Moto Learning Doujou: #4-5 Japanese Speaking and Writing with Moto for JLPT N5 Beginner and Intermediate level, “Verb Past form in Past 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.

this morning ☆ けさ kesa

yesterday ☆ きのう kinou

the day before yesterday ☆ おととい ototoi

daytime, noon ☆ ひる hiru

take a rest, take a holiday ☆ やすみます yasumimasu

to go home かえります kaerimasu

about, around ごろ goro

to have a break きゅうけいします kyuukeisimasu

Step2 Grammar

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

While I referred to “けさ　6時に起きました。” 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 おととい　なんじに　かえりましたか。 [*2]

ototoi nanjini kaermasitaka

What time did you go home the day before yesterday?

B おととい　１８じに　かえりました。 [*1]

ototoi juuhachijini kaerimasita

I went home at 18 o’clock.

[Last time, we learned “Verb Long Form (LF), Present Form in future tense”. This time topic is “Verb LF, Past form in Past tense”. かえります is　LF/ますForm = Present Form (Present form covers present & future tense). かえりました　is LF/ますForm, Past Form. Instead of ます, just put ました and we can get “Past Form for Past Tense”.]

Step3　Speaking Exercise

Watch the video. You can use Speaking Practice Sheet.

Speaking Practice Video↓

https://youtu.be/X1WIhxtqd-U

“Practice Sheet”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YieHpunclNPJ-3CSKTHY-mLnW5dEu9Lv/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 Past form in Past 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 Past form in Past 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:　昨日、何時に起きましたか。

B:　たしか、8時ぐらいですね。昨日は仕事が休みだったので、いつもより遅く起きました。

A:　昨日は天気が悪かったですが、日課のジョギングは出来ましたか。

B: いいえ。雨も、風も強かったので、一日中家にいて、ネットフリックスでドラマを見たり、プレステ５でFPSゲームをしていました。

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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