【JLPT N5★ わたしのAはBです。 My A is B.】 わたしのAはBです。 My A is B. Watshi no A wa B desu 日本語 / にほんご / Japanese (1)私の名前は クリスです。 (2)私の名前はミッシェルです。 (3)私の趣味は空手です。 (4)私の趣味は旅行です。 (5)私の趣味はカラオケです。 (6)私の趣味は読書です。 (7)私の仕事は教師です。 English (1)My name is Chris. (2)My name is Michelle. (3)My hobby is Karate. (4)My hobby is traveling. (5)My hobby is karaoke. (6) My hobby is reading books. (7) My job is a teacher. Roman Alphabet (1)Watashi no namae wa kurisu desu. (2)Watashi no namae wa Michelle desu. (3)Watashi no syumi wa karate desu. (4)Watashi no syumi wa ryokou desu. (5)Watashi no syumi wa karaoke desu. (6)Watashi no syumi wa dokusyo desu. (7)Watashi no shigoto wa kyoushi desu. ひらがな / hiragana (1)わたしの なまえは くりす　です。 (2)わたしの　なまえは　みっしぇる　です。 (3)わたしの　しゅみは　からて　です。 (4)わたしの　しゅみは　りょこうです。 (5)わたしの　しゅみは　からおけ　です。 (6)わたしの　しゅみは　どくしょ　です。 (7)わたしの　しごとは　きょうし　です。 ( from Japanese Sentence Patterns for JLPT N5 :Training Book)

Hi Japanese learners, I am writing this message, especially for those who are struggling with not knowing how to improve their Japanese speaking ability. The reason why you can't say what you want to say instantly even after years of learning Japanese is that even though you know grammar and sentence patterns, you don't have the skills to use them. To do this, you need to turn your "knowledge" into a "skill" that you can use automatically or unconsciously. This is made possible by pattern practice. Before I started practicing through Pattern Practice, I was not very good at speaking foreign languages, but after a few months of practicing through sentences Pattern Practice, my hesitation and dislike of speaking foreign languages disappeared.

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Simple way to build vocabulary in a foreign language through Read-Aloud Method(1) What or how do you build your vocabulary of target foreign languages? I would like to introduce one of my methods to build vocabulary effectively. To build vocabulary, there may be people who use word books, flash cards, and smartphone applications. I have tried such methods like viewing a word book or making flash cards during junior high school days. However, I concluded that those were inefficient. Since then, I have never practiced such methods. Because I am always interested in how words and expressions which I try to remember are used in a specific context. For example, if I remember words and expressions without context, I will not be able to use the words and expressions　with confidence in actual communication scenes(not only speaking but also writing). That's why I do not like that way to remember words and expressions without context.

Language Study Method for Japanese learners When you find a Japanese expression which you want to acquire, I recommend you to collect several Japanese sentences which have the common structure. Additionally, if you prepare an English translation of the sentences, that would be great. You can see an example in the following: Japanese Sentences (1)地下鉄はどこにありますか？ (2)トイレはどこにありますか。 (3)博物館はどこにありますか。 (4)渋谷駅はどこにありますか。 (5)郵便局はどこにありますか。 How to read in Roman alphabet (1)Chikatetsu wa dokoni ari masuka? (2)toire wa dokoni ari masuka (3)hakubutsukan wa dokoni ari masuka (4)shibuyaki wa dokoni ari masuka (5)yuubinkyoku wa dokoni ari masuka English meaning (1)Where can I find the subway? (2)Where can I find the bathroom? (3)Where can I find the museum? (4)Where can I find the Shibuya station? (5)Where can I find the post office? To tattoo these expressions in your brain, I recommend you to read these group of sentences out loud in total 80 times. To begin with, you can focus on reading only Japanese sentences out loud to remember them 10 times. Also, don't forget take a note about how many times you read. This is very important! After 10 times, please take a look at English sentences and check whether you can translate them into Japanese correctly or you can't. If you can't do it, don't worry about it. You can read the Japanese sentences out loud again about 4 times. Then, please check whether you can translate the English sentences into Japanese again. I'm sure you can do better than last time. Then, after you read the Japanese sentences out loud 4 times and check whether you can translate. So, you need to read them out loud at least 15 times on the first day. Then, you only need to do that 10 times (Basic routine {only Japanese 4 times and checking[translation] once )x 2 set} a day. Please do it at least 80 times in total. I believe this method help you increase your speaking and writing abilities.

