Moto Learning Doujou: #19-3 Japanese Speaking and Writing from Scratch with Moto for JLPT N5 Beginner and Intermediate level, “Taform＋り、Taform＋りします。”

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

I referred to words (I marked with☆) and their translations from Page 118-119 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1, Translation & Grammar Notes – English. I added other words.

day off 　　　　　　　　　　　　きゅうじつ kyuujitsu

cleaning, cleanup 　　　　　　そうじ souji

clean (a room) 　　　　　　　☆ そうじをします souji wo simasu

washing, laundering 　　　　　せんたく　 sentaku

wash (clothes) 　　　　　　　☆ せんたくをします sentakuwo simasu

Karaoke machine, Karaoke club/bar カラオケ　karaoke

alcohol, rice wine, sake 　　　　　　おさけ osake

Step2 Grammar

So, Today’s grammar topic is “Taform＋り、Taform＋りします。”.

I cited below [*1] sentences from Page 164, Lesson 19, 練習B-4 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 どようびは　なにを　しますか。 [*1]

doyoubi wa　naniwo　shimasuka

What will you do on (next) Saturday?

[This question sounds asking about a plan for next Saturday. You can also say どようび、なにをしますか。When we put “どようび time expression+は”, どようび becomes Topic in the sentence. When we omit はand put just どようび that sounds adverb. However, the meaning of both sentences is almost same.]

B さんぽした　り、　えを　かいた　りします。 [*1]

sanpo sita ri ewo kaita risimasu

On (next) Sunday, I will go for a walk, draw a picture and so on.

[When we want to introduce examples of Subject’s　actions, we can use the pattern “Taform+り、Taformりします。”. So, Person B have a plan to do several things and just introduced 2 things as examples. さんぽます→さんぽしたTaform, かきます→かいたTaform. The tense at the end of sentence decides whole tense of sentence. If we say えを　かいたり　しました, whole tense of sentence becomes “past”.]

Step3　Speaking Exercise

Watch the video. You can use Speaking Practice Sheet.

Speaking Practice Video↓

https://youtu.be/BPEftnostR8

“Practice Sheet”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t2npfONGXMANRwvJAyYlcV7nU1ejts4L/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 “Taform＋り、Taform＋りします。” 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 “Taform＋り、Taform＋りします。” 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:　明後日は祝日ですね。何をしますか。

B:　明後日は、家で自転車を直したり、部屋を片付けたりします。　

ここ最近、忙しくて、全然、家の用事ができなかったんですよ。Aさんは何か予定がありますか。

A:　私も、忙しくて、庭の手入れができなかたので、庭で草刈りをしたり、庭の木を切ったりしますよ。　

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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