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I think I may try N1 this December. I was going through the official practice tests and its not bad at all. Pretty confident I can do well on grammar/reading/vocab but not confident at all about listening. That could sink me entirely.

I dont need it for anything and probably wouldn't bother putting it on my actual resume but it would be kind of cool to have. Anyone here taken it before?

I'm just gonna assume means "fursuit".

I've taken and passed N1. I wouldn't say with flying colors, but I did good. For me, the reading was the most difficult, largely because it takes a lot of endurance. But I was able to comfortably read all compositions twice within the time limit, so if you can do that, it's a good sign. The listening was easy for me, but I've lived in Japan for four and a half years now, so I suppose that's to be expected.

I Don't think i am not even N5 yet. is there official test like TOEFL / IELTS for english or there is an online tests for this ?

it's been roughly 3 months, is my pace good?
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apolloooo posted...

I Don't think i am not even N5 yet. is there official test like TOEFL / IELTS for english or there is an online tests for this ?

it's been roughly 3 months, is my pace good?

You can practice sample JLPT questions on the official website.

And don't stress too much about pace. Everyone's different. Hell, programs are different. In my university's Japanese class, they didn't even touch on kanji the entire first semester. They used that time to make sure we would never make a mistake using kana instead.

I'm reading reasonably comfortably now after a year of study. However, I actually don't know if I could pass the N5. The reason for that is the section where you have to pick the correct particle and the section where you have to put the words in the correct order. I honestly don't think I could pass those, since I've focused only on input and not at all on output.

N levels are entirely arbitrary. Unless you've been deliberately studying for them, it's possible you're at a "higher level" but are missing things that would enable you to pass the respective tests.

N5 expects you to know 100 selected Kanji, around 800 distinctly different vocab words, and yet you can easily learn more than that and be missing various bits and pieces that could potentially cause you to do poorly. Of course, that's not likely given that you may be able to context/guess your way through the things you don't know.

The important part is that you do something with Japanese every day. The more you see stuff you know, and also things you don't know, the more it solidifies in your brain. Makes the stuff you don't know stick easier.
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Hmm interesting

http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/complete/time

In the days section, some of the days are named after elements. Like fire, water, gold, etc.

If i look it up it will probably have interesting history and tell how japanese calendar works before western calendar standardization.
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YonicBoom posted...

The important part is that you do something with Japanese every day. The more you see stuff you know, and also things you don't know, the more it solidifies in your brain. Makes the stuff you don't know stick easier.

Yeah, o figures. After all, comic books, videogames, movies and tv shows taught me more about english than school ever did.

School provide the basics, i admit, but to actually learn a language, you have to immerse yourselves in it. That is probably universal among all bilingual people
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It's like math. You can learn a lot of formulas, and learning formulas is important, but it won't stick if you don't solve some equations.

yeah. having multiple sources of study is good too. i understand duolingo lesson better too with the understanding of grammar from guide to japanese site.

anyway happy weekend
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Asking the tough questions.