Moto Learning Doujou: #14-1 Japanese Speaking and Writing from Scratch with Moto for JLPT N5 Beginner and Intermediate level, “G2 Verb Tefrom + ください”

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 88-89 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1, Translation & Grammar Notes – English. I also added other words.

how to read, way of reading ☆ よみかた yomikata

turn on ☆ つけます tsukemasu

close, shut ☆ しめます shimemasu

open ☆ あけます akemasu

turn off 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　☆ けします kesimasu

Sure!/ Of course! 　　　　　　　いいですよ。 iidesuyo

place, location 　　　　　　　　　　ばしょ basyo

to start 　　　　　　　　　　　　　はじめます hajimemasu

to remember 　　　　　　　　　おぼえます oboemasu

stop, park 　　　　　　　　　☆ とめます tomemasu

Step2 Grammar

So, Today’s grammar topic is “Group2 Verb Tefrom + ください”.

While I referred to “すみませんが、この漢字の読み方を教えてください。” and its explanation on Page 93 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] Response sentence as Person B’s line. I added “[ ] My grammar interpretation”.

“☆☆Basic Example Dialogue”

A 2じから　じゅぎょうを　はじめて　ください。 [*1]

2jikara jyugyou wo hajimete kudasai

Please start a lesson/class from 2 o’clock.

[When we request someone to do “Please do something”, we can use “Verb-Teform +ください”. はじめます is G2Verb so just remove ます, put て and we can get はじめて as Te-form. Finally, we can say はじめてください　Please start―.]

B はい、2じですね。 [*2]

hai 2jidesune

　　　　2 o’clock, noted.

[Person B has accepted A’s request and tried to confirm the time through repeating it with ね at the end of sentence.]

Step3　Speaking Exercise

Watch the video. You can use Speaking Practice Sheet.

Speaking Practice Video↓

https://youtu.be/FpQp6S7xLiI

“Practice Sheet”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18G2z_3Cw-e-kCgIbLZDHOKpBSY_75QeK/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 ““Group2 Verb Tefrom + ください” 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 ““Group2 Verb Tefrom + ください” 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:　文法の勉強のしかたを教えて下さい。

B:　いいですよ。まず、この教科書を使うといいので、この本を買って下さい。文法の説明を読んだ後、練習問題をして、その後、実際に自分で文を作るといいですよ。作った文を先生に頼んで添削してもらって下さい。

A: 分かりました。早速、今日、紀伊国屋でその本を買って来ます。

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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