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sopiadavo

  • 24 Jan
  • Joined Aug 19, 2024
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    Really good grammar variety and vocab, also good statistics and use of sources

    Just a few things, I’m no expert but these are just stuff which stood out to me

    「美味しいと思いました」 rather than saying this, the food being delicious is an opinion, not a thought, it’s a judgment made after eating the food, so I think it’d be better to just say 「美味しかったです」

    「として 」not exactly sure, but I don’t think that’s the right usage of this here, but double check with someone else. Pretty sure it’s only used for something which is expected or definitely true due to a role etc. e.g 「生徒として制服を着なければなりません」again, not sure

    「使われることだそうです, you asked your friends, but right now you are saying you “heard it is used”. Also, verb plain form+そうです is a grammar point, so theことだ is unnecessary. Maybe 使われています is better

    更に, the kanji is unnecessary

    Instead of リサーチ, I think you should use the actual word 研究

    「病気を防ぐことができると言われています。」—>「病気を防げると言われています」 it was a bit to complicated and assessors would find it hard to read

    「「毎日日本食を食べる人の90%の方が日本食を食べない人より健康がいい」と言いました。」—> 「「毎日日本食を食べる人の90%は、日本食を食べない人より元気であります」と言われました」

    Everything else is fine, would just make the conclusion longer, at least 2 sentences.

    Just remember structure and being concise is most important for assessors. Even if you don’t use complex grammar in every sentence, as long as you include it 3-4 times you will receive higher marks. The last thing assessors want is a tough essay to read.

    But really good essay,

    I think it would get you a 7-8/10

    • Hello,
      I was wondering if you'd be willing to sell any Japanese essays that you may have written for your SACs or as practice for them?
      Thank you

    • @Lemonade_222 hiii, I saw that you got an incredible score for Japanese Second Language back in 2022. I’m currently taking the 1/2 and will be moving onto the 3/4 next year, I have no Japanese background and picked up the language three years ago. I studied abroad in Japan for a summer holiday and managed to pick up on listening quite well but still am not amazing at VCE style oral. I’ve tried writing as much as I can but I find it super hard to determine whether how I’m writing is enough to achieve a really high score in year 12, as I feel my standards at the school are quite low and the assessor will award really high marks to those who write exceptionally. I really want to achieve a raw 40+ as it’s probably going to save my ATAR . In terms of writing, do you think you could give me an idea of what the top achievers wrote like to gain such high marks? Also, do you have any other tips or suggestions especially since I am not a native speaker? Thank you 🙂