Wednesday, September 8, 2021

#21-5-2 Japanese Speaking and Writing from Scratch with Moto for JLPT N5 Beginner and Intermediate level, “Plain style Noun +とおもいます”


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 130-131 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1, Translation & Grammar Notes – English. I added other words for learning.

 

gym                                 ジム     jimu

information                            じょうほう     jyouhou

talk, speech, what onse says, story      ☆       はなし   hanasi

ture                     ☆       ほんとう hontou

lie                        ☆         うそ    uso

accuracy                                せいかく    seikaku

day off, regular day off                  きゅうぎょうび    kyuugyoubi

 

 

Step2 Grammar

 

So, Today’s grammar topic is Plain style Noun + とおもいます。.

 

While I referred to “わたしは 彼の話は ほんとうだと思います。 on Page 180, Lesson 21, 練習A- in みんなの日本語 初級版 本冊, 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] sentence as Person A & B’s lines. I added “[ ] My grammar interpretation”.

 

 

☆☆Basic Example Dialogue”

 

A ジムは きゅうぎょうび ですか。 [*2]

  jimu wa kyuugyoubi    desuka

      Is the gym closed today?

 

B          ジムは きゅうぎょうび(Noun) だ とおもいます。 [*1]

jimu wa kyuugyoubi            da tomoimasu

         I think it is closed today.

 

[ジムは きゅうぎょうびです is a sentence that we have already learned. When we want to put it into “とおもいますSubject think-”, we just remove です and put “だ” so we can change きゅうぎょうび です to きゅうぎょうび だ as “Plain Style, Noun.” to express Present Affirmative. ]

 

B          ジムは きゅうぎょうび(Noun)   じゃない とおもいます。 [*2]

jimu wa kyuugyoubi          janai    tomoimasu

         I think it isn’t closed.

 

[ジムは きゅうぎょうび じゃありません is a sentence that we have already learned. When we want to put it into “とおもいますSubject think-”, we just remove じゃありません and put “じゃない” so we can change きゅうぎょうび じゃありません to きゅうぎょうび じゃない as “Plain Style, Noun.” to express Present Negative. ]

 

[To express Past Affirmative and Negative, we can change ジムは きゅうぎょうび でした to ジムは きゅうぎょうび だったAnd also change ジムは きゅうぎょうび じゃありませんでした to ジムは きゅうぎょうび じゃなかった.]



Step3 Speaking Exercise

 

Watch the video. You can use Speaking Practice Sheet.

 

 

Speaking Practice Video↓

https://youtu.be/qKEpg6GHZGU

 

“Practice Sheet”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l00fedxLuM9FwItChQXTP_3cXc-FnRQV/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 Plain style Noun + とおもいます。 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 Plain style Noun +とおもいます。” 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: 今日はエクササイズをしたいので、ジムへ行こうと思います。

 

B:  あれ?今日、ジムは休業日だと思いますよ。

 

A: そうか、今日は月曜日ですね。じゃあ、開いていませんね。駅前の24時間やっているジムに入会したいんですが、会費が高いんですよね。

 

B: そうですね。駅前のジムは、設備の質も良いですが、会費が高いですね。

 

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 初級第版 本冊」スリーエーネットワーク. 

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