Japanese Text Types

These are for the ‘Writing’ section of the Year 12 JSL.

Part A - Casual

• Blog
  • Centered Title
• Email
  • Person’s name at top (1 Indent from Left)
  • “Your” name (Right side at the end of passage)

Part B - Polite

• Article
  • Title (1 Indent from Right)
  • “Your” name (Right hand side on the next line after the title)
• Account
  • Title (1 Indent from Left)
  • “Your” name (Right hand side on the next line after the title)
• Letter
  • Person’s name at top (No indents from the Left)
  • The date (Left hand side at the end of passage)
  • “Your” name (Right side at the end of passage, next line down below the date)
• Speech
  • Centred Title
  • Salutation (Beginning)
    • みなさん、こんにちは。
  • Introduce what you are going to talk about (End of Intro)
    • 今日、～について話したいと思います。
  • とにかく(Start of Conclusion)
  • End Conclusion with:
    • 聞いてくれてありがとうございました。

*All names written should be a made-up name, not your real name