JLPT

404 Views Fri, 09 Feb 2007 at 03:27 pm

Two days ago, I received the result for my Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) Level 3. The result is not bad, my score is over 85% and under 90%. Not bad considering that I remember during the test, there was a question: “I picked up a heavy luggage so that I feel pain in my ….”, I managed to discard two of the choices because I know exactly they can’t be the correct answer, but then out of the remaining two, what I picked was turned out to be… “moustache”

Here is what I should have been able to do now:

The examinee has mastered grammar to a limited level, knows around 300 kanji and 1,500 words, has the ability to take part in everyday conversation and read and write simple sentences.

Do I? The jury is still out there .

The result itself is not that surprising considering that I have been living in Japan for almost 3 years now. If I was that diligent enough, the norm is that I should have at least reached the 2nd level (one level more difficult), the level where one would be able to smoothly communicate, read, and write in general matters.

Well, perhaps it’s time for me to switch my main source of reading to websites written in Japanese? I guess it is not something impossible. When you already have learn the basic Japanese grammars, I think equipped with good and handy tools (such as the fabulous rikaichan) one should be able to built up his/her Japanese skill pretty quickly. The only things he needs are tenacity and strong willingness to learn it. Exactly those are the things that I DON’T have .

For the JLPT takers wannabe, some materials from the Meguro Language Center downloadable here are priceless. And then there was another website where they have the materials from previous years JLPT, including the listening part, I guess it was http://jlpt.info (free registration needed, ~~but it is down by the time I wrote this~~). Few days before the test, I practiced with the last three or four years JLPT that gave me enough confidence that I would be able to pass the test .

Last, thank’s to my wife who was very persistently forced me to take the test. She is the one who bought the application form for the test, forced me to fill it up, then went to the post office taking care of the payment and form sending. * sekarang tahu kan, Mas-mu ini anak kecil yang harus dipaksa-paksa supaya mau jalan * Love you honey .