My name's Darren and I currently live in London, England. I spent nearly 3 years in Japan and I'd prefer not to lose the Japanese I've learnt so far.
As a person taking the level 1 JLPT in December I was searching for a JLPT Mixi community. Suprisingly, I only found one, and it was in French. My French is terrible, so I thought I'd create an English/Japanese community for those studying for the JLPT.
If you have any questions about the test that others may be able to help you with then please make a topic.
はじめまして。イギリスのロンドンのダレンです。今年も日本語能力試験（１級）を受けるつもりです。最近全然勉強してないし、試験に受からないと思うがやってみないと分かりませんよね。
日本語の質問があれば、ぜひトピックを作ってください！
As a person taking the level 1 JLPT in December I was searching for a JLPT Mixi community. Suprisingly, I only found one, and it was in French. My French is terrible, so I thought I'd create an English/Japanese community for those studying for the JLPT.
If you have any questions about the test that others may be able to help you with then please make a topic.
はじめまして。イギリスのロンドンのダレンです。今年も日本語能力試験（１級）を受けるつもりです。最近全然勉強してないし、試験に受からないと思うがやってみないと分かりませんよね。
日本語の質問があれば、ぜひトピックを作ってください！
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Hi, I'm Sarah. I just passed Level 1 this year (December 2005). I'm gonna continue studying, and take it again next year to review I think, this time aiming for a score in the 90's. After that maybe I'll give the "kanji kentei" tests for Japanese people a try :). Usually junior and high school students take them. They don't really qualify you for anything, but would be good to review and pull together what I've learned so far I think...we'll see. Has anyone here ever taken one?
http://www.kanken.or.jp/index.html
http://www.kanken.or.jp/index.html
Hi everybody, & はじめまして,
I'm Ben in Hokkaido (man...this feels like an alcoholics anonymous meeting all of a sudden *grin*).
I passed 2 kyu in 2004, so thought I'd give 1 kyu a go this last December, just to see what it's like, without really studying for it.
Needless to say, I failed it big time, with a grand score of 255/400, but did manage to pass the listening section. *Woohoo!*
In the past, the listening and vocab sections never really posed that much of a problem for me, but man...the grammar and reading passages have pretty much kicked my ass everytime I've taken the thing. Does anybody else have this same problem? And while I'm ranting, what's the deal with no foreign language grammar explanation books for levels 1 & 2?
Anyhoo, here's to prepping with all of you over the next 10 months for when December rolls around and we all submit to our yearly flogging yet again.
Cheers,
Hokkaido Hillbilly ;)
I'm Ben in Hokkaido (man...this feels like an alcoholics anonymous meeting all of a sudden *grin*).
I passed 2 kyu in 2004, so thought I'd give 1 kyu a go this last December, just to see what it's like, without really studying for it.
Needless to say, I failed it big time, with a grand score of 255/400, but did manage to pass the listening section. *Woohoo!*
In the past, the listening and vocab sections never really posed that much of a problem for me, but man...the grammar and reading passages have pretty much kicked my ass everytime I've taken the thing. Does anybody else have this same problem? And while I'm ranting, what's the deal with no foreign language grammar explanation books for levels 1 & 2?
Anyhoo, here's to prepping with all of you over the next 10 months for when December rolls around and we all submit to our yearly flogging yet again.
Cheers,
Hokkaido Hillbilly ;)
People in Japan have their results already? I took the test (lowly 3級) in the States, and they say that we wont get our results until some time next month. Same deal last year - it seems they should be able to get results back quite a bit faster.
While I am complaining, it also annoys me that the test is only offered once a year...
While I am complaining, it also annoys me that the test is only offered once a year...
Hi ya ピーター,
Hey, nothing lowly about taking 3級. We all gotta start somewhere, right? Hell, I've lived in Hokkaido going on 6 years now and only got around passing level 2 last year (although I speak and read Japanese on a daily basis at work and home, lack of hard core studying might have a little something to do with that *grin*)
As far as the test only being offered once a year, tell me about it. Sapporo in early December sure isn't any tropical paradise...more like a frozen Siberian hell. And did you know that the 英検 is offered like 3 or 4 times a year? I can understand that the logistics of offering a test world wide on the same day could be difficult, but still...