Reading out loud is the core of my language study methods When you learn a language, how do you do it? Reading out loud is the core of my language study methods. I have three go-to methods learning a language. The first method is to read out loud a group of sentences with a common grammatical structure. I read one or two group of sentences out loud every morning. I usually read out loud each group around 10 or 20 times. This is an essential method for me to learn English. Before practicing this method, I was significantly bad at speaking English. But I feel alright now not only in speaking but only writing. Now I have several students learning Japanese. I basically share this method with them in Japanese learning. The second method is to read an article out loud to build vocabulary. I always measure the time from the beginning to the end. It takes around a few or several minutes to finish reading it. I usually read the same article out loud a few times in the morning. I have more than 50 articles in a various genres to read out loud. I always try to memorize a word as not as an independent sign but a sign embedded in a context. Otherwise, it is easy for me to forget and it becomes hard to recall it. Yes, I try to remember words embedded in a story. The third method is to write a journal in the language being learned. I write one or two journals each week. Though I started to keep simple diary a few years ago, I can write longer sentences to describe stories now. I do the first and second methods every morning since my kids also study mathematics and English. I also write a journal after work on the train home.

I once became a protagonist in a play. Sometimes I feel that life is strange. I once became a protagonist in a play. I majored in creative writing at arts department in a university in Tokyo. Then, I started dating in 1994 with a girl friend. She was one year junior and majored in creative writing as well. I wrote a novel titled "Tokyo Penguin" in Summer of 1996 when I was a junior. One of literary magazine editors read the novel and liked it. "Tokyo Penguin" was published in the magazine. The girlfriend read it and said to me, "I like this story and the penguin is cute. But I get jealous of your talent. I can't finish writing a long novel like you did." However, she got an award of play-script from a famous theater company in fall of 1996. Then, she joined the theater company. We somehow broke up next year. After graduation from the university in 1998, I majored in creative writing at a master course of a graduate school. So, I continue to stay at the university (actually I went to a doctorate course later). In 1999 she left the university since she graduated. After a few years, I came to know she became a playwright. She provides an original play script to theatrical companies. One day, I googled her name and founded some information about her and her play scripts. Her play scripts were played by a few theatrical companies. I found the information of the play script on a website by which she got an award. I found my name ノボル ( Noboru) in the summary of the playscript. Noboru is a immature guy who works as a curator at a Museum and tends to be lost in wild fancy. Definitely Noboru was a main character in the story. Though I was a bit surprised, I was not interested in the detail of the story at that time. The incident was almost 10 years ago. However, I suddenly remembered it and became curious about the detail of the story. If I go to a museum for play-scripts, I may find and can read it. However, the museum only opens weekdays and doesn't provide a database for searching. So, my curiosity is still dangling in the air...

Finished reading "After the Quake" by Haruki Murakami I finished reading "After the Quake" by Haruki Murakami. I usually read books in Japanese during my commuting. However, I read English version of the book this time. Actually, I hesitated to read books in English for a long time since I supposed it took me much longer to finish them in English than that in Japanese. But, it didn't take me so long. It took a few hours to finish. Additionally, I found I could enjoy English books pretty much like Japanese books. "After the Quake" is a collection of short stories somehow related to the big earthquake at Kobe(near Osaka and Kyoto) in 1995. The English version was published in 2003. So, It is not a new one at all. I enjoyed all the stories and understood that these short stories were holding eggs for Murakami's later long novels later. For example, I saw an egg for "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" in "Honey Pie" and another egg for "1Q84" in "All children Can Dance" in the book. I extremely enjoyed "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo." If you don't read this, I think this title stirs your imagination a lot, right? Anyway, I would read another English book sooner or later.