Moto Learning Doujou: #1-1 Japanese Speaking and Writing Exercise with Moto for N5 Beginner level and Intermediate level, Grammar Topic: “Noun1はNoun2です。”

①Improvement of Speaking and Writing

こんにちは。モトです。I am Japanese and I am teaching Japanese. In this series, I will share my practice way for N5 Beginner and Intermediate level learners who want to review.

If learners are studying Japanese only for JLPT as test preparation, it might be difficult to improve speaking and writing Japanese actually, because the test does not cover Speaking and Writing. Thus, we set a Goal to improve Speaking and Writing in this series while learning JLPT N5 Beginner topics.

Features and Advantages

・While using Practice Sheet, we try to remember Question and Response sentences as Dialogue to learn how to use word and grammar. (Using story or dialogues, it could be easier to remember them efficiently.)

・It is also good to partially hide some words in tables in Practice Sheet by hand to check your progress or you can also change part of words and make another sentence like improvisation music.

・After Speaking, through making your sentences, you can improve Writing. (Based on your sentences, it is good to make your Practice Sheet and play Dialogues with other learners.)

・I will apply Minna no Nihongo to speaking and writing practice that covers almost all topics introduced by Genki so Genki user can also use this series.

(I will cite English translation from the textbook as it is, or I try to translate some expressions by myself. Now I am also learning English so my translation and explanation could be not correct or not natural, sorry for that.)

②Instruction of Exercise

Before Speaking & Writing exercises, check vocabulary and grammar.

Step1 Vocabulary

I referred to words (I marked with☆) and their translations from Page 10-11 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1, Translation & Grammar Notes – English.

May I have your name？　　　　onamae wa おなまえは？☆

I 　　　　　 watashi わたし☆

Step2 Grammar

So, Today’s grammar topic is “Noun1はNoun2です。”.

I cited below [*1] sentence and translation from Page 14 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1 Translation & Grammar Notes – English. To make dialogue structure, based on [*1] sentence, I wrote [*2] sentence as Person A’s line. I added “[ ] My grammar interpretation”.

“☆☆Basic Example Dialogue”

A　　　おなまえは。[*2]

onamae wa。　　　　　

What is your name?/May I have your name?

[When you ask the listener’s name, you can use this phrase.　You can also say　おなまえは　なんですか。Or おなまえを　うかがっても　よろしいですか。These sound more polite.]

B わたしは　マイク　ミラーです。[*1]

watashi　wa　maiku　miraa desu。

I’m Mike Miller. [*1]

[“Noun1 は　Noun2 です”: Person B　wantｓ to explain something about “わたし＝I” so Person B puts わたし into Noun1 and “マイク　ミラー＝Name” into Noun2 as characteristic for Noun1. Finally, we can get “わたしは　マイク　ミラーです。”　When we want to introduce own Name, we can use this pattern.]

Step3 Speaking Exercise

Watch the video. You can use Speaking Practice Sheet.

Speaking Practice Video↓

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECjRGhGPq6Q

“Practice Sheet”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wOK6QV8rjGs7lIfjfayHA3-3VQmRq8a0/view?usp=sharing

Step4 Writing Exercise

(W1), Read the above “☆☆Basic Example Dialogue” between Person A and B. The Dialogue contains Grammar topic in each time.

(W2), Try to make your dialogue between Person A&B like “☆☆Basic Example Dialogue”. In your dialogue, please try to use this time grammar topic “Noun1はNoun2です。” appropriately. Millions of mistakes are necessary for improvement, so you do not have to hesitate.

N5 level learner, if you have difficulty to write Dialogue style sentence, it is OK to write single sentences with grammar topic and OK to use only Hiragana. (It is easy-to-read to make space between word and word).

(W3), It is good to ask your teacher or Japanese friends to correct your sentences.

“For Intermediate Level Learners”

(W4) See the below “☆Advanced Example Dialogue”. Like the example, try to use this time Grammar topic “Noun1はNoun2です。”at least once and make your original Dialogue. In other words, if you just use the topic at least once, you do not have to use the topic anymore and you can make your dialogue freely. It is also OK to add more Person A&B part to make longer Dialogue.

“☆Advanced Example Dialogue”.

A : すみません。お名前をうかがってもよろしいですか。

[I add すみません。＝Excuse me.　Instead of おなまえは, you can say おなまえを　うかがってもよろしいですか。in asking politely.]

B: 私はベンです。出身はロサンゼルスです。

[Noun1はNoun2です。＝しゅっしんは　Place です。＝I am from a place”.]

[I added more A&B parts.]

A: あー、ロサンゼルスですか。私も２回ほど行ったことがありますよ。あの、失礼ですが、ご職業は何ですか。

[A says he has been to LA 2 times and also asking Person B’s job. Using しつれいですが is better to ask someone’s private thing.]

B: 会社員です。アプリケーションを作っている会社で働いています。

[B introduced his occupation by using Today’s topic Noun１はNoun2です.　You can omit Noun1 in response sentence. He says I am working in a company that is producing apps for smartphone. B is using Relative pronoun アプリケーションをつくっている＋かいしゃ. ]

So, like this, while using Today’s grammar topic, write your dialogue and if you add [ ] explanation and English translation, it will be helpful to understand and correct your sentences.

(If you have a difficulty to find out someone to correct your sentences and want to ask me to correct your sentences, check my “Moto Writing Doujou”.)

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