If you're taking the December JLPT, today is the start of registration. Since some sites like Washington, DC have only about 290 seats (according to the website), you may want to register sooner rather than later. New York is also notorious for filling up fast.

I went ahead and registered for JLPT2 in DC. (Not that any of you care. )

http://www.jflalc.org/?act=tpt&id=8

i registered for JLPT 3 as i think JPLT 2 is just slightly over my head... I may go for 2 or 1 next year...

I'm going to register for JLPT1 in Copenhagen, but we can't register until the 20th.

Signed up for JLPT4 NYC. So if I pass I can "progress" to JLPT4 in 2010 with the new system. lol

Thanks for the heads-up!

I've registered for JLPT2 in SF.

I just signed up for the JLPT1 in NYC mofo's.

Hashiriya Wrote:i registered for JLPT 3 as i think JPLT 2 is just slightly over my head... I may go for 2 or 1 next year...

Haven't you gone through the core 6000 on smart.fm? Combined with the KO lists, isn't that at least enough to pass JLPT2?

I think you may be selling yourself a bit short.

i've only completed core 2000 on smart.fm and i am still in progress of finishing the KO lists (probably another month or so until i do) my grammar is still behind as well.... so i need more practice..

Ohh. I figure 6000+ you'd gone through it already. I still think you may be selling yourself short, though.

You should try a practice JLPT2 just to see how you would do. If you're close, it might be worth it to gun for it.

Man, I decided long ago to try the 1kyu. But I might chicken out to 2kyu, gotta do some practice tests too!

I'm signing up for JLPT2, but here in Japan. I've been studying Japanese for 4 years, so it's actually a bit sad. However, the 3 years I took it in college were heavily concentrated on conversation (which, consequently, I'm quite good at). After that I've done self study, but was going really slow until I discovered RTK and SRS a few months ago.

rich_f Wrote:You should try a practice JLPT2 just to see how you would do. If you're close, it might be worth it to gun for it.

Feels like something I should totally already know, but sadly...

Where could I find a practice test, if I wanted to take one?

zanzibar Wrote:

rich_f Wrote:You should try a practice JLPT2 just to see how you would do. If you're close, it might be worth it to gun for it.

Feels like something I should totally already know, but sadly...

Where could I find a practice test, if I wanted to take one?

http://jlpt.biz/jlpt/jlptexamine.do?level=4&year=1993

Just change the level and year of the test in the url to bring up the desired test. The audio quality is so bad though which sucks. I Hope thats not the quality on the real tests cos if it is that's shocking.

I'm going to sign up for JLPT2 and give it my best.

Excellent. Thanks!

Man, now I'm thinking: Final Fantasy XIII at launch or doing the JLPT? Final Fantasy is a bit cheaper.

mentat_kgs Wrote:Man, now I'm thinking: Final Fantasy XIII at launch or doing the JLPT? Final Fantasy is a bit cheaper.

You can play Final Fantasy the day after or any other day ever. You can only do JLPT once a year.

The choice is quite clear from my perspective, it's just a game (and the way Squaresoft has been working lately, I doubt it will be a good one).

mentat_kgs Wrote:Man, now I'm thinking: Final Fantasy XIII at launch or doing the JLPT? Final Fantasy is a bit cheaper.

FF XIII all the way

*quick question*
Is there any real reason to do JLPT if you don't live / work in Japan? What do you need it for, surely if you need it for a job you can put "I can speak Japanese" on your CV and get the same effect?

bombpersons Wrote:

mentat_kgs Wrote:Man, now I'm thinking: Final Fantasy XIII at launch or doing the JLPT? Final Fantasy is a bit cheaper.

FF XIII all the way

*quick question*
Is there any real reason to do JLPT if you don't live / work in Japan? What do you need it for, surely if you need it for a job you can put "I can speak Japanese" on your CV and get the same effect?

"I speak Japanese" means nothing, anyone can say that. My friend can say "sayonara" so well that a Japanese person might actually understand what word he was aiming for.

A high JLPT cert proves you know what you're doing, and it's a requirement for most work in Japan. If you ever plan to work in Japan, it's a definite must. If you ever wish to work with Japanese in a western business setting, it can't be bad, especially if you're self-learned and have no academic proof of your ability. In any other situation though, it's quite useless, except as a motivator.

Tobberoth Wrote:especially if you're self-learned and have no academic proof of your ability.

My case here. It's definitely nice for my curriculum. I know that because of English. I have never taken any test for it, so my employers always assumed my English was just passable. The only document that showed I knew something about English was my Java Certificate.

I just signed up for 3kyu for New York. I think this will finally motivate me to get my crap together and really learn Japanese instead of always putting it aside.

Was wondering why JPLT kept popping up in my head throughout the day. Then I reread the title of this thread.

I just got the form to sign up! I'm being ambitious and signing up for 2kyuu so I have to bust my ass to pass it and in the process hopefully learn some Japanese. Funny that.