IceCream Wrote:congratulations everyone & gl to everyone still waiting!!

liosama Wrote:I hope everyone else the best

you've been reading too much translated english haven't you?

hey!
I don't see what was wrong with that sentence


but I was eating and half way reviewing whilst writing that out so gimmie a break Missy

I put a list of kentei on the wiki some time ago, but there is enough out there to give you goals for the next 10-20 years.

JLPT
JTEST
BJT
KANKEN
Nihongo Kentei
Nihongo Business Kentei
Shodou Kentei
Penji Kentei
Nihongo Bunshou Kentei
certs for translating & interpreting
and I'm sure there are a lot more, such as some sort of keigo kentei.
You could also challenge yourself with the センター試験, although that tests a lot more than language ability.

ta12121 Wrote:JLPT and kanji kanzen eh and kanji kentai. So much tests.... This might seem like a noobish question, but what is kanji kanzen?

Nice! I got 240/400... exactly 60%!

I passed Level 2 last year but flunked Level 1 this year.

To skellyfish, uberstuber, and anyone who passed 1級:
How did you do it? What study materials did you use?

２級　合格！

文字・語彙：77/100
聴解：86/100
読解・文法:152/200

Total:315/400

78.75%!

Wee...

I wonder where my results are......

just took at level 4 for JLPT. the sample questions. And they are easy! I think personally i'll just take them all. Start small then rise up to level 1.

Just barely passed 2級 by 6 points. I think a retake is in order.

２級に不合格しちゃった！202/400.

Exactly on par with what I was expecting. Not a disappointment in the slightest considering I'd been studying for only a year. I signed up 4 months before the test date and at the time wouldn't have even passed JLPT3 so for me to get that close feels like a huge success.

I'm going to be taking it again in December this year but this time I'm actually aiming on passing. I'm going to totally nail it.

Slightly self-indulgent post from a long time lurker... ２級合格 319/400　（＾＿＾） in I guess 12 months of proper studying in Japan, and another 3 of 'don't forget it don't forget it don't forget it', erm, 'maintenance'.
Massive thanks to many on this forum for: book, dorama etc recommendations, asking questions i didn't know i didn't know the answer to, answering said questions and many many other things. Cheers!

mezbup Wrote:２級に不合格しちゃった！202/400.

Exactly on par with what I was expecting. Not a disappointment in the slightest considering I'd been studying for only a year. I signed up 4 months before the test date and at the time wouldn't have even passed JLPT3 so for me to get that close feels like a huge success.

I'm going to be taking it again in December this year but this time I'm actually aiming on passing. I'm going to totally nail it.

Its still a very good score for just a year of study. Could you tell me your approximate level you were at when signing up (vocab,sentences, RTK, books studied etc.)? I'm interested because I might be doing something very similar as you (ie. signing up way before being able to pass).

tokidokibenkyoushimasu Wrote:Slightly self-indulgent post from a long time lurker... ２級合格 319/400　（＾＿＾） in I guess 12 months of proper studying in Japan, and another 3 of 'don't forget it don't forget it don't forget it', erm, 'maintenance'.
Massive thanks to many on this forum for: book, dorama etc recommendations, asking questions i didn't know i didn't know the answer to, answering said questions and many many other things. Cheers!

Very well done~! Excellent result. お疲れ様でした

thurd Wrote:

mezbup Wrote:２級に不合格しちゃった！202/400.

Exactly on par with what I was expecting. Not a disappointment in the slightest considering I'd been studying for only a year. I signed up 4 months before the test date and at the time wouldn't have even passed JLPT3 so for me to get that close feels like a huge success.

I'm going to be taking it again in December this year but this time I'm actually aiming on passing. I'm going to totally nail it.

Its still a very good score for just a year of study. Could you tell me your approximate level you were at when signing up (vocab,sentences, RTK, books studied etc.)? I'm interested because I might be doing something very similar as you (ie. signing up way before being able to pass).

It took me more than 6 months to finish RTK and in that time all I'd done was read a beginners text book I bought from a book store and get about 1/3 ~ 1/2 the way through it before it nearly killed me. That and listen to Japanese music and watch some anime but I wasn't AJATTing by any stretch of the imagination.

