Sunday, August 29, 2021

#8-14 Japanese Speaking and Writing from Scratch with Moto for JLPT N5 Beginner and Intermediate level, “Positive(Negative)ですが Negative(Positive)です。”


Improvement 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.)

 

 

Instruction of Exercise

 

Before Speaking & Writing exercises, check vocabulary and grammar.

 

 

Step1 Vocabulary

 

I referred to words (I marked with) and their translations from Page 52-53 in in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1, Translation & Grammar Notes – English. I also added other words.

 

food                                  ☆        たべもの           tabemono

life, daily life                      ☆        せいかつ          seikatsu

hot, spicy                                        からい            karai

difficult            ☆        むずかしい        muzukashii

cramped, small, narrow                       せまい         semai

heavy                                               おもい          omoi

strong, solid, durable                     じょうぶな          jyoubuna

studies, learning                             がくしゅう          gakusyuu

 

 

Step2 Grammar

 

So, Today’s grammar topic is PositiveNegative)ですが NegativePositive)です。.

 

I cited below [*1] sentences from Page 70, Lesson 8, 練習B-5 in みんなの日本語 初級版 本冊. I added “[ ] My grammar interpretation”.

 

 

☆☆Basic Example Dialogue”

 

A          にほんの くるまは どうですか。[*1]

nihonno      kurumawa   doudesuka

       How do you find Japanese cars?


[When we want to ask someone’s opinion, we can use Nounはどうですか。”.]

 

B               たかい です が、 いいです。[*1] 

       takai  desu  ga   iidesu 

Quality of Japanese cars is good, but expensive.

 

[ The original sentences are made up of 2 sentences:

にほんのくるまは たかいです。 + にほんのくるまは いいです。

 

にほんの くるまは たかいです。” is the first sentence. Just remove last “。” and put “が、”as conjunction. means “but. Because of conjunction, we can combine the 2 sentences and we can omitにほんのくるまは.

 

たかいです(negative thing)が、いいです。(Positive thing

 

So, We can expect 2 patterns such as” Positive thing + が、 + Negative thing” or “Negative thing+ が、+Positive thing”.]



Step3 Speaking Exercise

 

Watch the video. You can use Speaking Practice Sheet.

 

 

Speaking Practice Video↓

https://youtu.be/1GiKYuQdOHc

 

“Practice Sheet”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XTW98CyKxuX_K4hINutNlH10YBulamLl/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 PositiveNegative)ですが NegativePositive)です。 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 PositiveNegative)ですが NegativePositive)です。” 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:  漢字の学習は難しいですが、楽しいですね。

 

B:  そうですね。覚えなければいけない漢字が多いですが、漢字の形は一つ一つ意味があるので、面白いですね。

 

A: 何かおすすめの勉強方法はありますか。

 

B: 自分で作文を書きながら、文やストーリーの中で漢字を覚えるといいと思いますよ。

 

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”.)

https://bit.ly/3xy1Hso

 

 

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I will continue to upload of this series for N5 Basic level. You can easily get each time update, if you follow my SNS account.

 

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Other Activities

 

Need correction? Check Moto Writing Doujou

https://bit.ly/3xy1Hso

 

Self-learning Doujou with Moto

https://bit.ly/3yCqxIH

 

 

Reference

 

3A Corporation 2012, Minna No Nihongo Second Edition - Elementary Japanese1 Translation & Grammar Notes – English, 3A Corporation, Tokyo.

ISBN-10: 4883196046

 

スリーエーネットワーク(2012, 「みんなの日本語 初級I 第版 本冊」, スリーエーネットワーク.

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