I did 2kyuu last year and 4kyuu in 2007, and it always were quite some people (don't know how many). No rule breakers, it all went smoothly. I barely made 2kyuu btw, I failed at Vocabulary (50 points or something), aber das steht ja nicht auf der Urkunde und die Regeln waren noch nicht so streng. x_x"
Ich habe gehört, dass die scheinbar in Japan auch viel strenger sind. Vielleicht hat das damit zu tun, dass wir den meisten Ländern zeitlich voraus sind und so viele Asiaten ja die Tests kurze Zeit danach online stellen
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Das mit den Kosten für dich finde ich auch total heftig. Hier gibt es aber auch viele, die den Test nicht bei sich in der Nähe machen können, in vielen Ländern geht das gar nicht. In Berlin zum Glück. x_x" Aber ich denke, dass in Japan der Ansturm viel höher ist. Ich kann mir übrigens gut vorstellen, dass, wenn es jetzt danach geht, dass man besser als der Durchschnitt ist, man in Kanji noch mehr Probleme hätte (mein Super-Spezial-Fail-Gebiet), wenn da so viele Chinesen und Taiwaner rumhüpfen.
That's what I wanna do. Because even if I failed the test it doesn't change the fact that I've been studying like crazy the past few weeks, months etc.
Well, the grading system is still not set, so nobody really know what will happen and exactly that is my only chance (or that I was good/lucky with guessing this time XD *sigh*)
Now I finally understand what other people kept telling me: the JLPT doesn't display your true ability Some people who cram for the test only, but can barely use Japanese can pass a high JLPT level and vice versa.
At least here in Japan I have the feeling that a lot of people just "go and try" and that's why sometimes the passing percentage can get quite low. If it wasn't for the test being so expensive (and the test location being so far away) I would try more often, too, I guess XD
Wow, I'm sorry the test was that difficult. I think it was mostly bad luck that you were sick, and everyone does worse than their usual abilities in such stressfull situations. I passed N2 (well it was L2 at the time) last year (2009 dec) in Paris, and I was really surprised by the crowd too. There were a lot of Asian people there too. I managed to get through the whole test but I was really tired from lack of sleep, because the day before I looked at some mock tests for the first time and only had like 10 hours to try and cram as much as possible in my head.... which was impossible of course
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At least I know what to expect now. I wish I took the old test, too, because with the old grading system I would have passed. But who knows, right
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i did 2kyuu today also and i died for the reading section too. pretty much guessed my way through. XD ohwell i'll try again next year, or maybe go to japan in june next year to try again. lol. XD
Actually the reading section was not difficult or anything. I just completely lost focus. It was extremely hot in that room and my fever got higher and all I could think about was that I will die if I can't drink something right now. So no wonder I lost focus. I guess in summer it would have been even worse x___X
I'm not sure when to try again. N1 then anyways. It just costs me too much money. If only they'd set up a test location closer to where I live :(
Aw, of course you deserve some Harry Potter! No matter the outcome, you must have studied really hard and you came all that way just to take a test. Even if it ultimately isn't worth the stress, you deserve a break for making it this far! <3 Plus HP was really enjoyable (I'm such a 大ファン so I would think that anyway, HA
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oh i forgot to answer some of your other questions though XD;
there were lots of Chinese/Korean/other Asian kids at my test site too, and it was that way for me last year as well. It just goes to show that more Asians study and travel within Asia rather than somewhere else :) There were about a hundred kids in my room, and I was probably 1 out of 5~7 white people AND the only girl in that group. It was that way last year too, LOL! I guess it's cool, but I'm also an easy target, because I'm two for two now that a Chinese boy has asked me out during the break time, ROFLMAO! I had no idea the JLPT was the place for single people to find dates XD
I didn't have any rule breakers in my room. You must be "lucky" because I've never seen anyone misbehaving during a standardized test before! I guess that's good though, it must have been so distracting. What rule did they break? :O
Well, one of them wasn't the person who was on the test voucher. The person right next to me tried to cheat. I think she was looking at other people's answers. And what happened behind me (I was in the first row) I don't know. But it was scary indeed. I thought that every movement I make could count as breaking the rules, so I was really scared which also was one reason for the lack of concentration on that day, I guess.
I still don't understand why they don't set up more testing locations. Like in the capital of each prefecture and more testing locations in big cities in general. This would save me so much money and time and I could take the test more often
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I did 2kyuu last year and 4kyuu in 2007, and it always were quite some people (don't know how many). No rule breakers, it all went smoothly. I barely made 2kyuu btw, I failed at Vocabulary (50 points or something), aber das steht ja nicht auf der Urkunde und die Regeln waren noch nicht so streng. x_x"
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Well, the grading system is still not set, so nobody really know what will happen and exactly that is my only chance (or that I was good/lucky with guessing this time XD *sigh*)
Now I finally understand what other people kept telling me: the JLPT doesn't display your true ability
Some people who cram for the test only, but can barely use Japanese can pass a high JLPT level and vice versa.
Thanks *hugs* :3
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At least here in Japan I have the feeling that a lot of people just "go and try" and that's why sometimes the passing percentage can get quite low. If it wasn't for the test being so expensive (and the test location being so far away) I would try more often, too, I guess XD
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I'm not sure when to try again. N1 then anyways. It just costs me too much money. If only they'd set up a test location closer to where I live :(
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Aw, of course you deserve some Harry Potter! No matter the outcome, you must have studied really hard and you came all that way just to take a test. Even if it ultimately isn't worth the stress, you deserve a break for making it this far! <3 Plus HP was really enjoyable (I'm such a 大ファン so I would think that anyway, HA ( ... )
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there were lots of Chinese/Korean/other Asian kids at my test site too, and it was that way for me last year as well. It just goes to show that more Asians study and travel within Asia rather than somewhere else :) There were about a hundred kids in my room, and I was probably 1 out of 5~7 white people AND the only girl in that group. It was that way last year too, LOL! I guess it's cool, but I'm also an easy target, because I'm two for two now that a Chinese boy has asked me out during the break time, ROFLMAO! I had no idea the JLPT was the place for single people to find dates XD
I didn't have any rule breakers in my room. You must be "lucky" because I've never seen anyone misbehaving during a standardized test before! I guess that's good though, it must have been so distracting. What rule did they break? :O
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The person right next to me tried to cheat. I think she was looking at other people's answers. And what happened behind me (I was in the first row) I don't know.
But it was scary indeed. I thought that every movement I make could count as breaking the rules, so I was really scared which also was one reason for the lack of concentration on that day, I guess.
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