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Quote lenzie  how can i teach is it, yes,it is ,no, it isn't in a very simple ways to japanese children? |
First I work on the question formation and have the students respond with simply "yes" or "no".
Later (months to a year later) we build to a full answer.
"Is this a pencil?"
"Yes, it's a pencil."
"No, it's not a pencil."
Once they have good control of that, I explain that some of the information that's understood can be skipped (omitted).
"Is this a pencil?"
"Yes, it's (a pencil.)"
"No, it's not (a pencil.)"
Then you need to explain that a sentence in English can't end with a conjunction (it's), so
"Yes, it's (a pencil.)" - -> "Yes,
it is (a pencil.)"
I don't know the age of your students but that's the route I go with Japanese elementary school children or younger. If you are working with junior high school children or older, they will have already studied all of this as formulaic responses to formulaic questions. They would really benefit from the above explanation as well as an indept explanation of the difference between "be" verbs vs. "do" verbs.