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Thread: Softbank or AU Post: Softbank or AU Those measurements are meaningless because of the bottleneck of SB's network. See the website http://softbanksucks.blogspot.com/2011/1...rison.html for more technical info |
coverup | Off topic | 14 | 6,414 | 2011-10-21, 8:22 am | ||
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Thread: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread Post: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread julianjalapeno Wrote:A book I got pretty recently that I find quite challenging is 日本語能力試験N1語彙対策標準テキスト which has an ugly blue cover that put me off at first but look inside and you`ll find some very d... |
coverup | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 70 | 33,015 | 2010-11-01, 7:07 pm | ||
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Thread: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread Post: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread Hello all, hope your studying is going well. Since registering for the test, my 実感 has totally 沸いた'd and I'm rocking full force through the materials. Just an update from where I'm at and another bo... |
coverup | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 70 | 33,015 | 2010-10-13, 7:27 pm | ||
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Thread: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread Post: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread @xeno_panda: Thanks for the link, I gave the Japan Foundation's reply a read and I agree with the final post: "But, people seem to be a little hung up on what the pass percentage is. The scores on t... |
coverup | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 70 | 33,015 | 2010-09-13, 1:41 am | ||
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Thread: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread Post: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread DavidZI Wrote:don't quite grasp the details of this "equating" method, but it seems different than simply grading on a curve, which is what Thurd is suggesting (I think). Yeah, their wording is extrem... |
coverup | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 70 | 33,015 | 2010-09-07, 2:11 am | ||
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Thread: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread Post: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread thurd Wrote:If what I've read is true then this change in grading methodology shouldn't increase the amount of people passing since its all relative now. Thats why you need to wait so for them to anno... |
coverup | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 70 | 33,015 | 2010-09-06, 8:26 pm | ||
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Thread: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread Post: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread Thanks. Man, that's really really low, considering the said that the scope of the test doesn't change. I'm almost... disappointed? Whatever though. Employers don't know that the pass mark is that ... |
coverup | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 70 | 33,015 | 2010-09-06, 12:13 am | ||
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Thread: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread Post: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread xeno_panda Wrote:And the new passing rates were just announced by the official JLPT people: at least 19/60 correct for each section (vocab, reading, listening), and 100/180, or 55% overall. SO much b... |
coverup | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 70 | 33,015 | 2010-09-05, 9:56 pm | ||
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Thread: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread Post: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread @thecite - the AJATT thing is cool and all but probably won't work for passing tests (although it works very well for the more important things!) There is a lot on the test that you just won't likely... |
coverup | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 70 | 33,015 | 2010-08-31, 8:13 pm | ||
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Thread: どんな時どう使う issues) Post: どんな時どう使う issues) Agreed with Javizy. I would say if you are planning on taking 2kyuu in December go ahead and get grammar and kanji out of the way first, keep up with those SRS reps and give yourself ample time to in... |
coverup | Learning resources | 12 | 1,854 | 2010-08-31, 8:09 pm | ||
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Thread: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread Post: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread @Evangelo - thanks, I saw those in another thread but lost it; this gave me a chance to bookmark them. This is going to sound stupid, but after a couple of days reading these I am really finding it r... |
coverup | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 70 | 33,015 | 2010-08-31, 12:46 am | ||
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Thread: Interesting article regarding JLPT Post: Interesting article regarding JLPT I wonder if your opinion of the JLPT will change as you advance in your studies and see how certifications are treated in Japan. Mine certainly did. |
coverup | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 17 | 8,013 | 2010-08-24, 6:39 am | ||
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Thread: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread Post: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread @akimoto - I am also using the Kanzen Master book for kanji, but it sucks because they don't have example sentences for the 音読み. Anyone know a good resource other than Kanji In Context that does? Th... |
coverup | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 70 | 33,015 | 2010-08-23, 10:27 pm | ||
