Comments on: JLPT & Japanese studying tips

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:32:40 +0000

I´m going to do it next year X_X had to much to do last month T_T so I cold not do it! I´m thinking to do JLPT 4-3 In copenhagen ^^

By: Yumeka

Yumeka — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:07:37 +0000

I’ve heard of the Rosseta Stone courses but I never tried them because I think they’re just for beginning level Japanese. If you’re a beginner then they might be good but I’m beyond that level.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:44:45 +0000

I have always wanted to learn to speak Japanese but there are no courses offered where I live , have you ever heard of the Rosseta stone courses.
Are they a good altenative.

By: reslez

reslez — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 05:52:19 +0000

Wow, I have many of the same books :) I would probably die without my Kodansha furigana dictionary! Good luck on your exam, I’m sure you’ll do well. I just wish the schools in my area offered Japanese 1 for spring semester, it’s such a disappointment to have to wait a whole half a year to take the first class (but I’d be afraid of missing out on some basic stuff by skipping to part 2). Ganbatte kudasai!

By: Yumeka

Yumeka — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 04:36:48 +0000

Yeah, I think the Genki series is one of the best. I also like all the books by the Kodansha company. There’s a specific author named Taeko Kamiya whose books have been really helpful for me. I have two of them, “Japanese Sentence Patterns for Effective Communication” and “The Handbook of Japanese Verbs”(she has one for adjectives too which I have yet to get.) She has an excellent way of explaining and organizing things that makes them easy to understand, plus she also gives practice sections for you to work on yourself. I’ve learned quite a lot from just those two books =)

Oh, and thanks so much to everyone who’s commented so far and wished me luck! As part of my study session yesterday, I went through the entire Level 4 test from 2004 and did good on it. So I’m pretty sure the Level 4 test this year will be easy as well, and hopefully I won’t get nervous and make dumb mistakes ^.^

By: Kyjin

Kyjin — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 04:11:40 +0000

I just started taking Japanese this semester at my college. I love your giant pile of books though! Which ones have you found to work best? I’ve been using the Genki series, although I’ve heard there are much better ones.
Good luck on the test!

By: wrex

wrex — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:53:52 +0000

If you’ve taken 4 semesters of Japanese and studied in Japan for a month, I’m pretty sure you could pass the level 3. Level 4 is for rank beginners. Anyway, good luck on the test. ^_^

By: Lenners

Lenners — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:36:53 +0000

Haha, I’m going to try and take the JLPT next year at Level 4, but my Japanese school is pretty slow, only once/week for 2 hours (no breaks XD). Hope you make it~