Moto Learning Doujou: #6-1-2 Japanese Speaking and Writing from Scratch with Moto for JLPT N5 Beginner and Intermediate level, “つくります/みます/かいます, Transitive Verb, Yes/No response”

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 40-41 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1, Translation & Grammar Notes – English. I also added other words.

hear, listen 　　　　 ☆ ききます kikimasu

read 　　　　　　☆ よみます kikimasu

take [a photograph] 　　 ☆ とります torimasu

photograph 　　　　☆ しゃしん shashin

E-mail 　　　　　　　メール meeru

TV (TV program) 　　　テレビ　　terebi

French fry, fried potato 　　　フライドポテト furaidopoteto

To drive a car 　　　　うんてんします　　 untensimasu

To use 　　　　　つかいます　　 tsukaimasu

Step2 Grammar

So, Today’s grammar topic is “つくります/みます/かいますTransitive Verb & Yes/No response”.

While I referred to “たばこを吸いますか。いいえ、吸いません。”　on Page 51, Lesson 6, 練習B-2 in みんなの日本語初級Ⅰ第Ⅱ版本冊, I used same grammar pattern and wrote other sentences by combining other words like below [*1]. To make dialogue structure, based on [*1] sentences, I wrote [*2] sentence as Person B’s line. I added “[ ] My grammar interpretation”.

“☆☆Basic Example Dialogue”

A ケーキを　　つくりますか。 [*1]

Keekiwo　 tsukurimasuka

Do you make a cake? / Will you make a cake?

[The sentence introduces Present form, but its tense depends on adverb or context. For example まいにち　ケーキをつくりますか。Do you make a cake every day? ＝ Present tense. あとで、ケーキをつくりますか。Will you make a cake later? = future tense. If we ask in “past”, we have to say つくりましたpast form ＋　か like ケーキをつくりましたか。]

B１はい、　ケーキをつくります。 [*2]

hai keekiwo tsukurimasu

Yes, I do. / Yes, I will.

[Yes response：we just use simple Masu form(Long Form) つくります. If we answer in “past”, we have to use つくりました past form.]

B２いいえ、ケーキを　　つくりません。 [*1]

iie keekiwo 　tsukurimasen

No, I don’t. / No, I will not.

[Negative response: We make Masu form (LF) negative. We remove ます, instead we put ません and we can get つくり　ません. If we answer in “past negative”, we have to つくり　ませんでした.]

Step3 Speaking Exercise

Watch the video. You can use Speaking Practice Sheet.

Speaking Practice Video↓

https://youtu.be/aKap51UwLHY

“Practice Sheet”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zbf30j4J0grBDsnmBcerRuaULsBskl9W/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 “つくります/みます/かいますTransitive Verb & Yes/No response” 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 “つくります/みます/かいます Transitive Verb & Yes/No response” 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:　ネットフリックスでよく何を見ますか。

B:　よく、アニメやドキュメンタリー映画を見ます。Aさんもネットフリックスでよく映画を見ますか。

A:　いいえ、あまり見ません。でも、YouTubeでドキュメンタリーの動画や料理の作り方を解説している動画はたまに見ますよ。

[You can also say 映画はあまり見ません instead of を.]

B:　僕も料理の動画が好きで、たまに参考にして、自分でも料理しています。　

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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