Hey, nothing lowly about taking 3級. We all gotta start somewhere, right? Hell, I've lived in Hokkaido going on 6 years now and only got around passing level 2 last year (although I speak and read Japanese on a daily basis at work and home, lack of hard core studying might have a little something to do with that *grin*)
As far as the test only being offered once a year, tell me about it. Sapporo in early December sure isn't any tropical paradise...more like a frozen Siberian hell. And did you know that the 英検 is offered like 3 or 4 times a year? I can understand that the logistics of offering a test world wide on the same day could be difficult, but still...
Hi, everyone!
My name is Kay, and I'm going to tackle the level 2 exam this coming December. I haven't taken the JLPT before at any level, so I plan on studying as much as I can between now and then so there are no nasty surprises. I've been studying Japanese for about four years-- I studied on my own until this January when I was placed into the second semester of a third-year Japanese class at my university here in the States. I can feel myself rapidly improving now that I'm actually in a class, and I'm hoping that I can keep that momentum going after the semester ends.
I wish I was able to go to Japan this summer just for reinforcement, but it looks like I'm going to be stuck in the US this year >_<
P.S. It is pretty shitty that the test is offered only once a year, I'm living in Toledo, Ohio, and I don't want to drive to Chicago in freakin' December.
My name is Kay, and I'm going to tackle the level 2 exam this coming December. I haven't taken the JLPT before at any level, so I plan on studying as much as I can between now and then so there are no nasty surprises. I've been studying Japanese for about four years-- I studied on my own until this January when I was placed into the second semester of a third-year Japanese class at my university here in the States. I can feel myself rapidly improving now that I'm actually in a class, and I'm hoping that I can keep that momentum going after the semester ends.
I wish I was able to go to Japan this summer just for reinforcement, but it looks like I'm going to be stuck in the US this year >_<
P.S. It is pretty shitty that the test is offered only once a year, I'm living in Toledo, Ohio, and I don't want to drive to Chicago in freakin' December.
For those of you like me who have a bitch of a time with the grammar, the 完全マスター series from 3A are great books if you can get your hands on 'em. Although everything's in Japanese, they pretty much cover every possible grammar pattern that could ever be used on the tests, and then some. Hell, even some of my Japanese friends were scratching their heads over some of the examples.
Another great reference set if you haven't heard of it is "A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar" and "A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar" by Seiichi Makino, et all. These're great, as from what I can tell, they're the only books that explain higher level grammar in English, and they really helped me pass 2級 a few years ago.
None of these books're cheap, and they may be hard to get your hands on, but in the long run, they're valuable resources that'll be on your book shelf for years to come.
Another way of finding out new grammatical structures that I've picked up on is just browsing through people's blogs & profile pages here on Mixi. Whenever I find something I don't know, I look it up, figure out what it is, then try to figure out ways of using that structure as much as possible for a while to really get a grasp of it.
Oh well, back to work for now. Just think, guys...only 5 months till the application forms come out! Woohoo! Another year of pain! *grin*
Another great reference set if you haven't heard of it is "A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar" and "A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar" by Seiichi Makino, et all. These're great, as from what I can tell, they're the only books that explain higher level grammar in English, and they really helped me pass 2級 a few years ago.
None of these books're cheap, and they may be hard to get your hands on, but in the long run, they're valuable resources that'll be on your book shelf for years to come.
Another way of finding out new grammatical structures that I've picked up on is just browsing through people's blogs & profile pages here on Mixi. Whenever I find something I don't know, I look it up, figure out what it is, then try to figure out ways of using that structure as much as possible for a while to really get a grasp of it.
Oh well, back to work for now. Just think, guys...only 5 months till the application forms come out! Woohoo! Another year of pain! *grin*
Hello, I am Neil. I passed 2 kyuu in 2004 and am now doing an MA in Japanese.
To Ben, I am sure you are working hard but the leap from 3 kyuu to 2 kyuu is huge. I failed 2 kyuu twice although probably because I did not study enough.
I might take 1 kyuu this year but after the MA I now realise what a joke the exam is. However there is little you else you can do.
To Ben, I am sure you are working hard but the leap from 3 kyuu to 2 kyuu is huge. I failed 2 kyuu twice although probably because I did not study enough.
