Hello everyone!
I've been stalking this thread for a while now as I really love to read about how everyone is progressing and preparing. It has kept me motivated for a while now and so I finally decided to post here as well!
I'm not entirely sure if I should be aiming for N3 or not... but I kind of want to give it a try and even if it doesn't work out, I'll hopefully learn a lot while preparing for the test.
Currently my Japanese ability is a bit over the place... I recently took the J-CAT and had a huge 35-Point difference between my best and worst section (60p for listening, 25p for grammar.... the other sections were 43p for vocabulary and 49p for reading)
My biggest weakness right now is definitely formal grammar study as the test reflected quite nicely.... I don't think I even reached N4 niveau in that regard. I roughly understand quite a few more grammar patterns when I see them in context, but if you were to asked me which verbform is used for this or that particular pattern, I'd probably be lost - which means the grammar part of the test will be quite a challenge...
Apparently I'm quite good at listening though? Or maybe I was just lucky? I don't know. I feel like I'm rather good at roughly figuring out what's going on. I don't think I completely guessed many answers, but I definitely made "educated guesses" on quite a few. That probably means my listening ability is a bit instable *hmmm*
Oh well, I feel like this post has already gotten quite long, so I'll continue some other time. Anyway, I just wanted to say hello guys!
I've been stalking this thread for a while now as I really love to read about how everyone is progressing and preparing. It has kept me motivated for a while now and so I finally decided to post here as well!
I'm not entirely sure if I should be aiming for N3 or not... but I kind of want to give it a try and even if it doesn't work out, I'll hopefully learn a lot while preparing for the test.
Currently my Japanese ability is a bit over the place... I recently took the J-CAT and had a huge 35-Point difference between my best and worst section (60p for listening, 25p for grammar.... the other sections were 43p for vocabulary and 49p for reading)
My biggest weakness right now is definitely formal grammar study as the test reflected quite nicely.... I don't think I even reached N4 niveau in that regard. I roughly understand quite a few more grammar patterns when I see them in context, but if you were to asked me which verbform is used for this or that particular pattern, I'd probably be lost - which means the grammar part of the test will be quite a challenge...
Apparently I'm quite good at listening though? Or maybe I was just lucky? I don't know. I feel like I'm rather good at roughly figuring out what's going on. I don't think I completely guessed many answers, but I definitely made "educated guesses" on quite a few. That probably means my listening ability is a bit instable *hmmm*
Oh well, I feel like this post has already gotten quite long, so I'll continue some other time. Anyway, I just wanted to say hello guys!
Edited: 2016-04-28, 6:31 pm