Moto Learning Doujou: #18-3 Japanese Speaking and Writing from Scratch with Moto for JLPT N5 Beginner and Intermediate level, “Dictionary form＋ことができます”

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

Chinese character, kanji かんじ kanji

To speak, talk 　　　　しゃべる shaberu

to repair, to fix 　　　　　なおす naosu

to draw, to paint 　　　　かきます kakimasu

Step2 Grammar

So, Today’s grammar topic is “Dictionary form＋ことができます”.

I cited below [*1] sentences from Page155, Lesson 18, 練習B-2 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 かんじを　よむ　ことができますか。 [*1]

kanji wo　yomu 　kotogadekimasu ka

　Can you read Kanji, Bsan?

[Rea＝よみiます is Masu Form. “みi” becomes “むu” and we can get よむ as Dictionary form (DF). After DF, just put ことができます and we can get よむ　ことができます＝Subject can read--.]

B はい、　できます。 [*1]

hai、　dekimasu。

Yes, I can.

[Full sentence is はい、わたしは　かんじを　よむ　ことができますas affirmative response.]

B いいえ、できません。[*1]

iie、 dekimasen。

　　 No, I cannot.

[Full sentence isいいえ、わたしは　かんじを　よむ　ことができませんas negative response. You can use the pattern “Dictionary form + ことができません”.]

Step3　Speaking Exercise

Watch the video. You can use Speaking Practice Sheet.

Speaking Practice Video↓

https://youtu.be/0v5tZyZVLxc

“Practice Sheet”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HyMxATwwfORBa9Ffg80HqKKfNqOTG20r/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 “Dictionary form＋ことができます” 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 “Dictionary form＋ことができます” 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　この動画編集アプリを使うことができますか。

B:　ちょっと見せてください。うーん、そうですね。僕が普段使っているアプリと似ているので、多分、使うことが出来ると思いますよ。

A:　私も動画編集を始めたいので、教えてくれませんか。このアプリは、９８００円ぐらいで買うことが出来るので、買ってみようかと思っています。

B:　そうですか。同じぐらいの値段なので、僕が普段使っているアプリも、一応見てから決めるといいですよ。

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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