pass the JLPT 1 test

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Oh well. That meant I didn’t study enough. Vocabulary is my biggest weakness. I’m trying to build up from the intermediate again. Maybe I will take JLPT 1 again, maybe not. Unsure, since I don’t really need the certificate, and I’m already accepted in a university in Japan.

I’m taking the test in December. I’m a bit nervous, but I’m taking lessons every week so hopefully I can feel more confident on the day. :) I really want to get the JLPT 1 qualification… for a number of reasons. Career. Personal fulfilment.

The thing is, I’ve been focusing on kanji and reading, but not so much on the grammar. I think I ought to get started on that. There are more than 100 days left, but I’d still feel better if I started now, yeah?

becoming fluent in japanese has always been a dream of mine, and i’ve been studying on-and-off by myself since i was 14 (ten years ago).

i passed 2kyuu last year and so have been studying really hard this year to try to pass 1kyuu… but of course there’s a huge gap between the two levels, and i don’t know if i’m going to manage it.

it’s interesting that so many people mention that listening and reading are their strong points and kanji their weak points… i find kanji to be very easy, i always get 80%+ on past JLPT papers for the kanji section. i use a website called www.speedanki.com which i’ve found really useful (and a great way to kill time during quiet periods at work!), and also have joyo kanji wall charts in my room which i review regularly.

however, my listening skills and reading comprehension are lagging far behind. particularly listening questions to do with numbers or directions…

oh well, still a few months left to study hard and achieve my goal! がんばる!

The break down;

I didn’t know enough kanji, I could listen OK but I didn’t score enough in the the first two tests. I did really well at reading, go figure?

From now on I’m going to take the slow burn approach and just do kanji, from the beginning again, grade school style, mai nichi!

finally, I’ve done this. I’ve been learning Japanese for ten years. At that time, I was in college, in order to get to know what ppl are saying in Anime, I started to learn Japanese. My first teacher was awesome. She is the best language teacher that I ever met. Not only with very standard pronunciation, but she is also with a very warm heart willing to help her students all the time. Besides that, she even acts like a typical Japanese woman. That is probably the most attracting part for all our students in class:)
After taking her classes for two years, I was on and off for Japanese learning until recently I decided to take JLPT tests. I started to focus more from last year, when I finished level 2. So this year I will be finishing all levels. However, this is not the end. JLPT is not enough. I think one day I will go to Japan and become a fluent speaker.

im studying JLPT 1 for my graduate school entry exam. im planning to read around 3 hours of Kanjis everyday.

remind me this!

Took it this year, but I got so busy at work I didn’t have enough time to study for it properly. Still, I got a good feel for the test. Listening and reading were fine, it’s the rest that I need to work on.

The truth is, two years ago I could probably have done this no problem. I took the JLPT 2 that time because I wanted to make sure I could pass that before doing 1. Look before you leap, and all that.

I haven’t really used my Japanese regularly for quite some time and I feel as if I’ve forgotten quite a bit. I’ll have to review and get myself back into the groove. Then I want to start working myself back to the point where I’d feel comfortable sitting this test. :) I’d love to pass on the first try, but I hear that’s not as easy as all that. So I’ll set myself a goal: I’d love to get to the point where I feel comfortable about taking the JLPT 1.

The worst part about the JLPT is that it is only offered once a year. I was out of the country last time, so now I have to wait an entire year before I can take the test. In the meantime, i’m studying Korean and slowly pushing some of my more arcane Japanese knowledge out of my head.
It’s so strangely appropriate for the Japanese language test to be burdened by bureaucracy and painfully slow and drawn out.

Have sat this in 2005. Last year I couldnt possibly face the textbooks again …but 2007 is going to be the year. (Mainly coz I know that this is the last one)
I am determined! This thing will not beat me!