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
To fix なおします naosimasu
Step2 Grammar
So, Today’s grammar topic is “これはTeform + いますPlain Style = Relative Pronounです。”.
While I referred to “これはミラーさんが住んでいたうちです。” on Page 140 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] Question sentence as Person A’s line. I added “[ ] My grammar interpretation”.
“☆☆Basic Example Dialogue”
A このスマホは なん ですか。 [*2]
kono sumaho wa nan desuka
[From the above sentence, I imagined a situation that there is a smartphone on a table, it is a brand-new model, Person A gets curious and he is asking with the above sentence that contains nuances “What is this smart phone for? Whose? or Why is a brand-new one here?”.]
B これは チンさんが つかって(Te) いる(PS, Dictio) スマホ です。[*1]
kore wa chinsan ga tsukatte iru sumaho desu。
This is a smartphone which Mr. Chin is using/ has been using.
[As we have already learned, we can use Teform to describe 1:“Action in progress”, 2:“something happened and a status continues” and 3:“People continue to do something as a habit, job, study.” From the above sentence, I imagined a situation Mr. Ching bought a smartphone recently and he continues to use it.]
[To explain スマホ, we can put “Relative Pronoun” by using Plain Style. チンさんが つかって（Tefoｒm）います becomes チンさんが つかって（Te）いる（PS, Present Affirmative） and we can put it before スマホ＝Noun that we want to explain. So, we need to change only part of います to Plain style.]
[We will check other variation of Plain Style.
Example1:チンさんが つかって いない(PS, Present Negative)スマホ ＝ it sounds this is a smartphone which Mr. Chin is not using/ has not been using.
Example2: チンさんが つかって いた(PS, Past Affirmative)スマホ ＝ it sounds this is a smartphone which Mr. Chin was using/ had been using.
On the other hand, “チンさんが つかった スマホ” means “a smartphone which he used”. Hmm, I think Japanese people tend not to require clear distinction both of them in daily usage. I think people often use both as almost same meaning.
Example3: チンさんが つかって いなかった(PS, Past negative)スマホ ＝ it sounds this is a smartphone which Mr. Chin was not using/ had not been using.]
Step3 Speaking Exercise
Watch the video. You can use Speaking Practice Sheet.
Speaking Practice Video↓
“Practice Sheet”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hvZnlwrWOtseEN_CykHfx7suNa7ihJ9g/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 “これはTeform + いますPlain Style = Relative Pronoun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 “これはTeform + いますPlain Style = Relative Pronoun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: テーブルの上の薬は何ですか。
B: これはチンさんが最近飲んでいるサプリメントです。チンさんは、最近太ってきたので、ダイエットをしているらしいですよ。運動もして、食事の量も制限して、サプリメンとも飲んでいると言っていました。
A: へー、かなりの量がありますね。
B： ビタミンやミネラルを補給するために、色々な種類のを飲んでいるらしいですよ。
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”.)
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⑤Reference
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I 第版 本冊」, スリーエーネットワーク.
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