Moto Learning Doujou: #11-2 Japanese Speaking and Writing from Scratch with Moto for JLPT N5 Beginner and Intermediate level, “なんにん”

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 70-71 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1 Translation & Grammar Notes – English. I also added other words.

calligraphy しょどう syodou

kendo, Japanese fencing けんどう kendou

foreigner がいこくじん gaikokujin

man だんせい dansei

woman 　　じょせい　　　 jyosei

only～　　　　　　　　　☆ だけ dake

Step2 Grammar

So, Today’s grammar topic is “なんにん”.

I cited below [*1] sentences and translations from Page 75 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1 Translation & Grammar Notes – English. I added “() My grammar interpretation”.

“☆☆Basic Example Dialogue”

A このかいしゃに　がいこくじんが　なんにん　いますか。　[*1]

kono kaisya ni gaikokujin ga nan nin imasuka

How many foreign people are there in this company? [*1]

(We use にん as quantifier to count people. To count one and two person, we use ひとり、ふたり. From three, we say Number + にんnin like 3にんsan nin 4にんyo nin 5にん gonin ６にんroku nin, ７にんnananin、８にんhachinin、９にん kyuunin、１０にん juunin・・・.)

B 5にん　います。 [*1]

5nin dake imasu

[There are] five. [*1]

(You can also add　“だけ＝only”　e.g. ５にんだけ　います。)

Step3　Speaking Exercise

Watch the video. You can use Speaking Practice Sheet.

Speaking Practice Video↓

https://youtu.be/nHy1isDB8Zw

“Practice Sheet”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_-TlCI2v06mDvZZ6e7CS8Car84pI6fnX/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 “なんにん” 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 “なんにん” 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:　この日本語学校では、何人の生徒が勉強していますか。

B:　現在、大体、120人くらいの生徒が勉強しています。大半の生徒は日本の大学に進学したり、大学院に進学する準備のために勉強しています。留学生のための試験対策や、JLPTの試験対策の講座も開講しています。　

A: 先生は何人ぐらいいますか。

B: 教員は20人います。

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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