抄録
This study examined the genres (text types) required to be written as writing tasks in Japanese university entrance examinations according to the framework of classification used in Watanabe (2016). Based on the results, this study clarified which genres are not frequently required to be written in university entrance examinations. This study also explored the characteristics of the genres that are not frequently required to be written in entrance examinations. The findings were: 1) seven genres were not frequently found in entrance examinations, such as “discussions” and “explanations”; 2) these infrequent genres were found to be consistent with many of the genres required for academic writing; and 3) those genres have some characteristics that can become obstacles from the viewpoint of the feasibility of entrance examinations such as time constraints. Based on these results, this study presents some approaches to designing various types of writing tasks that require the examinees to write the genres that are not frequently required to be written in entrance examinations.