After RTK I did Tae Kim (read through it, srs'd a bit of it, not all) then did a couple of hundred sentences before realising it wasn't the method for me. This was around about the point I signed up for JLPT2 and picked up KO2001 and just went hardout. Then blazed through KM2kyuu and listened to as much Japanese as possible. Basically had 4 months prep and not too much Japanese knowledge but definitely some.

I wish I didn't slack when doing RTK cos I could have got it done so much faster!

mezbup Wrote:It took me more than 6 months to finish RTK and in that time all I'd done was read a beginners text book I bought from a book store and get about 1/3 ~ 1/2 the way through it before it nearly killed me. That and listen to Japanese music and watch some anime but I wasn't AJATTing by any stretch of the imagination.

After RTK I did Tae Kim (read through it, srs'd a bit of it, not all) then did a couple of hundred sentences before realising it wasn't the method for me. This was around about the point I signed up for JLPT2 and picked up KO2001 and just went hardout. Then blazed through KM2kyuu and listened to as much Japanese as possible. Basically had 4 months prep and not too much Japanese knowledge but definitely some.

I wish I didn't slack when doing RTK cos I could have got it done so much faster!

Hehehe, I did RTK much faster but slacked later so I guess the end result is about equal

It looks like now I'm about at the point you were when signing up (maybe a little further). Given that I only have 3-4 months more, its doubtful my result can turn out positive

Just got my results yesterday (I'm in Australia)

Failed level 2 with 235/400, gah!! My crappy listening score is what killed me.

I'm actually more annoyed now because after the test I figured there was no way I was going to pass. I struggled (i.e. guessed) through the listening section and ran out of time in the reading section. But when I got the results and saw how close I got, now I want to cry

There's no point taking level 2 again next year, otherwise it feels like I'm investing a whole year for 5 measly marks. So level 1 it has to be!

Just received my level 3 results.

文字-語彙　76/100
聴解　83/100
読解-文法　156/200
総合点 315/400

Overall OK. I was hoping for better on the Reading and Grammar, but I knew the Vocabulary bit was weak.

And boo to the people who scoff at JLPT 3 and 4. We can't all be geniuses at this stuff, and I find it useful to have some kind of yardstick.

You could have had 10 genuine yardsticks for the same price.

Level 1 366/400. I thought I might have done a little better, but still.. Yahoo! Congratulations to all of us.

Surprisingly, I did much better on listening and reading/grammar even though I always thought of Kanji as my strong point.

Oh btw, KLPT.. you're next!

KLPT... You have any vocab/grammar lists? I need to take my revenge on Korean someday (maybe after kanken2).

Jarvik7 Wrote:KLPT... You have any vocab/grammar lists? I need to take my revenge on Korean someday (maybe after kanken2).

Nope, sorry. I could not find anything. Guess this goes to show how much more popular the JLPT is.
If your study method involves vocab lists I'd just go with what's available on Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary...ulary_List

My girlfriend is still waiting for her JLPT results. We're in Canada. Has everybody else in the world received theirs already? Should I be storming the gates of Canada Post Corporation?

I received my certificate last week through the mail, but I live in the US.

lagwagon555 Wrote:You could have had 10 genuine yardsticks for the same price.

:biggrin:

I'm wondering what kind of jobs all these people are going for that require the JLPT, rather than, say... an ability to communicate?
(this is an actual question. Translation? Foreign affairs? What?)

Anyway, I'm off to buy my yardstick, and uninstalling Internet Explorer so I can't browse this forum extensively anymore (Firefox only gives me 10mins/day). I have studies to get to...

LaLoche Wrote:My girlfriend is still waiting for her JLPT results. We're in Canada. Has everybody else in the world received theirs already? Should I be storming the gates of Canada Post Corporation?

A Canadian friend of mine also did not get his results yet. I guess they're being a bit lazy up there.
Has she tried calling the institution where she wrote the test? They might already be able to tell her.

I am also still waiting on my results and I'm in Japan. The website says results were mailed the first of last month. I guess mine got lost in the post and I should call them.

Thanks for the input, folks. Glad she's not the only one without results. We'll give it another week before storming the barricades.