I was too afraid to take it! My Japanese teacher from high school (I just graduated last summer) encouraged me to take 2kyuu, but I don't think I'm that good. I would have to study a lot, and since it's my first year of college and I need to focus on school, I decided not to.
I'd be proud of you for taking it! I get scared with things like that.
I think I was too scared/nervous about the whole thing, too. Mainly because I knew it's a rare opportunity as it just costs me too much money and time to take the real thing. So I knew if I fail this one it's the end for me. Maybe that's the reason why I got sick right before the test. Oh well, but what matters is the result in the end. Nobody cares if I was sick that day or whatever. And when s.b. is really good but sucks when it matters, well then ... that also shows a lot about that person's ability, I guess :/
If you live close to a testing location I think you should just go for it to see and experience the real thing once :)
Ooops! I deleted my comment because there was a mistake and posted again but it does not appear! :S
I'll try once more, sorry if I troubled you! >__<;;;
I'd like to cheer you up saying that there are possibilities of you passing the exam, but you seem pretty confident that you failed, so I'm very sorry for you.
You've made a lot of effort (working the day before, the so-long train+bus trip, staying the night not resting well and you were not feeling well, either!) so I think that if you fail this exam it's because of bad luck and not because of you. You don't have to punish yourself for something that you couldn't control! I'm sure that in other conditions you'd passed it without problems (maybe the reading part would be a little more difficult for you, but you'd definetly passed it).
I'd like to send you a lot of energy and positive thinking, and don't give up the N1 level because of your experience this time! Although I'm not anyone I'm very proud of you! *hugs a loooot* ^__^
I'm not sure if that's really true. I don't think that it was just because I was sick. Anyways, now I know what to expect and can prepare accordingly. There's no looking back. Next will be N1. I just hope they'll set up some more testing locations here ... hopefully one that is closer to where I live ;o;
I'm sorry you had such a difficult experience. It really sounds like a lot was stacked against you, especially being sick and also having to travel so far :-( I hope it's not as bad as you suspect.
I know. I really thought that somebody wants to keep me from trying or passing this test with all the stuff that happened. But in all honesty, I'm not sure if I would have passed when not sick, so whatever. It was an interesting experience and now I know what to expect. N2 was supposed to be a testing phase for the real thing: N1 I just hope they'll set up some more testing locations so that I don't have to travel so far anymore :(
I was only doing N3 today... been studying Japanese for about a year and it seemed hard! Not the listening, but the rest. Reading might have been the hardest for me as well, but in a way (esp. when I dedicated some more time to a specific question) I could squeeze some logic out of it even without completely understanding everything. Time limit was the problem there. While vocabulary had quite a few totally unfamiliar words and kanji, and turned into some wild guessing at times.
Still, if I fail it, I think it would be borderline, so not planning to sit for it again (never did the lower levels either). N2 next December... maybe I'll have fewer problems with it really, because me and languages tend to go somewhat exponentially - once I know enough to read some stuff comfortably, I start doing a lot of extra stuff for fun (in this case manga, video games), so it goes faster. I already watch most anime and drama without subs, so my listening is a lot better than reading and grammar :/
I didn't say that the reading was difficult for me. I just lost my focus and that's what killed me in the end. And don't say "only" N3. Way to go!!! :D Yes, the time limit was a problem. In all of my mock tests that has never been an issue. I didn't expect the real situation to be so different! Now at least I know what to expect when taking N1.
I hope you're right. I don't know what other languages you've studied so far, but Japanese really takes time for me :( I already studied English, French, Spanish and Latin and those were all not as difficult as Japanese (for me).
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I'd be proud of you for taking it! I get scared with things like that.
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Mainly because I knew it's a rare opportunity as it just costs me too much money and time to take the real thing. So I knew if I fail this one it's the end for me.
Maybe that's the reason why I got sick right before the test.
Oh well, but what matters is the result in the end. Nobody cares if I was sick that day or whatever.
And when s.b. is really good but sucks when it matters, well then ... that also shows a lot about that person's ability, I guess :/
If you live close to a testing location I think you should just go for it to see and experience the real thing once :)
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I'll try once more, sorry if I troubled you! >__<;;;
I'd like to cheer you up saying that there are possibilities of you passing the exam, but you seem pretty confident that you failed, so I'm very sorry for you.
You've made a lot of effort (working the day before, the so-long train+bus trip, staying the night not resting well and you were not feeling well, either!) so I think that if you fail this exam it's because of bad luck and not because of you. You don't have to punish yourself for something that you couldn't control! I'm sure that in other conditions you'd passed it without problems (maybe the reading part would be a little more difficult for you, but you'd definetly passed it).
I'd like to send you a lot of energy and positive thinking, and don't give up the N1 level because of your experience this time! Although I'm not anyone I'm very proud of you! *hugs a loooot* ^__^
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Anyways, now I know what to expect and can prepare accordingly. There's no looking back. Next will be N1.
I just hope they'll set up some more testing locations here ... hopefully one that is closer to where I live ;o;
Thanks so much dear *hugs* :33333
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It was an interesting experience and now I know what to expect. N2 was supposed to be a testing phase for the real thing: N1
I just hope they'll set up some more testing locations so that I don't have to travel so far anymore :(
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Wenn's halt nur nicht so teuer wäre, dann wäre alles nur halb so schlimm ;o;
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Reading might have been the hardest for me as well, but in a way (esp. when I dedicated some more time to a specific question) I could squeeze some logic out of it even without completely understanding everything. Time limit was the problem there. While vocabulary had quite a few totally unfamiliar words and kanji, and turned into some wild guessing at times.
Still, if I fail it, I think it would be borderline, so not planning to sit for it again (never did the lower levels either). N2 next December... maybe I'll have fewer problems with it really, because me and languages tend to go somewhat exponentially - once I know enough to read some stuff comfortably, I start doing a lot of extra stuff for fun (in this case manga, video games), so it goes faster. I already watch most anime and drama without subs, so my listening is a lot better than reading and grammar :/
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And don't say "only" N3. Way to go!!! :D
Yes, the time limit was a problem. In all of my mock tests that has never been an issue. I didn't expect the real situation to be so different! Now at least I know what to expect when taking N1.
I hope you're right. I don't know what other languages you've studied so far, but Japanese really takes time for me :(
I already studied English, French, Spanish and Latin and those were all not as difficult as Japanese (for me).
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