JET participants taking the advanced level of the Japanese Language Course have a short essay topic included as part of their monthly tests. Participants must write in Japanese about the topic and submit this along with their monthly test. CLAIR receives these essays and evaluates them based on style and grammar and then chooses the top 15 to 20. After obtaining permission from the authors, these 15 essays below are available for all to read. Check out the essays online to polish up your own Japanese skills while seeing just how insightful - and fluent - JETs are!

 

First	Last	Country	Type	Prefecture	Essay
Jeerawan	Pensopee	TH	CIR	Nagano	>Read Essay
Wai Wa	Young	CA	CIR	Kanagawa	>Read Essay
Sven	Traschewski	GR	CIR	Hokkaido	>Read Essay
Marion	Lalanne	FR	ALT	Chiba	>Read Essay
Andrew	Hough	AU	ALT	Kagoshima	>Read Essay
Grace	Key	US	ALT	Okayama	>Read Essay
Melissa	Lawler	AU	CIR	Miyazaki	>Read Essay
David	Freeman	AU	CIR	Kochi	>Read Essay
Kyongmi	Kang	KR	CIR	Oita	>Read Essay
Anna	Helleur	AU	CIR	Kagoshima	>Read Essay
Carl	Gabrielson	US	ALT	Hokkaido	>Read Essay
Keryn	Ho	NZ	CIR	Toyama	>Read Essay
Sonja	McNeir	US	ALT	Shizuoka	>Read Essay
Kim	Jackson	UK	ALT	Hyogo	>Read Essay
Lee	Sands	UK	ALT	Yamanashi	>Read Essay