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Topic:
Me and
My family / Level: Junior-Senior Secondary |
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As
we all know, developing writing skills in Japanese takes time. A written
text needs to be well structured and coherent. To achieve this, students
need to learn how to build words into a sentence, how to use conjunctions
appropriately, and how to structure a composition. Therefore it is
a good idea for students to practice writing from an early stage,
and to write regularly. Some teachers may give students the task of
writing a short diary entry or a short message to their classmates
every lesson. In this issue, as a first step to the writing of a Japanese
text, I will focus on the construction of coherent sentences and the
effective use of conjunctions in the context of 'Me and My Family'.
At an early stage, you may teach your students to write an introduction
in simple sentences such as the one below on the left. Once they have
mastered this, you may introduce 「そして」meaning
'and' and 「でも」meaning
'but' to enable your students to express themselves in a linked narrative
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Fill the blanks with そして
or
でも
to make a coherent paragraph |
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| わたしは、１３さいです。シドニーにすんでいます。マリンスポーツがだいすきです。（ ）サーフィンがとくいです。ことし、日本語をべんきょうしています。（ ）あまりじょうずではありません。かぞくは、４人です。父と母といもうとです。（ ）いぬを２ひきかっています。いぬはとてもかわいいです。（ ）ときどきうるさいです。 |
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After
students become familiar with the idea of using 「そして」and
「でも」,
you may introduce another useful conjunction「だから」meaning
'therefore', which is used to give a reason in the following sentence.
eg, マリンスポーツがだいすきです。だから、うみのちかくにすんでいます。
To practice the
use of 「だから」,
use 3段論法 (syllogisms).
A syllogism takes two statements which are assumed to be true and
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Activity
idea: Syllogisms |
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Which of the statements is logical? (answer: 1) |
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こどもはみんなおかしがすきです。まいちゃんは７さいです。
だから、まいちゃんはおかしがすきです。 |
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こどもはみんなおかしがすきです。ピーターさんはおかしがすきです。
だから、ピーターさんはこどもです。 |
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Try to make your own syllogism!
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こうこうせいはみんな_______________________________________________________________ |
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Once
students develop the skill of making a continuous text using conjunctions
at a beginning of a sentence such as 「そして」,「でも」,
they can connect two sentences to make a complex sentence. Here are
some examples of such sentences used for writing about yourself and
family. |
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