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NCEA Level 2 Japanese: Writing - a variety of text types for different purposes (91137)

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Writing - a variety of text types for different purposes (91137)

What the standard asks for

Writing is internal and assessed on communication, range and accuracy across several text types - letter or email, blog, notice, speech, review, article. Japanese script is required: kana plus the Level 2 kanji. A short, accurate, well-shaped text beats a long, error-strewn one, so plan the shape before the sentences.

Match the conventions of the text type

Letter or email: 〇〇さん or はいけい, then おげんきですか, the body, then よろしく おねがいします and your name. Blog: date, casual plain style (だ/である), a heading. Notice: short direct sentences with ~てください and ~ないでください. Speech: です/ます, opening みなさん、こんにちは. Review: opinion, reasons, recommendation. Getting the frame right is quick marks.

Build range on purpose

Chain ~て forms, and include ~ながら, ~ために, ~たら, ~ても, ~たことがある, ~てあげる/てくれる/てもらう, potential forms, ~そうです, ~つもり and comparisons with ~より~のほうが. One idea per clause, then join with そして, しかし, だから, ~ので. Deliberate variety reads as control.

Accuracy priorities

Particles は/が, に/で, を; verb endings ます/ました/ません/ませんでした and correct て forms; adjective past ~かったです and ~くなかったです; counters with every number. Write kanji you actually know - guessing strokes creates meaning-changing errors.

Worked example

Task: email a homestay family, thank them, invite them to New Zealand. 「〇〇さん、おげんきですか。先月は たいへん おせわに なりました。日本で おもしろい ことを たくさん たいけん する ことが できました。NZに きたら、ぜひ うちに とめて ください。いっしょに 海に 行ったり、NZの りょうりを つくったり しましょう。おへんじを まっています。」 Reasoning: おせわに なりました is the set phrase for thanks; ~ことが できました shows potential plus experience; ぜひ…てください is a warm invitation; ~たり~たり しましょう lists examples; the closing formula ends the email correctly.

Traps that cost marks

Romaji; mixing plain and polite styles; word-for-word English idioms (「たのしみに しています」, not 「たのしみを まっています」); missing counters; padding to length with repeated sentences instead of new reasons.