This is it! The exam that I’ve been waiting for, JLPT Level 2. The exam that would increase the likelihood of me working in Tokyo if I pass.
I might have done well in the mock exams, in fact better than I expected, but you’ll never know how difficult the actual exam will be like. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail, you know, that kind of crap.
Now that all my note-taking is complete, I only need to bring two books to study the whole time.
First, the grammar notes. I just need to polish a few corners by memorizing grammars that are hardly used in everyday conversation (or manga/anime :P). This and the listening section are my strengths, or so my Sensei says *blush*
Oh god, vocab. This is the killer for me. I’ve read a bunch of mangas and watched a lot of anime in my life, but I only have a 256 MB RAM brain. So I can only take in adverbs, adjectives and a bunch of verbs. _orz <– also my praying pose, God help me!
Sensei told us that you should divide the adjectives to positive and negative, so that you can already feel whether it’s wonderful or horrible at first glance. From there, try to remember its meaning.
Arrrrrggggggghhhh, kanji!!! Luckily, only 1 mark is awarded per question for the Kanji question, compared to 2 marks/question for vocab. Thanks to the school, all those Kanji drills throughout the year really paid off!
That’s not the torchlight or camera flash; it’s the moonlight seeping through my bedroom window. Good night everyone. See you next week!
And for those who are taking the JLPT exam this Sunday, no matter where you are, all the best! Ganbarou ze!
Good luck! Let us know how it went after, I’m thinking about taking JLPT 2 in a year from now. ^_^
good luck dude! all the best in these exam…sure can make it one! :D
ひっさしぶり。。。。Hihi, it’s been a while. Wow you are so hardworking and dedicated with all the notes and stuff, this year I’m also will be taking JLPT 1, I didn’t study at all and now hoping for miracle, LOL. Wish you all the best! ^^ ~your ICLS ex classmate~
I’m also taking the exam for level 2 this Sunday but I don’t think I’ll pass it lol. As カリン put it I’m hoping for a miracle lol Let’s do our best!! :-)
Your notes are so P E R F E C T ! ! ! I believed you will passed with flying colors…!
Hi,
Im trying to learn kanji basics and i noticed that most of them are similar but with variations for instance “far” and “near”; “cloud”, “rain” and “thunder”. R there any good resources that teach based on pattern instead of grade 1, 2 and so on.
I know http://www.kanjisite.com. Each kanji shows other kanjis that are similar to it.
What I did was sort the kanjis into its similar elements in my own little notebook, but after a while it got a little impossible to sort. Not only are there many unique kanji shapes, some kanjis share two or more similar elements, making it hard to put it under which element.
For example, kitanai (http://www.kanjisite.com/images/kanji/2kb/o_kitana.gif) would belong under the water element (three strokes on the left).
But sei (http://www.kanjisite.com/images/kanji/2kb/sei_manufacture.gif) is unique so it doesn’t belong anywhere (maybe the two-on-top-but-one-below category?)
the mu of gimu (http://www.kanjisite.com/images/kanji/2kb/mu_tsuto.gif) is complicated, so which is the main element?
So after awhile, I categorized only three-quarters of JLPT 2 kanjis and gave up for Level 1 ones. Reading and writing over and over again will yield a more slowly-but-surely result.
DIY, i saw somewhere there is this book that is like japanese primary school but for foreigners that actually categorise kanji not by grades but pattern i.e. if u look “far” and “near”, the similarity would be the “slide” pattern LOL.
Its funny how u can know all the the kanji but would not know the language itself. My reason for learning is so i can buy japanese videogames without waiting for english translation. Lame i know but sometimes the reason is just that obvious.