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Adventia

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that's why i only read manga i can understand from only pictures alone (ie. sports/action manga and not things like detective kindaichi), and i managed to ignore the phrase ”赤坊主" for like 10 times before I finally went to ask my friend what it meant.. but then i must say that I have read slamdunk about 10 years earlier in chinese, so i can still grasp the story..

do u remember how u used to read to improve ur english/chinese when u were young? read in context, skip all the words u don't know, check dictionary for only those that're critical in understanding the story (unless ur teacher insisted that u keep a logbook for new vocab), if u see a word often enough, u'll eventually pick it up.. at least that's how i read, whether it's japanese, english or chinese..

and now i'm learning from my ds lite :)


o_O...your learning method is similar to mine.Probably cause this is a common method.

I am also a DSL person....lolz.Probably going for all those detective/novel games...lolz.
 

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o_O...your learning method is similar to mine.Probably cause this is a common method.

I am also a DSL person....lolz.Probably going for all those detective/novel games...lolz.

haha.. some people don't believe that what i'm doing can be considered studying, but i have managed to clear 2-kyuu on my first attempt at jlpt and 1-kyuu a year after. even though my scores were all borderline passes, but i think it's quite an achievement to clear jlpt1 within 3.5years.. and reading things that actually interest u definitely will help.. ur proper studying will come from ur ikoma prep class (for me it's my grammar books and some classes which i always manage to go late for or miss totally) and reading random stuff make nice supplements to that proper studying.. doesn't help to kill ur interest doing things u don't like..

u should try the DSL game called professor layton if u haven't played it already :)
 

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after 3 lessons still have difficulties reading hiragana sentences fast enough
 

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haha.. some people don't believe that what i'm doing can be considered studying, but i have managed to clear 2-kyuu on my first attempt at jlpt and 1-kyuu a year after. even though my scores were all borderline passes, but i think it's quite an achievement to clear jlpt1 within 3.5years.. and reading things that actually interest u definitely will help.. ur proper studying will come from ur ikoma prep class (for me it's my grammar books and some classes which i always manage to go late for or miss totally) and reading random stuff make nice supplements to that proper studying.. doesn't help to kill ur interest doing things u don't like..

u should try the DSL game called professor layton if u haven't played it already :)

Hmm...i intend to only take a year each for 1 and 2.
I have 0 intention to scrap pass nor fail...lolz.

For language,i think the learning method is broad.I don't see why your method is radical.Contrary to popular beliefs ,there is no standard correct method.It all depends on what suits you best.

Actually, what you have said is partly the reason why i don't want to use the so called standard textbooks anymore.

Yes,Layton...one of my favorites...Maybe i should try the jp version.
 

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Hmm...i intend to only take a year each for 1 and 2.
I have 0 intention to scrap pass nor fail...lolz.

For language,i think the learning method is broad.I don't see why your method is radical.Contrary to popular beliefs ,there is no standard correct method.It all depends on what suits you best.

Actually, what you have said is partly the reason why i don't want to use the so called standard textbooks anymore.

Yes,Layton...one of my favorites...Maybe i should try the jp version.

Yes u should! Esp since only the 1st game (curious village) has been translated to English and there's a 2nd(悪魔の箱)and a 3rd(最後の時間旅行).. I just finished the 2nd and am taking a break before playing the 3rd..
 
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You cant really equate cause the test format is different.
But if really want to gauge ,i heard its level 3.

Maybe someone who took it before can clarify.

i think its between 3 and 2?? maybe like the N3 coming next year?? :D
 

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So your friends are going for research ?Which fields are they in ?

hmm...

wat i can say is some for robotics, some on vision and machine learning, etc... 1 gal on economics...

hee hee, the gal told me she was asked by an AV scout on the streets while she was walking home... :D

i laugh non-stop on the phone.... and the ppl in the MRT thought i maybe one 'crazy japanese' even though i spoke in broken japanese on the MRT...
 

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FYI.

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I suspect the new 1kyu is going to be harder than the current test no matter what they say. I was one of the people who took the practice new 2kyu in November in addition to the current real 2kyu in December. I passed the current test with about a 70% score, but failed the new system test with about a 50% score. The listening section was harder - lots of short passages where people spoke quickly, and the reading section had denser passages. I would not be surprised if the new 1kyu shows the same trends."
 

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FYI.

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I suspect the new 1kyu is going to be harder than the current test no matter what they say. I was one of the people who took the practice new 2kyu in November in addition to the current real 2kyu in December. I passed the current test with about a 70% score, but failed the new system test with about a 50% score. The listening section was harder - lots of short passages where people spoke quickly, and the reading section had denser passages. I would not be surprised if the new 1kyu shows the same trends."

Hmm ?
They did a mock test on you all ?
 
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