learning japanese

[Yubari Melon]

may i know if the ikoma jlpt 4 prep course is worth taking?
->ok.
what is considered a good result for jlpt 4?
->350/400
and also, how long do you have to wait to receive your results after you take it?
->results will usually be out in March next year.

i think if you take ikoma and you work hard you should get good results. i studied ikoma, and despite being lazy, i could get such results (see a few post back). if you study hard, i believe you can get really good results.



dimitri san is really strict ne. for me, i think above 300 points is good enough. i could understand that for the foundation to be strong, you need to score that much, but the 350/400 seriously reminds me of the passing grade of JLPT 1. is almost horrible.

and previously, thanks for uploading those notes. i have no use for that but efforts put in is worth the appreciation. *clap clap*

i think, as long as you don't make too many wild guesses and know what you're putting down as the answer, that's considered a good pass?

anyway, i feel it matters less, ultimately conversational and writing are the most important skills..

fail jlpt1 and have awesome conversational skills much better then score full marks in JLPT1 and still can't speak properly.

thanks everyone for your replies! sorry for the late reply. didn't come on to this thread for some time cos was preparing for performance in my cca

 

[Ah_keong]

JCS bah, they don concentrate on conversation...

 

[fox1]

Questions:

Who is able to listen and speak conversational Japanese?
How long did you take to achieve that?
Where?

 

[dimitri_can]

About 2 years ++
What do u mean by where?
Have to work hard...

 

[fox1]

About 2 years ++
What do u mean by where?
Have to work hard...

where meaning.. singapore?
workplace or ?
how did u work hard?

 

[Adventia]

Hmm...i went to register for JLPT 3 today.
Oddly,they didnt ask me for the photocopy of by IC.
So...its the photocopy required ????

 

[dimitri_can]

no need photocopy

 

[Adventia]

no need photocopy

>.<...then i photocopy for nothing liaoz...
Thanks...

 

[Ah_keong]

Questions:

Who is able to listen and speak conversational Japanese?
How long did you take to achieve that?
Where?

about 1 year ++ of formal japanese lessons (not fully proficient though)
in singapore with japanese and friends, classmates and in japan with friends...

 

[Ah_keong]

Hmm...i went to register for JLPT 3 today.
Oddly,they didnt ask me for the photocopy of by IC.
So...its the photocopy required ????

i thought need pic only...
apply JLPT 3 need IC??

 

[dimitri_can]

それはひつようがない

 

[fox1]

about 1 year ++ of formal japanese lessons (not fully proficient though)
in singapore with japanese and friends, classmates and in japan with friends...

by formal, you mean full time lessons?

 

[dimitri_can]

まああ。。多分Full-Time授業じゃなくて、Part-Time授業かなああ

 

[Ah_keong]

by formal, you mean full time lessons?

nope, like wat dimitri_can suggest, I mean part-time (night class)...

I think Ikoma provide full time lessons...

 

[fox1]

nope, like wat dimitri_can suggest, I mean part-time (night class)...

I think Ikoma provide full time lessons...

wow, part time and still able to achieve conversational level, in singapore some more.
thats one big accomplishment. both of u

 

[dimitri_can]

いいえ。。。まだまだです。。

 

[fox1]

dimitri は日本人の友人たくさんいる？　どこで知り合ったん？

 

[dimitri_can]

たくさんではありません。。。５－１０人ぐらいかなあ。。。

http://japanese.meetup.com/7

私はそこで副幹事です。

 

[fox1]

楽しそう。じゃ。。jlpt２ガンバレ

 

[Ah_keong]

wow, part time and still able to achieve conversational level, in singapore some more.
thats one big accomplishment. both of u

not really, still a long long way to go for good proficiency for me...