I might take 1 kyuu this year but after the MA I now realise what a joke the exam is. However there is little you else you can do.
Sheffield. You can do either an MA in Japanese or one in Advanced Japanese. I am doing the latter. You can do them by distance learning as well.
There is another bloke on my course and he passed 1 Kyuu. We both agree that doing the MA shows the limitations of the JPLT. For me, the only Japanese I seriously ever read was the previous tests of the JPLT. Here I have gone from the equivalent of Tomoko and Taro to reading academic books in Japanese. It is hard but you do realise how, even in academic Japanese, some of the JPLT grammar is obsolete.
I have spoken to few undergrads here and the drop out rates of Japanese BAs are quite high. The courses are intensive and some struggle to keep up. If you learn Japanese at BA level then you get a solid grounding in Japanese grammar. I never spoke Japanese before living in Japan and while I can communicate reasonably in Japanese, not having studied the grammar so much means that I know when something is not right but cannot say why. The undergrads can but are crap at speaking because they have spent little time in Japan. Anyway it seems that after 3 years of study and a year in Japan an UG should be about 2 kyyu or higher.
To pass 2 Kyuu you should read Japanese and then read Japanese. NHK or formal Japanese is best because that is what the test is like. I would say that the Kanji and/vocab section are easy, the listening can be tricky and the grammar is a pain in the arse but can be memorised but the biggest shitkicker is reading or more specifically skimming over Japanese and trying to guess who is doing what to who.
The books hillbilly mentions are great. I am not sure but try buying them on Amazon Japan as it might be cheaper than buying them in London. A past JPLT paper. (1200 yen or 6 quid in Japan) somehow costs almost 20 quid there!
There is another bloke on my course and he passed 1 Kyuu. We both agree that doing the MA shows the limitations of the JPLT. For me, the only Japanese I seriously ever read was the previous tests of the JPLT. Here I have gone from the equivalent of Tomoko and Taro to reading academic books in Japanese. It is hard but you do realise how, even in academic Japanese, some of the JPLT grammar is obsolete.
I have spoken to few undergrads here and the drop out rates of Japanese BAs are quite high. The courses are intensive and some struggle to keep up. If you learn Japanese at BA level then you get a solid grounding in Japanese grammar. I never spoke Japanese before living in Japan and while I can communicate reasonably in Japanese, not having studied the grammar so much means that I know when something is not right but cannot say why. The undergrads can but are crap at speaking because they have spent little time in Japan. Anyway it seems that after 3 years of study and a year in Japan an UG should be about 2 kyyu or higher.
To pass 2 Kyuu you should read Japanese and then read Japanese. NHK or formal Japanese is best because that is what the test is like. I would say that the Kanji and/vocab section are easy, the listening can be tricky and the grammar is a pain in the arse but can be memorised but the biggest shitkicker is reading or more specifically skimming over Japanese and trying to guess who is doing what to who.
The books hillbilly mentions are great. I am not sure but try buying them on Amazon Japan as it might be cheaper than buying them in London. A past JPLT paper. (1200 yen or 6 quid in Japan) somehow costs almost 20 quid there!
[quote]A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar" and "A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar" by Seiichi Makino[/quote]
I saw the book your mentioned earlier when I was in Maruzen, Sendai almost a year ago, but I had to miokuraseteitadaiteshimau because it's just too expensive and at that point in time, my level of Japanese just wouldn't par up reading such book. I probably need to go back to the book shop. My grammar is such a drag.
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I saw the book your mentioned earlier when I was in Maruzen, Sendai almost a year ago, but I had to miokuraseteitadaiteshimau because it's just too expensive and at that point in time, my level of Japanese just wouldn't par up reading such book. I probably need to go back to the book shop. My grammar is such a drag.
ax
Hi, my name is Rafa, I'm from Mexico and I'm new in this comunity, but my english is not better than my japanese, so i'll write in japanese in the next if it's ok.
I'd been in japan for 1 year and i liked it so much, now i'm teaching japanese to my friends who like anime, just for enjoing. I learned to know more about the people in other country and now i have plans to go to Taiwan, if somebody is from Tawiwan I'd like to talk with you.
thank u and goog luck to the next test.
