Japanese SAC on Tuesday...

[zibb3r]

So I have my writing SAC on Tuesday and I have to write a speech about school life (specific topic not known).

But when I wrote my practice SAC she said that it was very weak compared to my usual level!  So she said put in some advanced grammatical patterns and work on better intro. and conclusion. 

So my questions for you guys are:

1)  Is the speech format meant to be very formal???

2)  Do you know any advanced grammatical patterns to surprise my teacher???

3)  Can you give me an example of a 10/10 intro and conclusion about school life so I can see and compare mine to yours???


Thanks a lot for your help! 

Much Appreciated :smitten:

[Greatness]

Advanced grammatical patterns?? lol
We got ours on friday Have to write either a report, speech or diary.

[Furbob]

2)　some I've learnt from uni jap ~

よく言えば、悪く言えば   "to put a good spin on it.... to put a bad spin on it..."   example below

 A.  「彼女（かのじょ）はとってもがんばりやだよね」
「うん、でも悪く言えば、負けず嫌い（まけずぎらい）だよね」

B.「この時計（とけい）、とっても古くて、きたないね」
   「そうね、でもよく言えば、アンティークよ」

~ですが、その反面。。。  "...but, on the other hand~"    example below
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漢字はむずかしいけど、その反面、意味（いみ）が分かりやすい。

自分では～と思う   "As for me, I think..."    example below

「自分では太っていると思うけど、友達はふつうだと言う。」
“I, myself, think I’m fat but my friends say I’m normal (average)”   

[Greatness]

hehe @ the fat example

Do you guys write in plain form more or polite form??
I avoid plain form at all costs lol i.e. ill always choose to write a report or whatever instead of a diary.

[zibb3r]

hmm. i never write in plain form unless specified for a diary etc.