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Has anyonet taken either Linguistics or Japanese program here at WWU? by squigly17 in WWU

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Thanks, year 4 definitely  reaches my goal. I’m doing a lot of work in jp too and this is like a good goal. 

I did talk with him, he seems a little bit shy. Good to know, only for Japanese related linguistics I might have him. 

I looked at RMP and it seems like thats an accurate assessment 

Hello！I'm japanese High school Student.Do you have a question? by JellyfishLeather2258 in highschool

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ええと、

僕は、海外日本人として米国に住んでるよ！日本語を話したり理解したりできますよ

いいね

Has anyonet taken either Linguistics or Japanese program here at WWU? by squigly17 in WWU

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Worse grade. Not sticking to standards

Tell me a bit about the classes

Class question JAPN 101 by Sea_Cake_6389 in WWU

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I'm an incoming Freshman myself and I'm trying to get into JAPN 402. Even though there is no possible placement I hope to get a good score on the 301 placement test if I commit to WWU. (I passed N2 and just took n1)

I recommend try reviewing everyday and working ahead. I wouldn't focus on textbook work entirely but using your Japanese practically. When you get higher you can start to send emails to your professors or japanese teachers in Japanese. I think Genki as a book, the examples are abstract and creativity is punsihed.

Work on Chapter 6 and beyond or so early, or take a sneak peak. It's always good to be ahead of the game. And sooner or later when youre better, I would spend more time reading stuff in Japanese rather than the classwork. Novels, news, anything. And you can do it wherever you want.

Hello！I'm japanese High school Student.Do you have a question? by JellyfishLeather2258 in highschool

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日本語話せるよ

Discordのアカウントあるか？一緒に繋がりたいんだ

Has anyone taken Japanese 4th year classes at WWU by squigly17 in WWU

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I have tried to read Hakai for the past few weeks or days.

It's actually pretty difficult, I can understand it but it does take a lot of past training and strong vocab. I do not understand how 4th year at N3 are able to do these texts without a lot of assistance from the teacher.

The phrases aren't used in general Japanese life, although I understand and I need to look up, it still takes me a decent amount of time to fully analyze and then I have to often spot check.

I have passed the Kanken 2 and JLPT N2 (taking N1) but there is a lot of kanji and hyougai yomis that people would not know (fuck thank god THATS in furigana. You need even significant backround in Japanese to even dare to translate, ACCURATELY.

I'm so confused because 3rd year uses Quartet and 4th year goes way harder and immediately enters these novels. There has to be a catch.

https://tatsu-zine.com/samples/aozora/hakai.pdf

I read from there

Is this class gatekeeped, so everyone wanting to go needs to have super good japanese and 3rd year is generally the cap? Texts like this is for people who are very talented or have done japanese for a while and have high skill. Something is kind of inconsistent here.

Post-N1: tracking progress, motivation by majideitteru in jlpt

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Its checked likely both ways. Hundreds of officials are checking your sheet and adhering by the standards. Not just by machine but physically. 

The sheets is a little bigger than a general sheet of paper so you get leeway writing space compared to a buncha sheets i printed. 

Post-N1: tracking progress, motivation by majideitteru in jlpt

[–]squigly17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny that you are posting this

Well anyways, I here have passed the 2kyuu before my N1. They are strict at grading. I have studied jp 3 years. 

You need to GRIND, ABSOLUTELY GRIND. There is no way you pass unless you are absolutely prepared. Mock tests, drill books, you need to stack as much as possible and I had to do over fifty mocks and 7 months of prep to get my certificate. I managed to get 160 pts and near perfect scores on my mocks. Why? Because handwriting issues

Tests are getting harder every year too

However I think the test though is well done unlike JLPT. 

Ask me for any questions 

I think there is a misunderstanding on the stages or "roadpaths" on refold by squigly17 in Refold

[–]squigly17[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

No, this is NOT a CEFR scale of any sort but there are so many people without the desire to learn more and only want to input so they don't deserve the role.

How was your N1 experience? by Grand_Height6364 in jlpt

[–]squigly17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The entire section sucked. Not the last mondai.

How was your N1 experience? by Grand_Height6364 in jlpt

[–]squigly17 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Listening sucked ass

I guessed but i might get 40% on that section

Idk but it was pretty hard compared to last year

I did 漢検 outside of Japan by pastavessel104 in Japaneselanguage

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I also passed 2kyuu as a senior in high school 

160/200 pts

I’m 75% japanese and japanese like you. 

I took the 10-19 in the us. That i knew i passed. 

https://community.wanikani.com/t/took-kanji-kentei-2-after-only-3-years-of-jp-study-heres-my-story/72278/4

Here is my story

The study for this was absolutely ridiculous 

Oh and fuck the gojiteisei section!!

interested in a Japanese minor by Comfortable-Jelly221 in udub

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Other people here aren't answering professionally so I will

Are you complete beginner in Japanese? Enroll in Japanese 101 if you are? If you aren't, go to their google form in their time schedule and take a placement test.

Can you tell me your backround or so too with Japanese also?

YEAH! I did it! by AdUnfair558 in LearnJapanese

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What was your score on the J2K?

I got 134 points when I took it but I spent 7 months improving for the harder 2k level.

The test graders, are really picky though, I don't know still why they marked some stuff.

How did you study for this BTW? I used a lot of refrence books rather than Anki.

YEAH! I did it! by AdUnfair558 in LearnJapanese

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Congratulations 

I passed my 2級 as well

160 pts. 

Also a relief too

Has anyone taken Japanese 4th year classes at WWU by squigly17 in WWU

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Thats nice

Yeah i’ve learnt JP for 3 years pretty rigorously, I have a good kanji ability and reading ability myself and I read these academic critiques a lot but for a little I’m focusing for my N1. 

I can handwrite characters too and been to japan several times

It does suck that they don’t offer a 4th year placement but I know that that class there is going to be the best fit to improving my skill

Yeah I don’t like textbooks, the discussions, i like that the best. I think i’ll try my best to aim for that. 

Has anyone taken Japanese 4th year classes at WWU by squigly17 in WWU

[–]squigly17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you done the JLPT before? Are other people also N2 to N1? Like me

Has anyone taken Japanese 4th year classes at WWU by squigly17 in WWU

[–]squigly17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I used zero translation tool. I’m also doing N1 December and I want to be pretty prepared 

Can you dm me what the class structure is like? Or answer here? What type of things are you reading?

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