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Japanese 1JA0/4H June 2019
1. Japanese GCSE Higher Tier Writing Paper; total marks 60; time 1 hour 25 minutes; includes informal emails, blog posts, formal articles/letters, and a translation passage.
2. Question structure: choose one from Q1(a)/(b) and one from Q2(a)/(b), plus mandatory Q3 translation; varied response lengths (160–300 characters depending on question).
3. Topics: friendship and meeting people, eco-friendly transport and preferences, cultural celebrations in UK and Japan, planning school trips to Japan and their educational benefits.
4. Translation task: narrative paragraph about shopping habits, purchase experience, opinions on Ginza, and future intentions using past tense, reported speech, and intention verbs.
5. Tone and register: informal writing in Q1 (email/blog), formal tone in Q2 (magazine article or embassy letter), accurate and idiomatic Japanese required.
6. Communicative competencies: expressing personal experiences and opinions, persuading, narrating past events, future intentions, cultural comparisons, and lifestyle reflections.
2. Question structure: choose one from Q1(a)/(b) and one from Q2(a)/(b), plus mandatory Q3 translation; varied response lengths (160–300 characters depending on question).
3. Topics: friendship and meeting people, eco-friendly transport and preferences, cultural celebrations in UK and Japan, planning school trips to Japan and their educational benefits.
4. Translation task: narrative paragraph about shopping habits, purchase experience, opinions on Ginza, and future intentions using past tense, reported speech, and intention verbs.
5. Tone and register: informal writing in Q1 (email/blog), formal tone in Q2 (magazine article or embassy letter), accurate and idiomatic Japanese required.
6. Communicative competencies: expressing personal experiences and opinions, persuading, narrating past events, future intentions, cultural comparisons, and lifestyle reflections.