strange or unusual
dreams recently?” in DMM Eikaiwa, changed it partially for our practice and
made above question. DMM Eikaiwa is a website for Japanese guys learning English.
I will apply it to Japanese writing practice. To practice Japanese
writing, try to write answer in Japanese and if you like, share on the comment in Reddit.
If
you have difficulty to use Kanji, only using Hiragana and Katakana is also OK.
This is just practice so don’t hesitate and just try. If you also have
difficulty to read Kanji, use this web site put Kanji and push “ひらがな”.
Question
Q: What kind of strange or unusual dreams have you
ever had? Please explain your answer. 今まで、どんな変な夢を見たことがありますか。説明してください。
Example
Answer：
私が子供の頃に見た変な夢は、とても怖い夢でした。
When
I was a child, I had a strange dream. That was a very scary dream for me.
夢の中で、私は近所の公園で友達と遊んでいました。
In
the dream, I was playing with my friends at a neighboring park.
公園には大きな柳の木が有り、その枝にぶら下がって、ジャングルジムから別のジャングルジムへターザンのように飛び移ったりして遊んでいました。
There
was a big willow tree at the park. I hung from the branch and jumped from one
jungle gym to another one like Tarzan.
鉄棒の前で、友達とおしゃべりをして休憩していると、クロネコヤマトの宅急便の配達スタッフが、荷物を持って私に近づいてきました。
When
I took a short rest and chatted with my friend, a delivery staff of Kuroneko Yamato
was coming to me with a parcel.
その配達スタッフが、受け取りのサインをくださいと言うので、“なんで家ではなく、公園に荷物を配達に来るんだろうと”不思議に思いながらサインをしました。
The
staff asked for signature. While I was writing my name, I wondered “Why this
guy has delivered a parcel not to my home but a park”.
それで、ペンを返して荷物を受け取ろうとすると、その配達員の顔は人間の顔から狼の顔に変わっていました。
When
I gave a pen to him back and tried to get the parcel, his face turned into face
of wolf.
顔を噛まれそうになる瞬間に、汗だくになって目が覚めました。
Just
before I had my face bitten off by the werewolf, I woke up, sweating like
crazy.
あまりにも変わっていて、怖い夢だったので、今でも、よく覚えています。
That
was so strange and scary dream that I still remember.
Level 2: For Intermediate Level Learner
(1)
I introduce an article “Why the Coronavirus Is Giving Us
Strange Dreams” from DMM Eikaiwa. DMM Eikaiwa is a web site for Japanese
people learning English. I try to apply this web site to Japanese writing
activity.
To
understand topic, read the introduced article in DMM Eikaiwa. News Article
sometimes has Japanese Translation but sometimes does not have Japanese
Translation. This is not reading practice so if you cannot understand Japanese
translation, it is OK to just read English sentences to understand the topic.
(2)
Under the news article in DMM Eikaiwa, you can find out “Questions”, “Discussion”
and “Further Discussion”. We do not use “Questions”. This is because “Questions”
is made up of easy questions and it seems to be designed for reading activity. Thus,
please choose one question from “Discussion” or “Further Discussion” for your
writing.
(3)
Try to write your answer sentences and if you like, share on the comment in
Reddit. To
make sure which question you chose, it is better to write the question that you
referred to in “Discussion” or “Further Discussion”
Question and Comment
If
you have some questions about topic or some Japanese expressions to write question
and answer, ask me in the comment section on Reddit. It is also OK to ask
Japanese culture or current situation related to the topic. If you ask me
something in English, I will respond in English. If Japanese, I will respond in
Japanese. That might be good practice in writing. Although I cannot respond to
all because I have limitation of time, I try to comment.
Level 3: Upper intermediate level
If
you want to have more practice, try to check “DMM Eikaiwa Daily News”, choose one
news article. In the news article, choose one question topic from “Discussion” or
“Further Discussion” and try to write your answer, and share on the comment below.
When you try to share, it is better to write the question that is referred from
“Discussion” or “Further Discussion” and its link to DMM Eikaiwa to show from
which article the question comes. I am going to show an example.
Example:
(1)
Go to DMM Eikaiwa daily News.
(2)
I have chosen a news article “McDonalds Sells Special Burger Scented Candlesマクドナルド、ハンバーガーの香りがする特別なキャンドルを販売” from DMM Eikaiwa.
(3)
I chose a question topic “What restaurants do you eat at most often? Why? あなたが最も頻繁に食べに行くレストランはどこですか。なぜですか” from “Further Discussion”.
(4)
I wrote example sentence like this.
Example Answer:
家の近くにマックとバーガーキングがありますが、私はバーガーキングによくいきます。(40 characters)
There
are Macdonald’s and Burger King near my house. I prefer Burger King to
McDonald's.
私が住んでいるエリアでは、バーガーキングのコーヒーは少しマックより高いですが、バーガーキングのコーヒーはマックのコーヒーより美味しいので、それがよく行く理由です。(81 characters)
In
my town, the coffee price of Burger King is little more expensive than that of
Mac but I think Burger King’s coffee is much more tasty than that of Mac. That’s
why I often go to Burger King.
あと、バーガーキングのフライドポテトは、おそらく注文が入ってから揚げる方式だと思うので、ポテトも、マックより美味しいと思います。なので、バーガーキングへよく行きます。(83 characters)
In
addition to that, I think Burger King’s fried potato is fried to order. Thus, I
think its potato is more tasy than that of Mac. That is also one of reasons.
(Total
204 Japanese characters)
③Practice
Now, your turn. Try to write answers
in accordance with Level 1-3 and share your writings in the comment section on
Reddit.
Go
to comment on Reddit
④Ending
OK,
that’s all for today. Thanks for checking. Bye bye.
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