Moto Learning Doujou: #4-4 Japanese Speaking and Writing with Moto for JLPT N5 Beginner and Intermediate level, “Verb Present form in Future tense”

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 28-29 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1, Translation & Grammar Notes – English. I also added other words.

tomorrow ☆ あした ashita

the day after tomorrow ☆ あさって asatte

this evening, tonight ☆ こんばん konban

Sunday ☆ にちようび nichiyoubi

today ☆ きょう kyou

night, evening ☆ よる yoru

night, evening ☆ ばん ban

this week こんしゅう konnsyuu

Saturday ☆ どようび doyoubi

late afternoon, dusk ゆうがた yuugata

to go home かえります kaerimasu

to go out でかけます dekakemasu

Step2 Grammar

So, Today’s grammar topic is “Verb Present form in Future tense”.

While I referred to “あした6時に起きます。” on Page 32 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1, Translation & Grammar Notes – English, I used same grammar pattern and wrote another sentence by combining other words like below [*1]. To make dialogue structure, based on [*1] sentence, I wrote [*2] Question sentence as Person A’s line. I added “[ ] My grammar interpretation”.

“☆☆Basic Example Dialogue”

A あしたの　あさ　なんじに　ジョギングしますか。 [*2]

asitano asa nanjini jyogingu simasuka

What time will you jog tomorrow?

[In L4-3, we learned Verb―Long Form(LF)/Masu Form, present tense to show “habit”. The above sentence also introduces LF and it looks present tense but because of “あした tomorrow” as adverb, the tense of the sentence becomes “future”.]

B あしたの　あさ　９じに　　ジョギング　します。 [*1]

ashitano asa kujini jyogingu simasu

I will jog at/from 6 tomorrow morning.

[I think Verbs in Japanese do not have “future form/conjugation”. Present form with specific adverb or context can indicate “Future”.]

Step3　Speaking Exercise

Watch the video. You can use Speaking Practice Sheet.

Speaking Practice Video↓

https://youtu.be/tpxd_cHY5lw

“Practice Sheet”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qf31g-oR9JJ5wZXAFQVE_v3XoGG2PhB9/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 “Verb Present form in Future tense” 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 “Verb Present form in Future tense” 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:　Bさん、今日の夕方、何時に帰りますか。

B:　今日、仕事が終わるのが1８時くらいなので、１９時くらいに家に帰ると思います。

A:　そうですか。じゃあ、２０時ぐらいにオンラインで一緒に勉強しませんか。

B:　いいですよ。来週、漢字と文法のテストがあるので、今から準備したほうがいいですよね。

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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