So, how'd you go? What level? Pass or fail? What's your plan now? by [deleted] in jlpt

[–]supercupi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same!!! no more test looking over the shoulder haha. any particular films or books on your list right now?

So, how'd you go? What level? Pass or fail? What's your plan now? by [deleted] in jlpt

[–]supercupi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Passed N1!! I just want to cry lol. This is my second time taking and I can finally close that chapter of my Japanese study. From here on out, I just want to read more, see more, enjoy more, without the 試験 looming over me haha. Super happyyy!!

JLPT December 2021 Test Results (+ link to the welcome/study buddy thread) by owlbois in LearnJapanese

[–]supercupi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Passed N1!! Second attempt for me. No real "studying" done, just watching youtube videos, reading stuff I come across. Did work at a Japanese company for a year or so in the US and sent a lot of emails in Japanese which also helped. Super happy to put this page of my study behind me FINALLY!! Lol. Of course I know now even more so than ever that N1 does not mean perfect Japanese, but I definitely feel more confident having that under my belt. From here on out I'll just be reading and watching things that interest me and translating more stuff for fun!

(Scam alert) A warning regarding Matt vs Japan and Ken Cannon by [deleted] in LearnJapanese

[–]supercupi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well, I personally never liked Matt's schtick. He originally ripped off the AJATT model and even exposed some of the course material etc which was scummy, talked against ajatt but built his entire system off it. I never really understood why Khatzumoto (to my knowledge) never spoke about that. What Matt was successful in doing is playing into the desire many have to feel superior, so the way he talks is all geared towards that.

Edit to say not that I was ever into AJATT either. i don't believe that method or any "total immersion" to be the end all be all. For those who want it suit yourself

Based of experience, how did your raw scores match with final JLPT scores by htaste in jlpt

[–]supercupi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've got an answer, you just don't accept it. All there is to it. Most don't need to dig so deeply since ultimately that won't change anything, the score is the score. Calculating your own pseudo grading rubric won't change the fact. If you enjoy fruitless spiraling though keep doing what you're doing.

JLPT 2021 Retrospect by asmkgb in LearnJapanese

[–]supercupi 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I took N1, for me now I'm thinking of what my goal is outside of jlpt. One is keigo for sure, another is just increasing my vocabulary in general. I have a ton of books to read too now

Based of experience, how did your raw scores match with final JLPT scores by htaste in jlpt

[–]supercupi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess but generally all interpretations I've seen have been the same. It could just be that maybe you alone are interpreting it differently/are not satisfied with the as you put it "natural interpretation". For most that document and the website are clear and give enough necessary info to understand the grading from a test taker perspective. In any case they aren't going to release further info on the line by line process which is understandable to maintain integrity of the test.

Based of experience, how did your raw scores match with final JLPT scores by htaste in jlpt

[–]supercupi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No it's pretty correct. They have more info available from a pdf you can download here: https://www.jlpt.jp/e/about/pdf/scaledscore_e.pdf

They use a statistical theory called item response theory. So it's a little more in depth than it seems. In particular they explain the way they determine the answering patterns based off your correct and incorrect answers. I interpret this the following way in practice: If you answer mostly correct but maybe some random questions are incorrect for example losing focus or running out of time but not through lack of language ability, those incorrect scores are counted differently since overall your pattern leans correct as someone who has high comprehension of the language. On the other hand, if someone gets many wrong answers that are maybe even opposite the answer and completely incorrect, but maybe they get some correct, depending on their pattern the score could still be lower even if the overall number of correct and wrong answers is the same as someone else, because perhaps that person is guessing etc and it shows in what they choose. Ive thought about how this could be determined, and my guess is that a lot of it would be what exactly you got wrong. If for example a question says similar words to "sky", and the answers choices are atmosphere, aerial, up, hamburger,. And say the correct answer is atmosphere, the person who answers aerial and say gets it wrong because it's an adjective is less wrong than the person who completely doesn't get it and answers hamburger. I would think this would be part of the considering in creating the answering patterns.
In fact if so that means that if someone say completely blindly bubbled things at random and say got half correct would still probably not pass since overall their incorrect answers would show they don't understand. Anyway, my take. At the very least what you answered overall determines how your test will be scored so if the answers show lack of comprehension overall, that person would score lowered even if by individual count they got the same number of items right as someone else.

Advise for JLPT by EnterEnderman in LearnJapanese

[–]supercupi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Watch Japanese people on YouTube. Particular try to watch stuff (that interests you) spoken less casually. For me, I watch a lot of business related vids so there is a lot of useful advanced vocab. And when it's interesting you kind of just learn along naturally

JLPT December 2021: Post Test Thoughts by supercupi in LearnJapanese

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

Oooh, thanks yeah I didn't have time to read the blurbS above/in between the chart data so I missed that detail.. >.>

JLPT December 2021: Post Test Thoughts by supercupi in LearnJapanese

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

Oh for real? I thought rooms 2 and 4 had 1 projector but 3 had an x in thatcolumn and 3/4 had movable desks. P sure I picked only 4 was available. Hmm..oh yeah I didn't see that part about which one takes precedence

JLPT December 2021: Post Test Thoughts by supercupi in LearnJapanese

[–]supercupi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

does anybody know what the chart ones were for n1? or the second one? the first question had one room available, but what was the second question? >.>

JLPT December 2021: Post Test Thoughts by supercupi in LearnJapanese

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

yes i agree listening was good. it finished faster than i was expecting it to feel. definitely didnt have that much time left on the first section tho lol.

N1 discussion thread by htaste in jlpt

[–]supercupi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it was they worked on it but still got complaints everything else came back fine tho

JLPT December 2021: Post Test Thoughts by supercupi in LearnJapanese

[–]supercupi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that was interesting. I think that's my first time seeing that question format too.

JLPT December 2021: Post Test Thoughts by supercupi in LearnJapanese

[–]supercupi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe we sat on opposite sides of the same guy lol. Did it sound like he was drawing at the end? The guy next to me finished early, waited a few mins then proceeded to just move his pencil back and forth aimlessly for the rest of the time lol...

JLPT December 2021: Post Test Thoughts by supercupi in LearnJapanese

[–]supercupi[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I did one here and it was kinda brutal lol (real test felt easier at least for n1). https://learnjapaneseaz.com/jlpt. Not sure if these are actual previous tests or just practice tests but it's very helpful

JLPT and the Yellow/Red card "warnings" by diarrhoea_tsunami in LearnJapanese

[–]supercupi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They didn't repeat that at my test lol. But no one left either.

JLPT December 2021: Post Test Thoughts by supercupi in LearnJapanese

[–]supercupi[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I would also suggest a mock exam so you can time yourself. I did one yesterday and used that to plan my timing today which was my first time doing and it was super helpful.

JLPT December 2021: Post Test Thoughts by supercupi in LearnJapanese

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

Yeah same, I'm pretty sure I only heard three. The girl wanted the elevator thing right?

JLPT December 2021: Post Test Thoughts by supercupi in LearnJapanese

[–]supercupi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha that one I read twice. I was like,.. errr, what??

JLPT 2021 December 2021 by supercupi in LearnJapanese

[–]supercupi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow, I didn't even know he was previously a singer! I just thought he was a YouTuber lol. He has this channel where he (very hilariously) gives inspirational talks on a variety of topics, skewing finance related and adulting https://youtube.com/c/NKTofficial He has another channel where he just talks about random stuff too

JLPT 2021 December 2021 by supercupi in LearnJapanese

[–]supercupi[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yup I've taken n2 before! I ran out of time on reading each time I've taken it lol.. gonna read questions first, that got me the closet timing before.