I'd been in japan for 1 year and i liked it so much, now i'm teaching japanese to my friends who like anime, just for enjoing. I learned to know more about the people in other country and now i have plans to go to Taiwan, if somebody is from Tawiwan I'd like to talk with you.
thank u and goog luck to the next test.
My name's Deimon. Im from Perth, Western Australia. At the moment Im at Uni studying Linguistics and Japanese.
Hopefully, I will be taking the level 1 test at the end of the year.And What a joke that is too. You can only take this test once a year and it doesnt even cover writing or speaking! Im so jealous of all the people who's first language is Chinese. Lucky bastards! Us Gwei Lo have to learn Kanji from scratch! :(
Im also learning Korean and Cantonese at an unbelieviably slow rate.
Oh yeah, I also like walking along the beach at sunset and candle light dinners....って嘘やけどな。
Im also a teacher here in Perth. I take pride in the fact that I didnt work at NOVA or GEOS or any of those "institutions". I used to work in Izakayas, department stores and anywhere I could make use of my Japanese.
失敗は成功の基！恥を恐れるな！
Hopefully, I will be taking the level 1 test at the end of the year.And What a joke that is too. You can only take this test once a year and it doesnt even cover writing or speaking! Im so jealous of all the people who's first language is Chinese. Lucky bastards! Us Gwei Lo have to learn Kanji from scratch! :(
Im also learning Korean and Cantonese at an unbelieviably slow rate.
Oh yeah, I also like walking along the beach at sunset and candle light dinners....って嘘やけどな。
Im also a teacher here in Perth. I take pride in the fact that I didnt work at NOVA or GEOS or any of those "institutions". I used to work in Izakayas, department stores and anywhere I could make use of my Japanese.
失敗は成功の基！恥を恐れるな！
Hey guys, I just joined this group. My name is Jordan I'm graduating from college(hopefully^^;) this week. I spent my junior year abroad just north of Tokyo in Saitama. I've never taken the JLPT before but I'm looking to try level 1 this year. As you can probably tell my looking at my mixi page, however, I'm nowhere near ready. I'm definitely interested in hearing any study tips that yall have to offer. よろしくね
初めまして、モニカと申します。南米のコロンビア人で、１年前から東京に住みに来ました。６年前に日本語を勉強初めて、大学に４ヶ月通って、それから自分で勉強を続いてきました。そんなにしっかりではなかった時はたくさんあったので、去年は３級を受けて、おかげさまで結果は９３％正しかったです。今年は２級を受けるつもりです。特に漢字はまだ足りなくて、１２月までに頑張ってみたいと思ってます。誰か教科書以外に漢字が勉強できる方法か忘れない方法をご存知でしたら、教えて下さいね！
では、よろしくお願いします。
＊ちなみに、これは私が作ったひらがなとカタカナの教科書です。誰か興味があったらいいなと思ってます。（スペイン語）
では、よろしくお願いします。
＊ちなみに、これは私が作ったひらがなとカタカナの教科書です。誰か興味があったらいいなと思ってます。（スペイン語）
はじめまして、日本人のＡＹＡです。
私は、日本語教師＆国語教員免許取得を目指して勉強中です。
英語は少し話せます。
日本語を教えて欲しい方がいれば、気軽にメッセージいただけると嬉しいです。
よろしくお願いします。
How do you do? My name is AYA. I'm a Japanese.I study japanese in university to teach Japanese to Japanese student or foringner.You want to me teach japanese, you send masage to me. Please say hello.
私は、日本語教師＆国語教員免許取得を目指して勉強中です。
英語は少し話せます。
日本語を教えて欲しい方がいれば、気軽にメッセージいただけると嬉しいです。
よろしくお願いします。
How do you do? My name is AYA. I'm a Japanese.I study japanese in university to teach Japanese to Japanese student or foringner.You want to me teach japanese, you send masage to me. Please say hello.
hey my name is Yun, im an Aussie and i've paseed level 1. my advice is to supplement your study with japanese related lesiure. it may sound stupid but you dont realise how much playing Final Fantasy in japanese helps with your reading (it sure got me over the line). im on a uni computer so thats why im not typing japanese love to mix so drop me a line to talk about anything japanese.
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