Moto Learning Doujou: #18-5 Japanese Speaking and Writing from Scratch with Moto for JLPT N5 Beginner and Intermediate level, “しゅみは Dictionary form ことです”

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 112-113 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1, Translation & Grammar Notes – English.

hobby ☆ しゅみ syumi

collect, gather ☆ あつめます atsumemasu

Step2 Grammar

So, Today’s grammar topic is “しゅみは　Dictionary form　ことです”.

I cited below [*1] sentences and translations from Page 117 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1, Translation & Grammar Notes – English, and I also cited [*2] sentence from みんなの日本語初級Ⅰ第Ⅱ版本冊, Lesson 18, page 156, 練習B-6. I added “[ ] My grammar interpretation”.

“☆☆Basic Example Dialogue”

A しゅみは　なん　　ですか。 [*2]

shumi wa　nan　　desuka

What is your hobby, Bsan?

[Another way to ask is どんな　しゅみを　もっていますか。]

B1 わたしの　しゅみは　　おんがくです。[*1]

watashino　shumi wa　 ongaku desu

I’m interested in music. [*1]

[The above pattern is “Noun　は　Noun です” that we learned in Lesson1. I think this pattern is basic and often used but sometimes it has limitation to deliver detail. In the above sentence, Person B tries to explain his hobby/interest is “music” but it is not clear whether he likes listening to music or he like composing or playing musical instrument.]

B2 わたしの　しゅみは　おんがくをきくことです。[*1]

watashino　shumi wa　ongaku wo kiku　 koto desu

I like listening to music. [*1]

[To bring more detail, using a pattern “Nounを + Dictionary form + こと” is　convenient. By using this pattern, we can put Noun Phrase “おんがくNounを　＋きくDFこと“ in a sentence. Noun phrase is made up of “Noun+ verb dictionary form” and it works like Noun in a sentence. ]

Step3　Speaking Exercise

Watch the video. You can use Speaking Practice Sheet.

Speaking Practice Video↓

https://youtu.be/jPAYXmLCrfA

“Practice Sheet”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_gBahxnZo2NY3_jrIt6DABDnBn5nfBD4/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 “しゅみは　Dictionary form ことです” 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 “しゅみは Dictionary form ことです” 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:　ベンさんの趣味は何ですかね。

B:　ベンさんの趣味はゲームで遊ぶことです。彼は、任天堂スイッチも、プレステ５も両方持っていて、ゲームソフトをよく買って遊んでいるらしいですよ。

A: へー、凄いですね。じゃあ、パソコンもゲームのためにすごい機能のものを持ってるんでしょうね。

B: そうだと思います。彼が今までゲームに使ったお金はかなりの額になると思いますよ。

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.

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