Moto Learning Doujou: #5-1 Japanese Speaking and Writing from Scratch with Moto for JLPT N5 Beginner and Intermediate level, “―へor―にいきます”

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 34-35 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition　Elementary Japanese1, Translation & Grammar Notes – English. I also added other words.

go 　　　　　　　　　　☆ いきます ikimasu

Kyoto city 　　　　　　　　きょうと kyuto

supermarket 　　　　　　　　☆ スーパー　suupaa

art gallery, art museum 　　　　びじゅつかん bijutsukan

shopping mall 　　　　ショッピングモール syoppingumooru

cafe 　　　　　　　　きっさてん kissaten

convenience store 　　　　　　コンビニ konbini

drug store 　　　　　　やっきょく yakkyoku

Step2 Grammar

So, Today’s grammar topic is “―へ or ―にいきます”.

I cited below [*1] sentences from Page 42, Lesson 5, 練習A-1 in みんなの日本語初級Ⅰ第Ⅱ版本冊. I added “[ ] My grammar interpretation”.

“☆☆Basic Example Dialogue”

A あなたは　どこへ　いきますか。[*1]

anatawa doko e ikimasuka。

Where will you go?

[You can omit “あなたは” because it is very clear A is asking to B = you “where will you go?”. We can say 　どこへ or どこに. I think へ　or に　is like “to” preposition. When a specific verb takes some direction, I think we tend to use へ　or に ”. ]

B わたしは　とうきょうへ　いきます。 [*1]

watasiwa toukyoue ikimasu

I will go to Tokyo.

[So, Verb “いきますGo” requires “direction to Kyoto”. Thus, we sayきょうとへ　or きょうとに. You can omit わたしは.]

Step3　Speaking Exercise

Watch the video. You can use Speaking Practice Sheet.

Speaking Practice Video↓

https://youtu.be/SSt1YzGN9sk

“Practice Sheet”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hlhV0uedOrf4JjeFdLLATusswgaPVN49/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 “―へ or ―にいきます” 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 “―へ or ―にいきます” 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: Bさんは今週末どこへ行きますか。

B: 千葉へ行きます。ホテルで1泊した後、ディズニーリゾートで遊ぼうと思います。　その後、東京にも寄ろうと思います。

A：東京ではどこに行くんですか。

[いきます, we have to put Plain Style before んですso いく　Plain Style Dictionary form　 comes. ]

B: 上野や浅草に行こうと思います。上野で美術館や博物館に行って、その後、浅草から屋形船に乗って東京湾まで行こうと思います。

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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