GUIDED PATH · PHASE 5
Guided Japanese Course
A mastery path for complete beginners and technology professionals.
HOW THIS COURSE WORKS
Follow the path. Advance by mastery.
The primary path tells you what to do next. You can still open any available lesson, but completion is based on checkpoints rather than calendar days.
FULL TARGET CURRICULUM
Tracks 0–10
TRACK 10 · 10-7
Explain a Decision: Reasons, Comparison & Recommendation
Support a simple decision with multiple reasons, comparison, preference, uncertainty, and advice.
- ~し, comparisons, ~と思う, ~ほうがいい.
Professional communication improves when you can say not only what you prefer, but why.
1. Build a small argument
OPTIONS → EVIDENCE → COMPARISON → OPINION → RECOMMENDATION.
2. Do not manufacture certainty
A preference, comparison, and recommendation are not automatically objective facts. Use the language you actually mean.
3. Two-option decision memo
Compare two tools, study methods, travel options, or everyday choices.
INTERACTIVE WORKSHEET
3. Two-option decision memo
Write 10 lines: define options, give 3 ~し reasons, 2 comparisons, one preference, one uncertainty if appropriate, one recommendation, and one final reason. Label FACT / OPINION / RECOMMENDATION.
Tip: on a foldable or tablet, use your pen directly on the page. Your strokes are saved in this browser as you work.
3. Two-option decision memo
Write 10 lines: define options, give 3 ~し reasons, 2 comparisons, one preference, one uncertainty if appropriate, one recommendation, and one final reason. Label FACT / OPINION / RECOMMENDATION.
4. Refactor the same evidence into different claims
Use the linked Manabi Kōbō tools to transfer the lesson into active production.
Language IDE
Why here: The same observation can feed an opinion, comparison, or recommendation.
How to use it for this lesson: Turn 速い into 速いと思います / Bより速いです / 速いほうがいいです and explain the semantic change.
Refactor decision language →Mastery checkpoint
Answer from memory and repair any weak structure before moving on.
