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 “コロナウイルス対策”.. I am going to give you a question “Are you satisfied with your
country's response to the coronavirus outbreak so far? Why? Why not? あなたは自分の国のコロナウイルスの感染対策に満足ですか。何故満足ですか、もしくは不満ですか？。”
I referred to this question from an
article “World Bank Predicts Largest Global Downturn
Since 1940s” in DMM Eikaiwa. DMM Eikaiwa is a website
for Japanese guys learning English. I will apply the question 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: Are you satisfied with your country's response to the coronavirus
outbreak so far? Why? Why not? あなたは自分の国のコロナウイルスの感染対策に満足ですか。何故満足ですか、もしくは不満ですか？
Example Answer：
日本政府のコロナウイルス対策に関する施策にはあまり満足していません。
I
am not satisfied with countermeasures for corona virus implemented by Japanese
government.
まず、もっと早い段階で、感染が流行している国からの入国者の制限をするべきだったと思います。
First,
I think the government should have implemented restriction of immigration
earlier from specific countries that had outbreak..
1月末の段階で、感染症の専門家は既に警鐘を鳴らしていたので、私もその意見に賛成でした。
As
of the end of January, I agreed with opinions that some Japanese specialists
had already expressed the necessity of strict restriction.
また、オリンピックの中止も、もっと早めに決断するべきだったと思います。
Moreover,
the government should have decided to cancel the Olympics in Tokyo earlier.
経済的な損失を回避するためにオリンピックの開催にこだわり、その影響で、迅速な感染予防のための対応が遅れたと思います。
To
avoid economic loss, central and Tokyo metropolitan government clung to holding
the Olympics. That delayed government’s quick response for infection control.
経済復興対策については、今後、コロナウイルスによる経済への悪影響が続くので、全国民にさらに20万円ぐらいの給付金を拠出し、消費税も５％まで下げるべきだと思います。
When
it comes to reconstruction measures for economy, government should provide
additional 200,000 Yen as temporary benefits to the Japanese nation and reduce consumption
tax down to ５％, because the adverse effect by coronavirus on economy will
continue.
Level 2: For Intermediate Level Learner
(1) I introduce an article “World Bank Predicts
Largest Global Downturn Since 1940s” 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.
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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