(2015-12-20, 1:50 pm)RawrPk Wrote: As for hours, based on the hours of my formal study (2 years of Japanese courses: 4 courses total), I have about384 classroom hours. Based on the table of hours I saw on the tanos site, I should be good for N3 by that alone. Of course I accumulated more hours by studying outside the classroom and later when I self studied. I can't say how much because I don't log my self study hours.
Here is the hours based on the tanos site
http://www.tanos.co.uk/jlpt/aboutjlpt/
Correction. I just found syllabi for the Japanese courses I took in CC. Each had 80 total faculty hours (aka class hours). Had four courses so my classroom total is actually 320. A bit less than expected but not by much imo. I thought replying to my old post would be easier than editing it so it is seen better. Plus I was going to add more content to this post.
What I also found in the syllabi (particularly for the highest course available at my CC) was that my textbook was indeed on par with Genki 2. At least, that's what the syllabus states. Just in case, they have the lesson agenda written out so I can compare with the Genki series. I'm actually somewhat relieved I found this info as I feared that my 2 years of courses in Japanese weren't up to the standards of school who use Genki or Minna series.
