5-Day Language Study Plan to Journal About Favorite Seasons

You’ve mastered a great deal, especially in the last one month of following this language study plan — from describing your daily routine, your hobbies and weekend plans, to your last holiday vacation. But one thing has been missing: the ability to explain yourself. To say not just what you like, but also why. Not just what you do, but under what conditions you do it, for what purpose, and despite what obstacles.

“What is your favourite season — and why?”

✨ Read Vietnamese version: [Mùa Yêu Thích Của Bạn Là Gì — Và Tại Sao? Kế Hoạch Học Ngôn Ngữ 5 Ngày Về Cách Đưa Ra Lý Do]

This is the chapter where individual sentences start connecting into something richer: arguments, explanations, opinions. It’s the difference between a learner who lists facts and one who argues a point of view. There’s even a small grammatical surprise waiting — in some languages (spoiler: German language), the little word for “because” quietly rearranges your whole sentence. This language study plan for giving reasons, opinions and results guides you exactly through how to approach each language to be able to express these ideas.

5-Day Language Study Plan Week 10 for a complete Beginner of a new Language: Give Reasons, Opinions and Build Complex Sentences

Overview: What This Language Study Plan for Giving Reasons Covers

This is Chapter 10 of the Language Essential Series — same five-day rhythm, each day adding one way to connect your thoughts, until you can explain a genuine opinion rather than just state a fact.

Here is what this language study plan for giving reasons covers across the five days:

1️⃣ Day 1 — Giving reasons and opinions: “because” and “that”

2️⃣ Day 2 — Chaining ideas: “so,” “then,” and “otherwise”

3️⃣ Day 3 — The “when” puzzle: one word, multiple different jobs

4️⃣ Day 4 — Purpose and pushback: “in order to” and “although”

5️⃣ Day 5 — Write and speak: season, fruit, colour, housework, hobby

After completing this chapter, you will be ready to answer these prompts from the 30-Day Language Journal Challenge:

Prompt 24 — What is your favourite season, and why?
Prompt 25 — Name a favourite fruit and explain why you like it.
Prompt 26 — What is your favourite colour, and why?
Prompt 27 — Do you like doing housework?
Prompt 28 — What is your favourite hobby? How often do you do it?

Let’s break it down — one day at a time.

Day 1: Giving Reasons and Opinions — “Because” and “That”

The most basic move in explaining yourself is the word “because.” English has one. Some languages have two — and one of them can rearrange the sentence:

I like summer because it’s warm.

Ich mag den Sommer, weil er warm ist. (the verb “ist” jumps to the very end!)

Tôi thích mùa hè vì trời ấm.

And to state an opinion, you need “that”:

I think that autumn is the most beautiful season.

Ich finde, dass der Herbst die schönste Jahreszeit ist. (verb to the end again)

Tôi nghĩ rằng mùa thu là mùa đẹp nhất. (normal order)

📌 German learner note: German has two words for “because” — denn (keeps normal word order) and weil (sends the conjugated verb to the very end of its clause). That verb-to-the-end move is the signature of a German subordinate clause, and dass (“that”) does exactly the same thing.

Get a full detailed explanation with Chapter 10 of Dear Deutsch E-Book HERE:

German Language Guided Self-Study: An Essential Writing and Speaking Guide for Beginners to reach A1-A2 Fast, by Daily Journaling and Speaking from Day 1

YOUR TURN:

👉 Does it have more than one word for “because” — and if so, do they behave differently? Does your target language rearrange anything after “because,” or just glue the clause on like English and Vietnamese? 👉 Master a structure that you can use instantly in any situations.

👉 Day 1 goal: Write 4–6 sentences about your favourite season and fruit, each with a reason (“because”) and one opinion (“I think that…”).

Example sentences:

English	German	Vietnamese
I like autumn because the leaves are so colourful.	Ich mag den Herbst, weil die Blätter so bunt sind. Ich mag den Herbst, denn die Blätter sind so bunt.	Tôi thích mùa thu vì lá cây rất nhiều màu sắc.
I believe that every fruit has its best season.	Ich glaube, dass jede Frucht ihre spezielle Saison hat.	Tôi tin rằng mỗi loại trái cây có mùa của nó.

Day 2: Chaining Ideas — “So,” “Then,” “Otherwise”

Beyond reasons, you need to show consequence and sequence — and here a second word-order quirk appears in some languages:

Summer is warm. That’s why I like it.

Der Sommer ist warm. Deshalb mag ich ihn. (verb before subject! An inversion at play!)

Mùa hè ấm áp. Vì vậy tôi thích nó.

With the same fashion of expressing consequences, sequences is another way to connect your sentences logically and smoothly. The everyday chain of “first / then / after that,” plus “otherwise”:

English	German	Vietnamese
first / then / after that	zuerst / dann / danach	đầu tiên / rồi / sau đó
otherwise	sonst	nếu không
so / that’s why	deshalb / also	vì vậy / cho nên

📌 German learner note: When deshalb (“that’s why”), dann (“then”), or sonst (“otherwise”) starts a sentence, German uses inversion — the verb comes second, pushing the subject after it: Deshalb mag ich ihn. English keeps “Therefore I like it”; German flips it.

YOUR TURN:

Find out how your target language expresses results or consequences (after giving reasons), as well as basic most frequently used language cues to signal orders of sequences.

👉 Day 2 goal: Write about your favourite colour and your attitude to housework, using “that’s why,” a “first/then/after that” sequence, and “otherwise.”

Example sentences:

English	German	Vietnamese
Green is calming. That’s why I like it.	Grün wirkt beruhigend. Deshalb mag ich es.	Màu xanh lá làm dịu lòng. Vì vậy tôi thích nó.
First I tidy up, then I vacuum, after that I mop.	Zuerst räume ich auf, dann sauge ich Staub, danach wische ich den Boden.	Đầu tiên tôi dọn dẹp, rồi tôi hút bụi, sau đó tôi lau nhà.

