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Mainichi benkyou shimasu
9.22.2006 10:55 PM \| Link	Here's a quick update on my various adventures in studying Japanese. I've been taking a few complete sample tests for the JLPT Level 4 (including listening comprehension from CDs), and I can usually score in the 90s. They only require a 60 to pass, but the old "grade monster" in me really wants a 90-something! Anyway, because of those results, I'm not thinking about the test too much (but I will still work on it weekly, I think), and instead I've been watching tons of Japanese TV! Granted, 90% of the stuff I'm watching features Hello! Project, but it still covers a wide variety of situations - game shows, cooking shows, talk shows, comedy routines, and so on. While I watch I write down words to look up later, and I save the slang or weird expressions for Kazki to explain to me. Tutoring with Kazki and Mikie is great as usual - lately Mikie and I have been walking step by step through my 2005 trip to Japan via a photo book I had printed, and it's so much fun that I'm going to make books for my 2003 and 2001 trips, too! I think I've had about four dreams where I'm speaking Japanese (of course, it's easier in the dream), and I'm trying to avoid the translation temptation - I'm hoping the meaning (when I read or practice conversation) will just "sink in" without trying to construct an English sentence in my head. I'm happy things are still progressing! Labels: japanese, jlpt


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