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Thread: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread Post: 2010 JLPT N1 (一級) Gangstas Only Thread Hello everyone, I see a lot of people out there studying for N3, N2, etc., but I'm still trying to figure out N1. I passed 2級 last year with a pretty high score, so I decided to take N1 in the new f... |
coverup | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 70 | 33,015 | 2010-08-10, 1:35 am | ||
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Thread: Questions about stuff Post: Questions about stuff 1) A literal translation of your example sentence would be かばんを取るために階段を下りた。 but that doesn't sound like something a Japanese person would say to me. If you are really expressing that the ends are the... |
coverup | The Japanese language | 10 | 1,681 | 2010-04-28, 2:40 am | ||
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Thread: Dismayed after Skype Chat Post: Dismayed after Skype Chat @Javizy - mmm, it's what's for dinner! haha |
coverup | General discussion | 54 | 11,367 | 2010-03-16, 11:22 pm | ||
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Thread: What doesn't translate? Post: What doesn't translate? I starting working on educational curricula translations recently and I am noticing how much of what can be called "translation" is really just an internalizing and reformatting of the idea on the par... |
coverup | General discussion | 18 | 2,376 | 2010-03-16, 11:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Any rule on using 下さい versus ください? Post: Any rule on using 下さい versus ください? I'll agree with that! |
coverup | The Japanese language | 30 | 5,487 | 2010-03-16, 11:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Dismayed after Skype Chat Post: Dismayed after Skype Chat magamo for the win! but i get the experience points from being corrected! |
coverup | General discussion | 54 | 11,367 | 2010-03-16, 7:08 pm | ||
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Thread: A problem that bothers me..... Post: A problem that bothers me..... I advise against you making the deck for stuff you normally say, because just finding out how to say a certain phrase doesn't give you a context of when it is appropriate to use. For example you can ... |
coverup | The Japanese language | 7 | 2,077 | 2010-03-16, 1:17 am | ||
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Thread: English grammar question Post: English grammar question The second sentence is just incorrect. Don't pile on helping verbs like "have" more than one at a time, cowboy! |
coverup | Off topic | 32 | 6,589 | 2010-03-16, 1:03 am | ||
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Thread: Dismayed after Skype Chat Post: Dismayed after Skype Chat Dudes and dudettes, I done been thinkin lately... When I crammed Anki sentences for JLPT2 I learned how to read kanji a lot better which gave me access to all kinds of new stuff that was too difficul... |
coverup | General discussion | 54 | 11,367 | 2010-03-16, 1:00 am | ||
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Thread: "I went back to studying!" thread Post: "I went back to studying!" thread I like wccrawford's idea better. Let's hijack this thread. I've been a major grumble grouch about studying lately but I've been pretty chill about using and interacting with Japanese everyday. I wi... |
coverup | General discussion | 6 | 1,733 | 2010-03-16, 12:50 am | ||
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Thread: Production deck? Kana to kanji. Post: Production deck? Kana to kanji. mezbup Wrote:On what planet? It helps but it doesn't work that way. The hardest thing about learning to write Japanese isn't remember how to write the kanji, it's remember which damn kanji go in the w... |
coverup | Learning resources | 22 | 2,474 | 2010-02-15, 11:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Production deck? Kana to kanji. Post: Production deck? Kana to kanji. You can search this forum for a few other threads like this, but I think that many of us agree that the benefits of production are few compared to spending the comparative amount of time/trouble learn... |
coverup | Learning resources | 22 | 2,474 | 2010-02-15, 7:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Life in ALT Limbo Post: Life in ALT Limbo @Mennon - yeah, I'm aiming so hard for the translating work right now but I have a vague sense that it really depends on WHAT you translate and who you work for. Enlighten us. |
coverup | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 72 | 20,401 | 2010-02-14, 7:03 pm | ||
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Thread: New JPLT: Any books out yet? Recommendations? Post: New JPLT: Any books out yet? Recommendations? Womacks23 Wrote:There are books detailing the contents of the new test available at Japanese bookstores. Really? Has anyone read this one? http://bit.ly/b83la9 Or did you see other ones? I want voc... |
coverup | General discussion | 8 | 2,327 | 2010-02-04, 8:29 pm | ||
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Thread: General Music Recommendation Thread (Japanese, of course) Post: General Music Recommendation Thread (Japanese, of ... ambassadog Wrote:For my money though, the best J Band for me is Zazen Boys, in particular their Himitsu Girl's Top Secret EP. Nice to know there are other Zazen Boys fans out there! Mukai Shutoku is ... |
coverup | Learning resources | 106 | 32,712 | 2010-02-03, 7:55 pm | ||
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Thread: (drum roll) JLPT RESULTS! Post: (drum roll) JLPT RESULTS! Got mine delivered to my house today. Passed level 2, futhamuckas! Writing/Vocab: 74/100 Listening: 89/100 Reading/Grammar: 165/200 Overall: 82% And I just took my first job interview in Japanese.... |
coverup | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 50 | 16,126 | 2010-02-03, 1:47 am | ||
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Thread: New JPLT: Any books out yet? Recommendations? Post: New JPLT: Any books out yet? Recommendations? I'm in the same situation, thinking of taking it in July, so I'm probably going to do what I did for 2kyuu in a more streamlined way for 1kyuu - spreadsheet version of Kanzen Master for grammar, Unico... |
coverup | General discussion | 8 | 2,327 | 2010-01-25, 10:06 pm | ||