Day 3: The “When” Puzzle — One Word, Three Different Jobs

Here’s a place where English is actually the simple one. English uses “when” for three different jobs — and other languages split them up:

“When” as an “if” condition:

When it’s warm, I go outside.
Wenn es warm ist…
Khi trời ấm…

“When” as a time inquiry like “at what time?”:

When were you in Berlin?
Wann warst du in Berlin?
Khi nào bạn ở Berlin?

“When” as a time indicator (usually for a past completed moment):

When I was a child…
Als ich ein Kind war…
Khi/Hồi tôi còn nhỏ…

👉 Day 3 goal: Add condition sentences (“I like it most when…”) and one childhood memory (“when I was little…”) to your season and fruit entries.

Example sentences:

English	German	Vietnamese
Strawberries taste best when they’re fresh.	Erdbeeren schmecken am besten, wenn sie frisch sind.	Dâu tây ngon nhất khi chúng còn tươi.
When I was a child, I loved winter.	Als ich ein Kind war, liebte ich den Winter.	Hồi tôi còn nhỏ, tôi rất thích mùa đông.

Day 4: Purpose and Pushback — “In Order To” and “Although”

The final two moves: saying why you do something (purpose), and admitting an obstacle but doing the thing anyway (concession).

I learn German in order to work in Germany.

Ich lerne Deutsch, um in Deutschland zu arbeiten. (infinitive at the very end)

Tôi học tiếng Đức để làm việc ở Đức. (để = “in order to”)

Although it’s cold, I still like winter.

Obwohl es kalt ist, mag ich den Winter. (verb to the end)

Mặc dù trời lạnh, tôi vẫn thích mùa đông. (mặc dù … vẫn = “although … still”)

Here is another fancy structure with the same meaning:

Winter’s cold. Nevertheless, I still like it.

Es ist kalt im Winter. Trotzdem mag ich immer noch den Winter. (verb before subject)

Mùa đông trời lạnh. Thế nhưng, tôi vẫn thích mùa đông.

YOUR TURN:

How does your language say “in order to” (to express purposes) and “although” (to express concession)?

👉 Day 4 goal: Write about your favourite hobby — how often you do it, a reason, a purpose (“in order to…”), and one “although…” sentence.

Example sentences:

English	German	Vietnamese
I run every morning in order to clear my head.	Ich laufe jeden Morgen, um den Kopf frei zu bekommen.	Tôi chạy bộ mỗi sáng để đầu óc thư thái.
Although housework is tedious, I do it anyway.	Obwohl Hausarbeit mühsam ist, mache ich sie trotzdem.	Mặc dù việc nhà vất vả, tôi vẫn làm.

Day 5: Put It All Together

This is your production day. Over four days you’ve gathered the full connector toolkit — reasons, results, conditions, and concessions. Now you bring it into five personal entries. The goal isn’t to cram every connector into every sentence, but to pick the right one for what you actually want to say. Build each answer yourself with the frameworks below.

Prompt 24 — Favourite Season

My favourite season is ___, because ___. I like it most when ___. I think that ___.

Prompt 25 — Favourite Fruit

My favourite fruit is ___ — I like it because ___. It tastes best when ___. It reminds me of ___.

Prompt 26 — Favourite Colour

My favourite colour is ___. I like it because ___. For me it stands for ___. That’s why I ___

Prompt 27 — Housework

I (don’t) like housework, because ___. Although ___, I do it anyway. First I ___, then ___ — otherwise ___.

Prompt 28 — Favourite Hobby

My favourite hobby is ___ — I do it ___ a week. I do it in order to ___, and because ___. Even when ___, I do it anyway.

Fill each blank with your own reasons, and you’ll have five complete, natural entries — every connector from Days 1–4 has a place to land.

👉 Day 5 goal: Use the frameworks to write your own Prompts 24–28. Then read them aloud, and try describing a friend’s or family member’s favourites using he/she forms.

Keep them simple; you will rewrite them with richer grammar in later chapters.

📘 Inside Dear Deutsch: complete worked Sample Writing for all five prompts — full German model entries (season, fruit, colour, housework, and a beautifully argued hobby answer) with English translations, plus a complete connector reference table, “write it for another person” versions, and a fill-in-the-blank self-check. The frameworks above get you writing; the e-book shows you exactly what a fluent, fully-connected German paragraph looks like.

Chapter 10 Completion Checklist

Before moving on, check that you can do each of the following without looking at your notes:

✅ Give a reason with “because” — and know if it changes your word order
✅ State an opinion with “I think that…”
✅ Show a result with “so / that’s why” — with inversion if your language uses it
✅ Chain steps with “first / then / after that” and warn with “otherwise”
✅ Handle every job of “when” your language distinguishes
✅ Express purpose with “in order to”
✅ Concede a point with “although / nevertheless” and still make your case
✅ Use a variety of connectors, not just “because” for everything
✅ Write and speak all five journal prompts in full

If you can tick every box, you have completed this language study plan for giving reasons, opinions, and results — wonderfully done.

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What’s Next?

You’ve just made the jump from learner to speaker. Your sentences are no longer facts in a list — they’re arguments, explanations, and opinions with real structure and logic behind them. That’s the moment your target language starts to sound like you.

In Chapter 11, we turn to comparison: how to say something is bigger, better, or the best — the comparative and superlative — plus the little flavouring words (really, actually, of course, maybe) that make sentences sound genuinely natural rather than textbook-correct.

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Until next time — Happy Language Learning!

Suani 💕

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